Stress that emanates from providing care to persons with diseases such as dementia and other frustrating conditions can be detrimental to your health and social life. In fact it is very easy to spot depression and/or anxiety in caregivers who take care of patients with such frustrating conditions.

Such stress if not contained has major drawbacks to someone’s health and well being such as depression, long term medical problems such as diabetes, cancer , heart diseases or arthritis. Other medical problems can be weak immune system and mental capacity decline. Stress while providing care affects more women and men according to researchers and sometimes one is not aware of the stress.

I t is very vital to keep up with your daily activity and take note on any irregularity in the normalcy in whatever you do daily such as tiredness all the time, sleeping to much or too little, starting alcohol and other drugs abuse, weight gain or loss in a short time, lack of interest with what you used to enjoy among others.

Though some individual get stressed more than others, it is always a good idea to visit your physician once you notice such conditions as above. Once you establish what’s causing your stress, tackle it from the root e.g. If your stress is derived from frustrations of taking care of someone with dementia, seek counseling or training of dealing with such conditions. Establish your daily routine and write it somewhere such as diary to help you live an organized life. Talk to people who love you such as relatives often. Make that call and talk about a movie or something that interest you and don’t be lonely. Eat healthy and exercise regularly and soon your stress will be on the way out.

It is also a good idea to look for resources about care giving in your community and remember to be happy.

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