The symptoms of Game addiction
Symptoms of game addiction
There are both physical and emotional symptoms causes by game addiction
emotional symptoms include restlessness when unable to play, avoiding family and friends to play games, Always occupied with gaming activity when doing unrelated things.
Physical symptoms include fatigue, migraines, poor personal hygiene and syndromes caused from the over use of gaming necessities such as the mouse or keyboard/controller.
Gaming addiction is just like any other addiction as it has short-term and long term effects. Short term effects include hunger, fatigue which can eventually lead to long-term affects such as sleeping disorders, change in sleeping patterns and complete change of diet leading to serious health issues.
There are medication that can be giving to help with gaming addiction. The main medication used has been bupropion to treat this disorder. This type of medication changes the brain chemistry to reduce cravings for gaming similar to a nicotine patch. This has proven to be effective to game addict patients however there can be side effects.
If you experience any of these symptoms there are helplines that can assist you. This can be found from previous posts.
-Anthony
Article: http://www.psychguides.com/guides/video-game-addiction-symptoms-causes-and-effects/
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