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Depression: Symptoms
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Depression is a serious illness that affects more than 19 million American adults, according to the National Institutes of Mental Health. Fatigue is one of the most common complaints in depressed patients. Sleep complaints are ... common, with approximately 20 percent of patients suffering from excessive sleepiness. These symptoms are often exacerbated by current treatments, since adverse events associated with many antidepressant therapies include hypersomnia and fatigue.
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Depression is one of the commonest conditions that affect human beings. Depression is in fact an umbrella term for a group of discrete emotional problems that have similar core symptoms. Anxiety and depressive disorders mostly occur together. Five to ten percent of the population experience a depressive illness over the course of a year.
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Depression occurs twice as frequently in women as in men, for reasons that are not fully understood. More than half of those who experience a single episode of depression will continue to have episodes that occur as frequently as once or even twice a year. Without treatment, the frequency of depressive illness as well as the severity of symptoms tends to increase over time. Left untreated, depression can lead to suicide.
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Depression can appear at any age. Current research suggests that treatable depression is very prevalent among children and adolescents, especially among offspring of adults with depression. Depression can ... strike late in life, and its symptoms--including memory impairment, slowed speech, and slowed movement--may be mistaken for those of senility or stroke.
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Depression that occurs during pregnancy or within a year after delivery is called perinatal depression. The exact number of women with depression during this time is unknown. But researchers believe that depression is one of the most common complications during and after pregnancy. Often, the depression is not recognized or treated, because some normal pregnancy changes cause similar symptoms and are happening at the same time. Tiredness, problems sleeping, stronger emotional reactions, and changes in body weight may occur during pregnancy and after pregnancy. But these symptoms may ... be signs of depression.
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Depression is characterized by a number of common symptoms. These include a persistent sad, anxious, or “empty” mood, and feelings of hopelessness or pessimism. A person who is depressed ... often has feelings of guilt, worthlessness, and helplessness. They no longer take interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed; this may include things like going out with friends or even sex. Insomnia, early-morning awakening, and oversleeping are all common.
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