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Depression Symtoms
Health Encyclopedia: Major Depression
Depression - major; Unipolar depression; Major depressive disorder
Symptoms
- Trouble sleeping or excessive sleeping
- A dramatic change in appetite, often with weight gain or loss
- Fatigue and lack of energy
- Feelings of worthlessness, self-hate, and inappropriate guilt
- Extreme difficulty concentrating
- Agitation, restlessness, and irritability
- Inactivity and withdrawal from usual activities, a loss of interest or pleasure in activi...
Expert & Community Posts
Teen Depression on Health Central
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertDepression is one of the most common co-existing conditions that accompany ADHD. Many of us know... Read more »
What Is Depression? Our First Podcast!
By DepressionCast , Health Expert...prefer to listen to it, you can easily do so from the DepressionCast Web site. Hello and... Read more »
Stress and Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...likely than the general population to experience depression because the painful limitations of... Read more »
Recognizing Depression in Children
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert...entry, most of my childhood was blighted by clinical depression. After I was diagnosed at age... Read more »
Depression, Inflammation, and Multiple Sclerosis
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert...Center on campus where the doctor on call diagnosed depression. He prescribed a short round of... Read more »
Health Guide
Depression Issues: What is depression?
Depression is a mood disorder which results from a variety of factors related to biological and genetic background, environmental influences, and childhood or developmental experiences. There are... Read more »Hitting the Books: Your Must-Have Depression Reading List
If you've been diagnosed with depression, one of the most important steps toward finding effective treatment is educating yourself about the illness. If you’re the caregiver of a depression... Read more »Depression and Teenagers: Some Basics
Teen years are difficult -- for both the teens and their families. Add depression to the situation, and it can be especially difficult to know where to turn, and what to do. Just as there are... Read more »The First 48 Hours: Top 10 Depression Myths Debunked
It’s all in your head. Only women get depressed. If you have depression, you’re stuck with it for life. Do any of these statements sound familiar? For all the misconceptions about clinical... Read more »Is it Depression or Something Else? Part 2
In Part 1 of this piece, I very briefly described emotional states related to feelings of depression and depressed mood. I then, even more briefly, described some of the hallmark characteristics of... Read more »Images
Medications
...for quitting smoking. It may also be used to treat depression (antidepressant). While... Read more »
...for quitting smoking. It may also be used to treat depression (antidepressant). While... Read more »
...arms/legs tiredness mental/mood changes (e.g., depression, mood swings, agitation) ... Read more »
...swelling of the ankles/feet mental/mood changes (e.g., depression, mood swings, agitation) ... Read more »
...difficult breathing mental/mood changes (e.g., depression, mood swings, agitation) muscle... Read more »
Related News
Connecting the Brain and Pain
November 13, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A common brain imaging technology is unlocking the connection between depression and pain. Statistics show more than 75 percent... Read summary »
Exercise Eases Depression and Heart Disease
January 21, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients suffering from both coronary heart disease and symptoms of depression can cut their risk of cardiovascular events by... Read summary »
When Does Cancer Equal Depression?
February 20, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- No one would expect someone with advanced cancer to have the sunniest of dispositions. But when does normal sadness related to... Read summary »
Sleepless Nights Complicate Depression
April 30, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Depression is bad enough by itself. But depression coupled with insomnia is even worse. According to researchers from the... Read summary »
Diabetes Treatment Ups Depression Risk
July 09, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) The treatment used to help people with type 2 diabetes may cause some patients to develop depression. Johns Hopkins researchers... Read summary »
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