Cyclothimic Disorder

One client joked to me. “I do not remember whether I have a migraine headache because of depression or I was depressed about my migraine headache”

It doesn’t matter if it is a joke or not. Depression and headaches are always interlinked .

At first blush, one tends to reason, “Of course she’s depressed – she’s in pain!” This, however, is not the only reason.

Chronic depression is nothing but depression lasting more than six months and it is not because of any depressive episodes like death of loved ones etc. A recent study has suggested that 67% of people who suffers from migraine headache also suffer from chronic depression.