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Q: What are the causes and symptoms of depression?
I don’t have thoughts of suicide but I, and those around me, have noticed a change in my behavior. Lately I have been feeling nauseous, tired, agitated, and I have also been very reclusive and sad. I’ve had a lot of trouble getting up in the mornings, which is very odd for me. Also, I’ve haven’t been able to concentrate very well. None of these things are common with me so I was wondering what it was. I heard that some of these things are symptoms of depression. I also wanted to know what causes depression. Any and all suggestions and or comments are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

A: Symptoms of Major Depression

Sleep disturbance (insomnia), sleeping too much
Crying
“Empty” feeling
Loss of interest in usually enjoyable activities
Difficulty in thinking clearly
Feelings of guilt or worthlessness
Loss of concentration
Lowered self-esteem
Not as talkative as usual
Excessive fatigue
Prolonged sadness
Loss of appetite
Socially withdrawn
Persistent permission
Significant weight loss
Irritability
Persistent thoughts of death of suicide
Attempted suicide

Q: What are symptoms/causes of depression?
What i really want to know, is what can bring on depression, and what sort of symptoms are there?

A: Guys bring depression
Lack of eating/sleep

Q: What disease causes the symptoms of depression, thoughts of suicide and cause of sleeping patterns?
My aunt can possibly have that disease, I think it might be bipolar-ism. However, I am not fully sure.

A: Depression causes symptoms of depression. Any illness can cause you to feel depressed. A serious illness can cause thoughts of suicide. Sleep Apnea can cause loss of sleep. Loss of sleep can cause one to feel depressed. Your aunt sounds Depressed, an illness in itself that can be treated with a variety of medication. Some are more effective than others and if one is not effective, try another one. Do not give up. With Bi-Polar-ism, one is very depressed at times and high and other times. It goes back and forth. Not depressed all the time. Depression is not something one can get over by oneself. Needs medical help, advice, medication. Happy1

Q: What causes depression, what are the symptoms, and how do you get over it?

A: Psychological disorders are much more complex then a few words can describe. If you feel chronically depressed or know someone who is please see a psychologist. The best way to get over it is therapy with a trained profession who can determine whether therapy is enough or if a chemical imbalance is present and medication is needed. A number a factors can cause depression including alcohol, illegal drugs, lack of sleep, and excessive amounts of caffeine. In other cases it is an in-balance of hormones that medication is needed to correct.

Q: What are some external physical symptoms of depression?
Does depression cause physical symptoms such as acne, et. cetera, what are some things caused by depression, externally?
Does anyone know if clinical depression can cause hair loss, weight loss, loss of teeth, or any other physical/ external/ (cosmetic) changes and or loss?
Does anyone know if clinical depression can cause hair loss, weight loss, loss of teeth, or any other physical/ external/ (cosmetic) changes and or loss?

A: [edit] Symptoms
According to the[7]DSM-IV-TR criteria for diagnosing a major depressive disorder] (cautionary statement) one of the following two elements must be present for a period of at least two weeks:

Depressed mood, or
Anhedonia
It is sufficient to have either of these symptoms in conjunction with five of a list of other symptoms over a two-week period. These include:

Feelings of overwhelming sadness and/or fear, or the seeming inability to feel emotion (emptiness).
A decrease in the amount of interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, daily activities.
Changing appetite and marked weight gain or loss.
Disturbed sleep patterns, such as insomnia, loss of REM sleep, or excessive sleep (Hypersomnia).
Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day.
Fatigue, mental or physical, also loss of energy.
Intense feelings of guilt, nervousness, helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness, isolation/loneliness and/or anxiety.
Trouble concentrating, keeping focus or making decisions or a generalized slowing and obtunding of cognition, including memory.
Recurrent thoughts of death (not just fear of dying), desire to just “lie down and die” or “stop breathing”, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing suicide.
Feeling and/or fear of being abandoned by those close to one.
Other symptoms often reported but not usually taken into account in diagnosis include:

Self-loathing.
A decrease in self-esteem.
Inattention to personal hygiene.
Sensitivity to noise.
Physical aches and pains, and the belief these may be signs of serious illness.
Fear of ‘going mad’.
Change in perception of time.
Periods of sobbing.
Possible behavioral changes, such as aggression and/or irritability.
Depression in children is not as obvious as it is in adults. Children may show symptoms such as:

Loss of appetite.
Irritability.
Sleep problems, such as recurrent nightmares.
Learning or memory problems where none existed before.
Significant behavioral changes; such as withdrawal, social isolation, and aggression.
An additional indicator could be the excessive use of drugs or alcohol. Depressed adolescents are at particular risk of further destructive behaviours, such as eating disorders and self-harm.

One of the most widely used instruments for measuring depression severity is the Beck Depression Inventory, a 21-question multiple choice survey.

It is hard for people who have not experienced clinical depression, either personally or by regular exposure to people suffering it, to understand its emotional impact and severity, interpreting it instead as being similar to “having the blues” or “feeling down.” As the list of symptoms above indicates, clinical depression is a serious, potentially lethal systemic disorder characterized by the psychiatric profession as interlocking physical, affective, and cognitive symptoms that have consequences for function and survival well beyond sad or painful feelings.

A recent study in Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease showed that alternative symptoms of depression including diminished drive, hopelessness and helplessness, lack of reactivity, anger, psychic and somatic anxiety can be as effective as current DSM-IV criteria in diagnosis. According to this study, diminished drive has a higher diagnostic criteria than all others except for depressed mood with sensitivity of 88.2 of specificity of 69.9. (PMID: 17041292)

Mnemonics commonly used to remember the DSM-IV criteria are SIGECAPS[8] (sleep, interest (anhedonia), guilt, energy, concentration, appetite, psychomotor, suicidality) and DEAD SWAMP[9] (depressed mood, energy, anhedonia, death (thoughts of), sleep, worthlessness/guilt, appetite, mentation, psychomotor).

Q: What are some physical symptoms of depression?
And why does depression cause physical symptoms aswell as mental symptoms?

A: I had to deal with vomiting on a few occasions. It happened about 3 or 4 times, usually on the day after I dealt with a bout of deep depression. I don’t know why there’s physical symptoms. I don’t know if psychiatrists know about that. Try webmd.

Q: What exactly causes and are the symptoms of depression and ways to get over it?
thanks for your answers!

A: I do not know about the chemical imbalance causes of some peoples depression. But I think the majority of people their depression could be resolved through varying degrees of effort in cognitive type therapies, particularly REBT.

Life is tough. Tougher for some than others. Bad things happen to good people.

I make a distinction between depression and sadness. In both I experience negative feelings that are not pleasant. My goal is to experience the appropriate negative feelings of Sadness instead of demanding I only experience pleasant feelings.

Depression is largely the result of irrational perceptions. Perceptions which if scrutinised would prove to not be realistic (true), logical or helpful. In the mind of a depressed person it is not unusual to overstimate negative events, problems and consequences. Extreme and rigid values and beliefs often self-sabotage depressed people. Unwittingly and forgivably of course, no-one wants to shoot themselves in the foot.

Sadness is characterised by rational perceptions of negative events, for example viewing negativity at its right size. The Sad persons views of negative events will prove to be based in reality (true) , logical and helpful to them. The negative emotion is not only less intense, but feels qualitatively different, for example, a Sad person is unlikely to be racked with guilt and self-condemnation as they will not be judging themselves harshly as failures, worthless etc, and instead will likely be accepting their fallibilty and current limitations as human beings.

Q: If depression is caused by a chemical imbalance how do we explain all the many symptoms of depression?
These of some but not all of the symptoms that people deal with that seem to be directly connected to their depression: loss of memory and concentration, pain in the body, chronic pain in neck and shoulder, severe pain in limbs, loss of strength in limbs, inability to use limbs, uclers, indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome, rashes, constipation, gas, weight loss, weight gain, loss of appetite, sleep disruption, inability to stay awake. There are many other symptoms of depression that seem directly linked to depression. As one person said, “When the depression goes up, the pain goes down. When the pain goes up, the depression goes down.”

It would seem to be easier to explain these symptoms, if we looked at depression as an autoimmune disease of the brain. The immune system attacking various parts of the brain could cause all these symptoms. But how does a chemical imbalance in the brain cause all of these symptoms of depression?

A: We hear about the chemical imbalances that lead to depression, primarily from drug companies that are interested in selling their drugs. Of course depressin IS caused by an imbalance of chemicals put out by the brain, that that is not the ONLY cause. Often, the brain will begin to go into neurotranmistter overdrive as a reaction to some form of physical or quasi-physical stress, especially since the neurotransmitters that cause depression in an overabaundance are ALSO the neurotransmitters that are pumped out during the “fight or flight” reflex.

If these chemicals are pumped out in situations in which you don’t overtly have to fight or flee, it’s likely that the presence of these neurochemicals will cause a kind of traffic-jam effect that begins to play on other parts of the brain and thus other parts of the body. Which is why, when the pain goes up, the depression goes down. Pain, or some form of physical hardship will often jolt the body into responding, thus metabolizing the neurotransmitters that cause depression in the first place.

Knowing this, however, isn’t the same as finding a cure, it’s just a way to recognize that yes, there are OTHER forms of depression, and just as an aside note, I’ve noticed among Russian friends of mine suffering from depression, their doctors routinely suggest TRAVEL as a way of overcoming some of depression’s more debilitating effects.

Q: Can Anxiety and Depression disease causes pins and needles symptoms?
i suffer from pins and needles like being stung by insect and being prick by needles but after taking metycobal and neurobion also no improvement

A: Hello-
I also suffer from pins and needles. I recently started taking Paxil medication to calm down my nerves and anxiety. It seems to be working ok. However in the past I have taken medications that did not work for me and I continued to have pins and needs along with aches and pains throughout my body. Have you been taking your medication for a while? If you have and its not improving your health, see your doctor so that you can try a new medication. Sometimes it takes a few different medications until you find the right one that works with your body. Dont worry, you will find a medication that will take away the horrible feeling. Just dont ignore this and get to the doctor asap:)
Feel better:)

Q: What causes depression? What are the symptoms? How long does it last (maximum and minimum time)?

A: www.depression.com

Feel better soon. ;)

Q: Are the symptoms and causes in childhood vs. adult depression similar? Are they separate disorders?
I’m looking for more scentific as opposed to theoretical answers here, preferably with references, but anything is good!

Thanks!

A: Yes, it’s pretty much the same. The difference is that adults need more headlines to speak of depression. Children need less symptoms to speak about depression.
Also, adults can say things wich children can’t. Therefor it’s somethimes for a child enough to show it, where adults are wise enough to say it. Hope I don’t sound vague. In great lines depression is the same. But, we need to worry sooner if there’s a child involved…

Q: Could depression or seasonal depression cause these symptoms?
I have been a runner for roughly 5.5 years, even though I am only 16. 2 years ago I was running with an incredible coach who got me to run national record times for USATF over cross country season; if I had been able to run those times at Regionals, I would have gone on to Nationals and been in the top 3. However, the day before my Regional meet, I got sick with a 104 fever and was nauseous all day. I ran the meet anyway, convinced that I’d be fine and able to run the same; alas, I was wrong. I PR’ed anyway, but finished in the bottom 20. After this, I tried to keep running with this coach but I could not run all out without feeling nauseous. Now, every time I begin to run a little too fast I feel this way.

This has been happening for two years. I am also waiting for a confirmation that I have Seasonal Affective Disorder, in which I am depressed in the winter months. They are not yet sure if I have this condition or am just overall depressed.

Now, I am a runner and I want to run so badly. But I find it hard to, because of 1) this nauseous feeling 2) the pain it causes me in my knees, feet, ankles and lower back and 3) I do not improve, no matter how many miles or how much speedwork I put in. I swam a lot in the summer, and did some running to get ready for cross country. During cross country, I put in about 50 miles a week at the height of our season, just like the rest of the team and at the paces they ran. I did the same amount of speedwork and core training, plus some more with another coach some weeks. However, I do not improve. At all. I am 4 minutes slower than I ran at age 13, when I only ran a race every 2-3 weeks.

Could depression cause all of these symptoms?

(I also get sick often, usually just a cold or a sinus infection. I have never been this prone to illnesses before.)

A: NO! Depression is a natural basic emotion we are all born with that is essential for life. It is one of the 6-8 basic emotions. Look up emotions in a Yahoo! web search; wikipedia has a good summary. When depression becomes so frequent or prolonged as to be health threatening it is time to see a therapist.

Judging from your description of your getting nauseous before meets I suspect some type of anxiety not depression.

Q: can sexual frustration or bad sex cause depression and other symptoms?
My boyfriend and I haven’t been having sex even though i always want to. Its always something to do with him and never with me. lately I haven’t been sleeping, i’ve been going through massive mood swings, noticed a definite change in arousal and interest in sex, have headaches all the time, and don’t really feel like going anywhere anymore. masturbation doesn’t seem to help. also, if it isn’t depression, then how can i help it?

A: I’m not sure how all of this is linked to sexual frustration. Perhaps, it’s stress and self esteem related too. If I were you, I’d see a couselor.

Q: How exactly is clinical depression caused and what are the symptoms.?
I have a real bad case of clinical depression and i want to know how it is caused.

A: Clinical depression is not a sign of personal weakness, or a condition that can be willed away. Clinically depressed people cannot “pull themselves together” and get better. In fact, clinical depression often interferes with a person’s ability or wish to get help. Clinical depression is a serious illness that lasts for weeks, months and sometimes years. It may even influence someone to contemplate or attempt suicide.
Feeling sad and depressed is often a normal reaction to a stressful life situation. For example, it is normal to feel down after a major disappointment, or to have trouble sleeping or eating after a difficult relationship break-up. Usually, within a few days, perhaps after talking to a friend, we start to feel like ourselves again.
Clinical depression is very different. It involves a noticeable change in functioning that persists for two weeks or longer. Imagine that for the last three months you’ve slept more than 10 hours a day and still feel tired, you have stomach problems, you’re unable to cope with life, and you wonder if dying would solve all your problems. Or, imagine not being able to sleep more than four hours a night, not wanting to spend time with family or friends, and constantly feeling irritable. And when friends try to reach out to you, you get even more upset and bothered. You lose perspective, and you don’t realize that what you’re experiencing is abnormal. You want to just “wait it out,” and you don’t get help because you think it’s weak to ask for help or you don’t want to burden your friends.
These are some of the experiences that people can have when they suffer from clinical depression. Unlike normal stress and sadness, the symptoms of clinical depression persist and do not go away no matter how much the individual wants.
You may feel you know exactly why you’re depressed. Other times, however, the reasons for depression are not as clear. The causes of depression are quite complex. Very often it is a combination of genetic, psychological, and environmental factors. Regardless of the cause, depression is almost always treatable. You do not need to determine the cause of your depression to get help.

Q: Can depression/anxiety show itself in physical symptoms subconsciously?
Is it normal for people with depression or anxiety to not know whether or not they are experiencing a physical sickness or are just anxious/depressed? For me it feels like from the moment I wake up everyday I don’t feel well, especially in my stomach, and it seems like it is the physical symptoms that are causing me to be depressed and not depression to be causing physical symptoms… Does anyone know?

A: depression is most definitely reflected in our physical body, nausea, aches and pains etc are common complaints, and usually what drives a person to a doctor, who then diagnoses depression and refers them to a mental health therapist of psychiatrist for appropriate treatment.

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