In many patients, multiple sclerosis and depression are closely associated. This should not come as a surprise. MS is a highly stressful disease which also affects the nervous tissue and is treated using drugs that have powerful side effects. As a consequence, there are a number of different ways in which the disease can trigger depression.

Depression and Multiple Sclerosis: The Causes

As alluded to in the above paragraph, multiple sclerosis depression can be triggered by the stress that comes from living with multiple sclerosis. This has to do with the fact that MS is a chronic, little-understood disease with no known conventional medical cure. Furthermore, in many cases, the prognosis is bleak: patients have to contend with the fact that they are likely to end up with at least one of many possible forms of disability. They may lose part of their vision, their mobility, and may …