Pseudotumor Cerebri Support Group
Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is a neurological disorder that is characterized by increased intracranial pressure, in the absence of a tumor or other diseases affecting the brain or its lining. Diagnosis requires brain scans and lumbar puncture. Characteristic symptoms are headache, transient visual obscurations or transient visual loss in one or both eyes usually lasting...
Hi, someone wrote a post earlier about having their anxiety go away once the pressure went down in their bain and thought that maybe the pressure was affecting a nerve that had initially caused her anxiety. I wrote the IHRfoundation and asked them and this was their response.
Hello
We don't know the answer to your question: There is a research paper that shows that there is a high level of aniexty in IH patients. We do not know the cause. The paper abstract is listed at the end of this email.
IHRF
Neurology. 2000 Sep 26;55(6):901.
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: relationship to depression, anxiety, and quality of life.Kleinschmidt JJ, Digre KB, Hanover R.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah Health Sciences, Center, Salt Lake City, USA.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the incidence of depression and anxiety and to measure quality of life in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), a matched group cross-sectional study was conducted. Women with IIH (n = 28) were compared with control groups of weight- and age-matched women not diagnosed with IIH (n = 30) and with age-matched women of normal weight (n = 30). METHODS: Eighty-eight women completed a questionnaire soliciting health information and standardized questionnaires measuring depression, anxiety, and quality of life. The groups were compared using analysis of variance and chi2 tests. Where appropriate, post hoc comparisons were made using Fisher's test. RESULTS: Patients with IIH reported a greater number of adverse health problems than either of the control groups. Non-health-related psychosocial concerns were equally prevalent among the three groups, but IIH patients were significantly more affected by hardships associated with health problems than the other two groups. The patient group also had higher levels of depression and anxiety than the control groups. These adverse health conditions were reflected in decreased quality of life measures for the IIH patients. CONCLUSIONS: This study supports previous reports that link obesity and psychosocial difficulties, but obesity alone is not the explanation for the higher levels of depression and lower levels of quality of life.
Hello
We don't know the answer to your question: There is a research paper that shows that there is a high level of aniexty in IH patients. We do not know the cause. The paper abstract is listed at the end of this email.
IHRF
Neurology. 2000 Sep 26;55(6):901.
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: relationship to depression, anxiety, and quality of life.Kleinschmidt JJ, Digre KB, Hanover R.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah Health Sciences, Center, Salt Lake City, USA.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the incidence of depression and anxiety and to measure quality of life in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), a matched group cross-sectional study was conducted. Women with IIH (n = 28) were compared with control groups of weight- and age-matched women not diagnosed with IIH (n = 30) and with age-matched women of normal weight (n = 30). METHODS: Eighty-eight women completed a questionnaire soliciting health information and standardized questionnaires measuring depression, anxiety, and quality of life. The groups were compared using analysis of variance and chi2 tests. Where appropriate, post hoc comparisons were made using Fisher's test. RESULTS: Patients with IIH reported a greater number of adverse health problems than either of the control groups. Non-health-related psychosocial concerns were equally prevalent among the three groups, but IIH patients were significantly more affected by hardships associated with health problems than the other two groups. The patient group also had higher levels of depression and anxiety than the control groups. These adverse health conditions were reflected in decreased quality of life measures for the IIH patients. CONCLUSIONS: This study supports previous reports that link obesity and psychosocial difficulties, but obesity alone is not the explanation for the higher levels of depression and lower levels of quality of life.
Thanks so much, Jazzy!
Also...I visited their site... finally! They are doing wonderful things. I am one of those personalities that's frightened very easily by reading symptoms. So it took me a while to even click the link to their Website. lol
Thanks again!
Betty!