symptoms of depression

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Q: What are the first and most common symptoms of depression?
Someone close to me has been feeling down for a while, anyone know what the 1st and most common symptoms of depression are usually?

A: You feel miserable and sad.
You feel exhausted a lot of the time with no energy .
You feel as if even the smallest tasks are sometimes impossible.
You seldom enjoy the things that you used to enjoy-you may be off sex or food or may ‘comfort eat’ to excess.
You feel very anxious sometimes.

You don’t want to see people or are scared to be left alone. Social activity may feel hard or impossible.

You find it difficult to think clearly.

You feel like a failure and/or feel guilty a lot of the time.

You feel a burden to others.

You sometimes feel that life isn’t worth living.

You can see no future. There is a loss of hope. You feel all you’ve ever done is make mistakes and that’s all that you ever will do.
You feel irritable or angry more than usual.

You feel you have no confidence.

You spend a lot of time thinking about what has gone wrong, what will go wrong or what is wrong about yourself as a person. You may also feel guilty sometimes about being critical of others (or even thinking critically about them).
You feel that life is unfair.

You have difficulty sleeping or wake up very early in the morning and can’t sleep again. You seem to dream all night long and sometimes have disturbing dreams.

You feel that life has/is ‘passing you by.’

You may have physical aches and pains which appear to have no physical cause, such as back pain.

It’s this wealth of depression symptoms, and the broad scope that confuses many people as to what depression actually is. Explanations rarely cover all the symptoms, and everybody’s experience is different.

Q: How bad do your depression symptoms have to be to be sent to hospital?
i’m always hesitant to tell my psychologist the way i am really feeling just in case she decides i have to go to hospital. What type of things would make her come to that conclusion?

A: Why even go to the psychologist if you are not being truthful, not only to him/her, but true to yourself? Why live with these feelings deep down inside? I truly believe that hiding information inside, is just hurting you now and in the long run. Get real with yourself, go get the help you truly need.

Q: What are some Symptoms of depression? How do you get rid of it without going to the doctor?
I was told by my doctor that i had depression a year ago and i think im going thru it again but i would like to know what are the symptoms? Because i don’t want to go to the doctor again. im just scared of being on pills

A: dont be afraid of the doctor, but the book “feeling good” by doctor david burns is brilliant [see the link below ]

below is my stock answer for depression and the books are really good

you may have depression. i have it too. its not your fault, its not weakness and telling people really helps, they wont tell you to grow a pair or man up or stop being a wimp they will want to help.

follow these steps

1. take this test. http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/depression/Pages/Introduction.aspx

2. if it says you are depressed see a doctor anti depressants help and are nothintg to be ashamed of.

3. seek therapy if available talk to the doctor about this[if you go to a church talk to the minister]

4. buy this book. i cannot stress this enough. it has changed my life, i have asked 2 girls out this year and have never done that before, i have failed my degree and it doesnt bother me. it really hel

http://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-Therapy-Revised-Updated/dp/0380810336/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272508730&sr=8-1

if relationships are a major issue for you as they are for me i would recomend this book too

http://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Connections-David-D-Burns/dp/0451148452/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272510039&sr=1-1

Q: How to tell my mom I have the symptoms of depression?
I’ve had the symptoms of and on for about a year now.
They’ll go away, the come back.
I really do want to tell her because I’m tired of being depressed.
She’s just going to say I have no reason to be depressed because I have no chores, I get whatever I want, etc.
But she doesn’t realize people can’t help it if they have depression.

A: Just sit her down tell her you are depressed and you don’t know why but that you need to get treatment.. She loves you I am sure she will understand.. If she doesn’t though maybe you should go to the school guidance office and they could direct you to someone that could help..

My son sees a counselor and takes an antidepressant.. There is help available.. You are a strong person knowing you have a problem and getting help.. I think thats a sign of a really strong person.. So good luck may you get the help you need..

Q: If depression is caused by a chemical imbalance how do we explain all the many symptoms of depression?
These of some but not all of the symptoms that people deal with that seem to be directly connected to their depression: loss of memory and concentration, pain in the body, chronic pain in neck and shoulder, severe pain in limbs, loss of strength in limbs, inability to use limbs, uclers, indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome, rashes, constipation, gas, weight loss, weight gain, loss of appetite, sleep disruption, inability to stay awake. There are many other symptoms of depression that seem directly linked to depression. As one person said, “When the depression goes up, the pain goes down. When the pain goes up, the depression goes down.”

It would seem to be easier to explain these symptoms, if we looked at depression as an autoimmune disease of the brain. The immune system attacking various parts of the brain could cause all these symptoms. But how does a chemical imbalance in the brain cause all of these symptoms of depression?

A: We hear about the chemical imbalances that lead to depression, primarily from drug companies that are interested in selling their drugs. Of course depressin IS caused by an imbalance of chemicals put out by the brain, that that is not the ONLY cause. Often, the brain will begin to go into neurotranmistter overdrive as a reaction to some form of physical or quasi-physical stress, especially since the neurotransmitters that cause depression in an overabaundance are ALSO the neurotransmitters that are pumped out during the “fight or flight” reflex.

If these chemicals are pumped out in situations in which you don’t overtly have to fight or flee, it’s likely that the presence of these neurochemicals will cause a kind of traffic-jam effect that begins to play on other parts of the brain and thus other parts of the body. Which is why, when the pain goes up, the depression goes down. Pain, or some form of physical hardship will often jolt the body into responding, thus metabolizing the neurotransmitters that cause depression in the first place.

Knowing this, however, isn’t the same as finding a cure, it’s just a way to recognize that yes, there are OTHER forms of depression, and just as an aside note, I’ve noticed among Russian friends of mine suffering from depression, their doctors routinely suggest TRAVEL as a way of overcoming some of depression’s more debilitating effects.

Q: what is the best way to deal with minor depression symptoms?
like my boy friend has been noticably sad for a while, and i try to talk to him and cheer him up, but lately not even my Greatest attemps will soften him up. i need help, with out going to any kind of doc, ( he tells me its not that bad, and wont go.) so anyone have a serious answer for me, i dont like seeing him like this.
btw: we are 17/18 yrs

please and thank you!

A: Stop talking and start doing.

Really. If you get outdoors and do stuff – take brisk walks, go to movies, head to a school game or other event and keep up the activity level, he won;t have time to sit aroudn feelign sorry for himself and getting all depressed.

Adn if there is some cause (other than seasonal depression), like worries abotu the future or problems with studies, work on them together; just dont; make it appear you are tryign to give him the third degree to find out. Instead be observant, talk a lot with him and above all listen and observe to see if you can pinpoint any cause other than it being fall, winter coming and another year of school starting.

Q: What are some external physical symptoms of depression?
Does depression cause physical symptoms such as acne, et. cetera, what are some things caused by depression, externally?
Does anyone know if clinical depression can cause hair loss, weight loss, loss of teeth, or any other physical/ external/ (cosmetic) changes and or loss?
Does anyone know if clinical depression can cause hair loss, weight loss, loss of teeth, or any other physical/ external/ (cosmetic) changes and or loss?

A: [edit] Symptoms
According to the[7]DSM-IV-TR criteria for diagnosing a major depressive disorder] (cautionary statement) one of the following two elements must be present for a period of at least two weeks:

Depressed mood, or
Anhedonia
It is sufficient to have either of these symptoms in conjunction with five of a list of other symptoms over a two-week period. These include:

Feelings of overwhelming sadness and/or fear, or the seeming inability to feel emotion (emptiness).
A decrease in the amount of interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, daily activities.
Changing appetite and marked weight gain or loss.
Disturbed sleep patterns, such as insomnia, loss of REM sleep, or excessive sleep (Hypersomnia).
Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day.
Fatigue, mental or physical, also loss of energy.
Intense feelings of guilt, nervousness, helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness, isolation/loneliness and/or anxiety.
Trouble concentrating, keeping focus or making decisions or a generalized slowing and obtunding of cognition, including memory.
Recurrent thoughts of death (not just fear of dying), desire to just “lie down and die” or “stop breathing”, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing suicide.
Feeling and/or fear of being abandoned by those close to one.
Other symptoms often reported but not usually taken into account in diagnosis include:

Self-loathing.
A decrease in self-esteem.
Inattention to personal hygiene.
Sensitivity to noise.
Physical aches and pains, and the belief these may be signs of serious illness.
Fear of ‘going mad’.
Change in perception of time.
Periods of sobbing.
Possible behavioral changes, such as aggression and/or irritability.
Depression in children is not as obvious as it is in adults. Children may show symptoms such as:

Loss of appetite.
Irritability.
Sleep problems, such as recurrent nightmares.
Learning or memory problems where none existed before.
Significant behavioral changes; such as withdrawal, social isolation, and aggression.
An additional indicator could be the excessive use of drugs or alcohol. Depressed adolescents are at particular risk of further destructive behaviours, such as eating disorders and self-harm.

One of the most widely used instruments for measuring depression severity is the Beck Depression Inventory, a 21-question multiple choice survey.

It is hard for people who have not experienced clinical depression, either personally or by regular exposure to people suffering it, to understand its emotional impact and severity, interpreting it instead as being similar to “having the blues” or “feeling down.” As the list of symptoms above indicates, clinical depression is a serious, potentially lethal systemic disorder characterized by the psychiatric profession as interlocking physical, affective, and cognitive symptoms that have consequences for function and survival well beyond sad or painful feelings.

A recent study in Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease showed that alternative symptoms of depression including diminished drive, hopelessness and helplessness, lack of reactivity, anger, psychic and somatic anxiety can be as effective as current DSM-IV criteria in diagnosis. According to this study, diminished drive has a higher diagnostic criteria than all others except for depressed mood with sensitivity of 88.2 of specificity of 69.9. (PMID: 17041292)

Mnemonics commonly used to remember the DSM-IV criteria are SIGECAPS[8] (sleep, interest (anhedonia), guilt, energy, concentration, appetite, psychomotor, suicidality) and DEAD SWAMP[9] (depressed mood, energy, anhedonia, death (thoughts of), sleep, worthlessness/guilt, appetite, mentation, psychomotor).

Q: Will physical and mental symptoms of anxiety vanish after getting out of depression?
I suffer from weird mental symptoms of depression and anxiety due to problems i faced and still face since 3 yrs.. some of these symptoms are irrational thoughts and breathing problems.. what i want to know is that when i fix my problems and get out of depression, will these weird symptoms go?? Will i return normal? Please ppl who don’t know don’t answer thx I prefer answers from ppl who experienced these symptoms before.

A: Yes definitely you will return to your normal self. Anxiety & depression create a lot of weird thoughts, u can get out of the shower and all of a sudden your heart is beating fast, you find you can’t breathe properly, you want someone to help, but .. how will they understand??! The thing is, sometimes you can’t fix things by yourself, sometimes you need help. Sometimes you have to tell someone how you actually feel. Three years is a long time to carry it by yourself, let someone else help you! Think about someone you can trust; email them, text them, write to them. Tell them you need to talk to someone, tell them what you need or don’t need from them (eg lectures about right & worng). It took me awhile to trust, & when I did, I had to choose the right people. They are out there sometimes you just have to let them know. Be brave. Good luck xx

Q: What are the main symptoms of depression?
I have not fealt like myself for months, no energy, lack of energy, I feel like a different person with lots of events fallowing up to it . If you have had depression, what were the main symptoms that a dcoctor could not diagnose, I need your help, an how long did it last.

A: Feelings of worthlessness, feelings of tremendous sadness. You lose interest in things that used to hold joy for you. You distance yourself from your friends, you become more reclusive and introverted. When you get up in the morning, you stare at the ceiling for a while, wondering why you should even get up.

Been like this for a while, I don’t need a doctor to tell me that there’s something wrong with me.

Q: What does it mean if you have all the symptoms of depression but your last doctor says your not?
Last year I saw the school therapist but not specifically for depression I seem to have all the symptoms of depression yet he told me that I wasn’t depressed because I have decent school grades and good hygiene. I am still suffering with this depression and I want to know if the doctor I saw is right because of these things.
I am afraid to tell my parents, but I know for sure that I am not one of those people who makes things like this up for attention.

A: Maybe you are just stressed.

Q: What are the signs and symptoms of depression, and being Bi polar?
I know there is something mentally wrong with em but I’m not sure which it could be i know depression runs in my family but ive questioned if being bi polar does too my uncle killed himself because of it and my moms on medication for her depression. but i am wondering what the symptoms of both are so maybe I can get my problem more on the butt.

A: You can find your answers in the book DIANETICS – THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH which explains the source of all mentall problems.
Try Dianetics. Watch the introduction video

http://www.dianetics.org

Q: Has anyone that suffered depression before being pregnant have no symptoms of it after?
Before I became pregnant with my first child, I suffered from major depression and mood swings. After having him (2 1/2 years ago) I have not had any symptoms of depression or mood swings. Has this happened to anyone else? Can your hormones get “in-check” after becoming pregnant?

A: I had mild depression for years, and severe postpartum after my first son. Since the birth of my second I’ve had no symptoms. I think pregnancy screws so much with your body that anything is possible – I’ve also gotten over my seasonal allergies but developed food allergies.

Q: What are the symptoms of depression?
What are the symptoms of depression?
I’m not sure if I am a depressed person, a dreamer, my humanly instincts about eating, sleeping, and action are just out of wack, or its just a puberty thing.
I’m a very independent person and I prefer to be alone.

A: Puberty can throw your hormones into turmoil and cause all sorts of strange things.

Depression causes feelings of sadness (even when the circumstances do not warrant it). In some, your sleeping and eating can be too little or too much.

Depression alters your way of looking at the world, everything is grey.

How is your school work, social life, situation with your family?

I love to sleep late and like being alone–been that way my whole life–but, I’m not sad.

Q: What are some physical symptoms of depression?
And why does depression cause physical symptoms aswell as mental symptoms?

A: I had to deal with vomiting on a few occasions. It happened about 3 or 4 times, usually on the day after I dealt with a bout of deep depression. I don’t know why there’s physical symptoms. I don’t know if psychiatrists know about that. Try webmd.

Q: What are ALL the symptoms of depression?
I went to my doctor and she thinks I might have depression, but could it be?

The major symptom that I haven’t told my doctor is that I feel angry all the time, I get pissed at people for no reason, I am always grumpy and pessimistic, I yell and I get very jealous. I have a low self esteem and I generally feel very unhappy with life.

I want to know if feeling angry is an uncommon symptom with depression or if I should get checked for BPD or something else. Thanks guys.

A: Anger, irritation, pessimism… are all normal symptoms of depression. – You do not have to have ALL of these symptoms to have major depresison… just some of them.

Depression symptoms include:

■Feelings of sadness or unhappiness
■Irritability or frustration, even over small matters
■Loss of interest or pleasure in normal activities
■Reduced sex drive
■Insomnia or excessive sleeping
■Changes in appetite — depression often causes decreased appetite and weight loss, but in some people it causes increased cravings for food and weight gain
■Agitation or restlessness — for example, pacing, hand-wringing or an inability to sit still
■Slowed thinking, speaking or body movements
■Indecisiveness, distractibility and decreased concentration
■Fatigue, tiredness and loss of energy — even small tasks may seem to require a lot of effort
■Feelings of worthlessness or guilt, fixating on past failures or blaming yourself when things aren’t going right
■Trouble thinking, concentrating, making decisions and remembering things
■Frequent thoughts of death, dying or suicide
■Crying spells for no apparent reason
■Unexplained physical problems, such as back pain or headaches
For some people, depression symptoms are so severe that it’s obvious something isn’t right. Others people feel generally miserable or unhappy without really knowing why.

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