Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to function at work and at home.

Depression symptoms can vary from mild to severe and can include:

Feeling sad or having a depressed mood
Loss of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed
Changes in appetite — weight loss or gain unrelated to dieting
Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much
Loss of energy or increased fatigue
Increase in purposeless physical activity (e.g., hand-wringing or pacing) or slowed movements and speech (actions observable by others)
Feeling worthless or guilty
Difficulty thinking, concentrating or making decisions
Thoughts of death or suicide
Symptoms must last at least two weeks for a diagnosis of depression.

Also, medical conditions (e.g., thyroid problems, a brain tumor or vitamin deficiency) can mimic symptoms of depression so it is important to rule out general medical causes.

Depression affects an estimated one in 15 adults (6.7%) in any given year. And one in six people (16.6%) will experience depression at some time in their life. Depression can strike at any time, but on average, first appears during the late teens to mid-20s. Women are more likely than men to experience depression. Some studies show that one-third of women will experience a major depressive episode in their lifetime.

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-familie...t-is-depression

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I think we need a support group to try to help or for people who are having mental issues to talk about it. Hopefully it is a beginning to the long recovery of depression. Of course we are not professional here but we can share our stories and help support each other.

This post has been edited by abubin: Sep 19 2017, 02:01 PM

I have extended this topic to all sorts of psychological disorder. If it is too large a topic then we will have to split it. Else, it helps for those having this problem to read about them and then find out exactly what kind of mental disorder they are having.

I just had some sort of anxiety attack recently and my hands almost became numb. I was driving and had to stop at the curb to relax.

Need to find out what is the cause of it. I think for some people there is a trigger.

When is the last time you have your medical check done?

Please update here if you have the pricing so that I could put it up in the first page for other to reference. Thanks.