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anxiety & depression |
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Symptoms of depression include: - you're feeling down (depressed literally means down) - you're feeling sad, with little energy or interest in things that used to be of interest to you... - you find it hard to concentrate ("what's the point?")... - you have a really hard time getting up in the moning, feel lethargic throughout the day... - or you feel unable to sleep at all... you experience sleeplessness and restlessness... If any of the above lasts just a few days, it's not clinical depression. It may just be some fatigue. The above symptons are clinical depression symtoms only if they have been going on for a while (at least a couple of weeks). Dr. Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), describes how depression affects both the mood and the body: - "Depression brings a tremendous sense of hopelessness. When you're in the middle of it, you can't remember that things were any better." - "It's not just people feeling lousy. Depression affects the cardiovascular system, the endocrine system, even bone growth leading to osteoperosis." source: New York Times, June 18, 2003See: |
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