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Intracranial Hypertension and depression
Can Intracranial Hypertension cause depression? Could it affect your mood? Find out how Intracranial Hypertension can affect your mood.
As a chronic pain condition with unknown cause and difficult management Intracranial Hypertension has a high association with depression. Without effective management, intracranial hypertension can severely limit the quality of life, and medications used to treat IH can increase fatigue, cognitive impairments and mental health, which further increases the functional disability of IH. This can increase the mood affect of the individual, and often results in severe depression. Individuals on Topiramate must be monitored for additional side effect for suicidality.
Posted Feb 18, 2018 by Kelly 2560
