Does anyone else experience a severe mood alteration when sick with the flu or cold?
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Hi, TryingHard. Depressions often come loaded with physical symptoms. If you think of depression as an assault on the body and immune system as well as the mind, your situation makes perfect sense. Also keep in mind, cold and flu are accompanied by fatigue, as is depression.
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