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Symptom of Depression
More and more
people right across
the world are reporting to suffer from the symptom of depression. More
and more people are seeking for information on depression.
Here you find useful information on depression: about the symptoms of depression and the usual cause of depression.
Symptom
of Depression
What
are the symptoms of a mild depression?
- Feeling
sad and low, and tired.
- Restlessness or irritability.
- Sleep problems - insomnia
or sleeping to excess.
- Worry.
- Weepiness,
crying at inappropriate times.
- Difficulty in
concentrating, and forming and carrying out plans and ideas.
- Lack
of appetite and spirit.
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What
are the symptoms of a serious, major depression?
- Deep feeling of sadness,
despair, misery, gloom and blackness.
- Loss
of affection towards oneself and others, empty mood.
- A
sense of failure, self-criticism, feeling of unworthiness, even
self-loathing.
- Loss
of interest in life, in former favorite activities, inability to take pleasure in life.
- Decreased energy, fatigue, sluggish.
- Loss
of sex drive.
- Loss
of self-esteem and confidence.
- Altered appetite,
usually a loss of appetite and weight (seldom overeating and weight gain).
- Weight
fluctuation.
- Lethargy, slovenliness, apathy.
- Insomnia
or sleeping for long periods as a means of escape.
- Early
morning awaking - typically between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.
- Thoughts
of death or suicide, even attempt of suicide.
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What might be the physical symptom of depression?
- persistent headache
- persistent digestive disorders
- chronic pain
- appetite irregularities: irregular eating, overeating or loss of appetite
- weight alteration: gain or loss of weight, weight fluctuation
- changed sleep pattern: insomnia, early morning waking or oversleeping
- decreased libido, loss of sex drive.
Cause
of Depression
Depression can be caused by environmental factors like emotional traumas or climatic conditions as too little sunshine. Endogenous factors,
like hormonal changes or reduction of certain neurotransmitters in the
brain also may cause depression. The tendency of being depressed often
runs in the family, so there are genetic causes as well.
- Changes in
hormone levels:
in adolescent, after childbirth (baby blues), after miscarriage, in
menopause (menopausal depression), in low thyroid function
(hypothyroidism).
- After a
traumatic event:
great emotional loss (death, divorce, disappointment in love), social
problems (a move, isolation), career change (reactive depression).
- Seasonal:
lack of sunshine and long darkness during autumn and winter months
(seasonal affective disorder).
- Without any
obvious cause:
endogenous depression. Probably related to a reduction in the level of
certain chemicals in the brain (neurotransmitters, like serotonin).
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