What are the main symptoms of depression?!
Question: What are the main symptoms of depression
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Depressed mood, or
Loss of interest or pleasure.
It is sufficient to have either of these symptoms in conjunction with four of a list of other symptoms. These include
Feelings of overwhelming sadness or fear or the seeming inability to feel emotion (emptiness).
A decrease in the amount of pleasure derived from what were previously pleasurable activities.
Inattention to personal hygiene.
Changing appetite and marked weight gain or loss.
Disturbed sleep patterns, such as insomnia, loss of REM sleep, or excessive sleep.
Changes in activity levels, such as restlessness or a slowing of movement.
Fatigue, mental or physical.
Feelings of guilt, helplessness, hopelessness, anxiety, or fear.
A decrease in self-esteem.
Trouble concentrating or making decisions or a generalized slowing and obtunding of cognition.
Self-harm or ruminating on self-harm.
Ruminating on death or suicide.
Reduced memory.
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slleeping lots
wanting to cry but don't no why
change in earting patterns
Thoughts of hopelessness, dispair, worthlessness, etc etc etc..oohhh yea and you might find yourself being sleepy alot.
- feelings of strress/pressure
- feeling hopless
- no one appreciates you
- losing weight
- getting fed-up always/ sick of everything
- life is miserable
- "i want to die"
Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood
Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed, including sex
Decreased energy, fatigue, being "slowed down"
Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions
Insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
Appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain
Thoughts of death or suicide; suicide attempts
Restlessness, irritability
Persistent physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment, such as headaches, digestive disorders, and chronic pain
Source(s):
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm#ptdep3
It can vary greatly but generally feeling low for no apparent reason, loss or gain in appetite, disturbed sleeping patterns, namely, difficulty in dropping off and waking in the early hours, loss of interest in personal appearance and feelings of anxiety.
there are too many symptoms to list but if you have it you will know. there are lots of things the doctor can give you to help lift your mood thil you sort out the problems.
Allways sad, quiet, hates life all the time, gets paranoid, crys for no reason, is constantly thinking about suicide.
Source(s):
Myself, experiencing it first hand.
Let me add some more on this:
In some cases, people with sever depression tend to not to move at all. They just laying there but not sleeping, even if they try to move to a close distance, it takes a lot of them (courage; energy; motivation; and so on) to move from one place to another.
*You feel miserable and sad.
*You feel exhausted a lot of the time with no energy .
*You feel very anxious sometimes
*You seldom enjoy the things that you used to enjoy-you may be off sex or food or may 'comfort eat' to excess.
*You sometimes feel that life isn't worth living
*You can see no future. There is a loss of hope. You feel all you've ever done is make mistakes and that's all that you ever will do.
*You feel irritable or angry more than usual.
*You feel you have no confidence.
*You may have physical aches and pains which appear to have no physical cause, such as back pain.
I have a website that you could go to for further information, you may find it really helpful
* www.symptomsofdepression.net
where you can do a questionnaire that will help you to see if you have got depression, or
*
http://www.clinical-depression.co.uk/Depression_Information/symptoms.htm
which will give you details about the signs of depression
Source(s):
www.clinicaldepression.co.uk/
the main signs of depression are feeling down all the time,sleeplessness,anxiety,bei. irritable,not wanting to get out of bed in the morning,loss of interest in things that you like doing,changes in appetite,you may not want to go out even to shop for groceries.avoidance of friends & family,or social situations often occurs,crying& feelings of hoplessness,depression can have different symptoms in different people.if you are depressed or think you are then you must go to a doctor,who will help you,i have suffered from depression for years but am doing better thanks to the help i get from my doctor.sometimes depression can be a one off episode brought on by trauma,bereavement even losing a job..
Cheating, abusive, or unattentive significant others.
If you have depression, you really need to have a word with a doctor about it. It can be very very dangerous.
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