Roy Marten has revealed the condition of his older brother, Rudy Salam, before he died. He explained that Rudy had been depressed for 7 years.
The depression that one experiences begins with pain and vertigo. As a result of this condition, Rudy prefers to sit and rarely so as not to feel dizzy.
However, due to not moving for too long, the muscles in his body started to contract and made him unable to move. Roy Marten said this condition made his brother depressed.
“After a long time he didn’t want to walk, he sat. Then he continued to sit for a long time and his muscles shrank. So, the buildups continued to be depression, because you can’t move, you can’t do this and that, so it’s a physical pain, the thoughts that build up over seven years,” explained Roy Marten.
Can dizziness trigger mental disorders?
According to research published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, chronic vertigo can be caused by or lead to physical or mental problems. Chronic dizziness results from a variety of underlying health issues, most commonly involving neurological, vestibular, and heart disease.
Quoted from scientific newspaper, researchers reviewed studies on the relationship between psychiatric disorders and vertigo. They found that psychiatric disorders are often associated with anxiety and can occur in up to 15% of patients with vertigo.
After vestibular disease, which affects the parts of the inner ear and brain responsible for controlling balance, psychiatric disorders appear to be the second most common cause of chronic vertigo.
“One of the reasons the underlying cause can be so difficult to diagnose is because the dizziness experienced can vary widely,” says Zak Kelm, DO, a psychiatry resident at Ohio State University and the study’s lead author. Science newspaperSaturday (17/12/2022).
Chronic dizziness in question includes:
- Vertigo (sensation of spinning)
- Presyncope (almost passed out)
- Imbalance (imbalance).
When a patient’s description of symptoms appears consistent with one of these categories, the physician is better equipped to make an accurate diagnosis.
“Patients who have difficulty describing their symptoms, or who appear to experience several distinct symptoms, are more likely to have nonspecific vertigo,” says Dr. Kelm.
“When clinicians see a patient reporting generalized or vague dizziness, it should be a prompt to ask questions about the patient’s mental health,” he continued.
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