5 symptoms of depression
5 common symptoms of depression include:
- Persistent sadness: Feeling sad, anxious, or empty most of the day, nearly every day
- Loss of interest: Losing interest in activities or hobbies
- Sleep: Waking up too early or sleeping too much
- Changes in appetite: Eating more or less than usual, or having no appetite
- Difficulty concentrating: Having trouble focusing, remembering details, or making decisions.
Other symptoms include:
- Feeling hopeless, helpless, or pessimistic
- Feeling guilty, worthless, or low self-worth
- Having physical aches or pains, headaches, cramps, or digestive problems
- Having thoughts of death or suicide, or attempting suicide
- Fatigue: Feeling tired or slowed down, even after sleeping well
- Feeling irritable, frustrated, restless, tearful or intolerant of others
- Having no motivation.
What is depression?
A depressive episode is different from regular mood fluctuations. It lasts most of the day, nearly every day, for at least two weeks.
Depression is a serious medical illness. But treatment is highly effective, especially with a powerful groups of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
And depression usually gets better completely – with time.
If you are considering suicide, ring 999 and/or go to A&E. MyHSN cares about you.
