​Symptoms​

Depression is a mood disorder that involves a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It is different from the mood fluctuations that people regularly experience as a part of life. It is an ongoing problem, not a passing one. It consists of episodes during which the symptoms last for at least 2 weeks. Depression can last for several weeks, months, or years.

Symptoms could include

• A depressed mood

• Reduced interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed

• A loss of sexual desire

• Changes in appetite

• Unintentional weight loss or gain

• Sleeping too much or too little

• Agitation, restlessness, and pacing up and down

• Slowed movement and speech

• Fatigue or loss of energy

• Feelings of worthlessness or guilt

• Difficulty thinking, concentrating, or making decisions

• Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide, or an attempt at suicide

• No interest or pleasure in doing things.

• Feeling down, depressed or hopeless.

• Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep of sleeping too much

• Feeling tired or having little energy

• Poor appetite or over eating

• Feeling bad about yourself

• Feeling that you are a failure or let yourself or your family down

• Trouble concentrating on things such as reading or watching TV

• Moving or speaking so slowly or being restless and moving around more than usual

• Thoughts that you would be better off dead or hurting yourself in some way