Depression: Symptom and Causes

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Symptoms

Symptoms vary in men, women, teenagers and children. But the most common ones are
  • A constant feeling of sadness, anxiety, and emptiness
  • The person feels restless
  • Patients lose interest in activities or hobbies they once enjoyed
  • Feel very weak 
  • Difficult to concentrate, remember and make decisions
  • Sleep disturbance
  • Eating habits change – may either eat too much or have no appetite
  • Suicidal thoughts 
  • Aches and pains, headaches, cramps, or digestive problems
  • Irritability or angry outbursts
Depression symptoms

Causes

  • Family history
  • Serious medical illness
  • Drug and alcohol use
  • Neurotransmitter imbalance in the body
  • Stress (divorce, illness, redundancy and job or money worries)
  • Personality
  • Loneliness
  • Life events
  • Hormonal changes


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