Read through the clinical depression symptom checklist to determine if you
might have depression. Most people with clinical depression will not have every
sign or symptom of depression but having five or six symptoms from the
depression sign and symptom checklist indicates a likelihood that you are
experiencing clinical depression..
Read through the clinical depression symptom checklist to determine if you
might have depression. Most people with clinical depression will not have every
sign or symptom of depression but having five or six symptoms from the
depression sign and symptom checklist indicates a likelihood that you are
experiencing clinical depression.
Clinical Depression Sign and Symptom Checklist:
- A persistent sadness, anxiousness or "empty" mood.
- Changes in sleep patterns (sleeping too little or too much).
- Changes in eating patterns (reduced appetite and weight loss or increased
appetite and weight gain).
- Loss of interest or pleasure in activities that you once enjoyed.
- Restlessness or irritability.
- Persistent physical symptoms (such as headaches, chronic pain, or digestive
disorders) that don't respond to treatment.
- Difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions
- Fatigue or lack of energy.
- Feelings of guilt, hopelessness or worthlessness.
- Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
These depression signs and symptoms may translate in different ways in your
daily life. Your house may become a mess, with unfinished jobs everywhere.
You might find that it takes days to complete chores that once took only a
few hours and you begin to put chores off. You might avoid friends, family and
social situations. You may stop caring about what you look like and let personal
hygiene slip. Who cares about a shower and shaving? You might start living in
sweat pants, dumpy clothes or wear mostly dark clothing. You might start
drinking or using drugs to escape the pain.
It is important to note the difference between clinical depression and
sadness. Every person experiences sadness in response to painful circumstances.
It’s an unavoidable part of life. Depression is much more powerful than a period
of unhappiness. The dark mood of depression lasts for months, and even years,
instead of days or weeks. The person experiencing the depression symptom cannot
find a logical reason for the depression and may feel overwhelmed and hopeless.
Recognizing the sign and symptoms of clinical depression is the first step to
getting help. Yet, because depression can come on gradually - one sign, one
symptom in slight degrees at a time - the person with clinical depression may
not realize the extent of their depression.
Instead of recognizing the depression symptom as a sign of depression, the
person might pass the depression off as stress, "being in a funk" or laziness.
Clinical depression is not just a mental issue and can creep into the
physical through pains, headaches or sleeplessness. Sometimes the physical
symptoms of depression can be the first sign of depression.
Depression requires treatment, though that treatment does not have to mean
the use of antidepressant prescription medications. There are safe and effective
treatments for depression. Deprex, a natural antidepressant, is highly effective
and safe.
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