Regular and quality sleep is important for general health as well as psychological health. Regular and quality sleep and healthy melatonin release are essential in the treatment of all psychiatric diseases. Therefore, it is important to ensure that your sleep pattern is settled. If there are difficulties that you cannot correct in this regard, be sure to share them with your doctor. In particular, situations such as day and night sleep cycle changes, that is, sleeping too late at night and sleeping during the day, difficulty falling asleep, frequent interruptions of sleep for no reason, waking up unintentionally early in the morning, inability to wake up in the morning, and daytime sleepiness are situations that need intervention. If your relative has OCD, support your patient in sharing this issue with his doctor.
In addition, regular life brings regular sleep. Therefore, attention should be paid to regular living and regular sleep. If the person with OCD is your relative, you should first support your relative in this regard. It is important to provide support, without being forceful or advising, about having a goal to get up in the morning and increasing life goals and motivation. In this regard, the patient's efforts should be supported and rewarded, and positive reinforcement should be provided for subsequent efforts.
The positive effects of exercise on chronic diseases have been shown by many studies. There are many studies examining its effects on psychiatric diseases. These studies show that exercise provides mental well-being, reduces symptoms and has protective effects through its effects on neurotrophic factors, neurotransmitters and cytokine releases, and cerebral blood flow. Therefore, integrating exercise and active life into your life will provide a significant advantage in treatment. Again, if your relative has OCD, you can encourage your relative to engage in activity, be a model for him/her in this regard, and accompany him/her in this regard.
Although some nutritional supplements are not the main treatment, they can support the treatment. For example, it is known that the gut microbiota plays an important role in human health. The relationship between unhealthy nutrition and psychiatric disease is also established through the intestinal microbiota. Nutrition and many environmental factors and intestinal microbiota Pathogenic (disease-causing, bad) bacteria increase in the stomach. And these leak into the gut, creating chronic inflammation. It is stated that this is a factor that causes psychiatric diseases. On the contrary, nutrition that encourages the growth of beneficial bacteria in the intestine can be good for psychiatric conditions by reducing chronic inflammation. Refined carbohydrates, sugar, and saturated fatty acids disrupt the balance of intestinal bacteria, increase harmful bacteria, and can trigger chronic inflammation and psychiatric diseases. For this reason, it is important for the patient to pay attention to his diet, eat healthy, avoid obesity, and take care of the intake of probiotic foods. Motivating your patient in this regard is important in terms of supportive treatment. In nutrition, it is also important to consume foods rich in vitamin B12, vitamin D, Magnesium and Omega-3, and if these are lacking in our body and there is difficulty in obtaining them through food, it is important to supplement them with external intake.
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