Talking openly with your doctor about medications and other aspects of gout will help you prevent gout from causing problems other than the painful attacks you’re already experiencing. The reason it’s important to be able to talk freely about your gout condition is because gout can cause depression.
Feeling depressed or down is a normal part of life and most people experience it from time to time. Everyone goes through bouts of apathy, despair, and exhaustion, a case of sadness that takes hold and won’t let go. Depression can occur for many reasons, and poor health is one of the main causes. So if you’re not careful, you can let your taste get you down.
How can taste cause depression?
– painful attacks
– Not being able to use the affected joint during an attack
– Not being able to enjoy certain activities.
– Avoid foods that you love to eat because they can cause flavor.
– Know that a taste attack can be repeated
How will you know if you are depressed? Signs and symptoms of depression include:
– Feeling helpless and/or hopeless – feeling that a situation will never improve or change
– Loss of interest in daily activities: you no longer participate in hobbies and activities that you used to enjoy
– Significant weight loss or gain (5% increase or decrease in body weight in one month)
– Insomnia or hypersomnia (sleeping too much)
– Feeling restless or sluggish
– Feeling exhausted and physically exhausted, even when performing simple tasks
– self-deprecation
– Difficult to focus
– Irritable – easily frustrated, upset or angry
– Feel aches and pains – have headaches and gastrointestinal complaints (IE constipation, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc.)
How can taste-related depression be treated? If you’re feeling down, the following are some self-help tips to help you eliminate the cause of your gout blues. Just remember that in order to successfully self-treat depression, you must want to recover from your condition and give it everything you’ve got. Therefore, you need to be practical, open-minded, and above all, be yourself!
Talk to someone who supports you: Talk to a good friend or talk to your doctor about any concerns or questions you may have about your condition.
Research gout: Find out how you can treat and prevent gout attacks so you don’t let gout cause painful or depressing symptoms.
Enjoy the food you eat: Just because you have to avoid certain purine-rich foods doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy eating anymore. Find out which foods are low in purines and considered pleasant to the taste. Some examples include chocolate, carbonated drinks, eggs, sugar, dairy products, bread, cereal, rice, pasta, cheese, dairy products, tomatoes, fruit, and some green vegetables. Use these foods to create new healthy recipes.
Exercise: Exercise helps blood flow throughout the body and improves circulation. Exercise also releases endorphins that make you feel better, improve your sense of well-being, and can help you avoid the negative feelings that gout causes.
Take time to relax and avoid stress – you may be working too hard for you and your body. Tell yourself you deserve a break and take time to do something you enjoy and focus on clearing your mind. For example:
– Take a hot bath
– Listen to music
– Get a massage
– Spend time with a pet.
– Read a book
– Write in a diary.
– Go for a walk and enjoy nature.
– What funny movie or TV show
Finally, always remember that if you suffer from long-term depression (depression that lasts for months) due to gout or another problem, you should seek immediate medical attention before your depression gets out of control. Major depression is a mental illness that must be taken seriously and treated. Therefore, you may need to take medications such as antidepressants to help you overcome depression so you can get on with your life.