People suffering from migraine, are predisposed to the development of clinical depression.
In addition, depression may also indicate an increased risk of migraines.
Migraines are severe headaches with a number of other side effects such as nausea, vomiting and photophobia. Depression is a serious psychological disorder characterized by emotional depression, insomnia, detachment, and physical weakness.
Examining the data of about 15,000 people, which was observed from 1994 to 2007, canadian researchers found 15% of people suffering from depression, and 12% from regular migraines. Moreover, the symptoms of depression most often complained by patients with migraines. So, depression was observed in 22% of people suffering from migraines, and 14.6% of people without the disease.
Thus, the presence of migraine increases risk of depression by 80%. As for feedback, among the patients complaining of depression, migraine was observed in 40%, but this Association disappeared when the researchers took into account factors such as stress and childhood trauma.
So far, scientists are not ready to answer why migraines and depression are related to each other, despite the fact that this Association of them known for a long time.
