Symptoms of depression include:
Main Symptoms
- Mood:Feeling sad or down
- Interest:Loss of interest in normal daily activities
- Sleep: Excessive sleeping or loss of sleep.
- Concentration: poor or decreases
- Appetite: decrease appetite, smtimes overeating
- Guilt: Feeling of worthlessness
- Energy: Decrease level of energy
- Suicidal tendency
Insight is always present except in manic depression
Questions to ask your self.
| How much of the time... | All of the time | Most of the time | More than half of the time | Less than half of the time | Some of the time | At no time | |
| 1 | Have you felt in low spirits or sad? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Have you lost interest in your daily activities? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Have you felt lacking in energy and strength? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Have you felt less self-confident? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Have you had a bad conscience or feelings of guilt? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Have you felt that life wasn't worth living? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Have you had difficulty in concentrating, e.g. when reading the newspaper or watching television? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8a | Have you felt very restless? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8b | Have you felt subdued? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Have you had trouble sleeping at night? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10a | Have you suffered from reduced appetite? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10b | Have you suffered from increased appetite? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Others
- Feeling hopeless
- Difficulty making decisions
- Unintentional weight gain or loss
- Irritability
- Restlessness
- Being easily annoyed
- Feeling fatigued or weak
- Loss of interest in sex
- Unexplained physical problems, such as back pain or headaches
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