Depression

People with depression:

• Feel unhappy most of the time
• Lose interest in life and may not enjoy anything.

If these symptoms last more than two weeks it is important that they seek help.

They may also experience some or all of:

• Find it harder to make decisions
• Can’t cope with things that they used to
• Lose their self-confidence
• Have disturbed sleep for instance : have difficulty getting to sleep and then wake up earlier than usual
• Blame themselves for how they feel and think they are letting others down
• Feel tired all the time
• Feel useless, inadequate and hopeless
• Feel restless and agitated or slowed down
• Avoid other people
• Feel irritable
• Lose appetite and weight (some people find they do the reverse and put on weight)
• Lose interest in sex
• Feel worse at a particular time each day

Depression can cause physical symptoms. It may be these symptoms which cause some people to make an appointment at their doctor’s surgery.