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A new study shows that women who suffer from depression find that incontinence, or a “leaky bladder,” may be a general side effect.
Dr. Jennifer Melville recently compiled information regarding the relationship between incontinence and depression and concluded that serotonin, a chemical naturally found in the body, was lacking on both issues in independent studies. After completing preliminary research and finding that both issues can be accounted for by a lack of serotonin, Melville’s group of researchers considered the fact that one may bring onset to the other.
According to Melville:
“We thought maybe we’d see it both ways. In some people because of chemical changes in the body, depression could lead to incontinence but in others, the cause would run the other way because of the psychologic reaction to incontinence.”
“We just saw the one pathway, very strong, leading from depression to incontinence and in fact incontinence not leading to depression… The unambiguous results of the study were not expected. We were surprised at was how one-sided the effect looked.”
Whereas it hasn’t been determined that onset of incontinence could trigger depression, it’s possibly a generalized correlation to make being that a woman who has to run to the bathroom seven, eight or twenty-nine times a day might ultimately end up suffering emotionally or mentally due to the constant stress of possible leakage.
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