Read the list of symptoms below. If you’ve had five or more of them for two weeks or more – including sadness and/or lack of interest – you’re very likely going through depression.
– Sad mood present almost all day. You are joyless and oppressed, sometimes unable to perceive any feeling.
– Lack of interest in all or almost all activities, including those that usually gave you pleasure.
– Significant weight loss or gain in the absence of a diet.
– Insomnia or hypersomnia.
– Behavioral disorders: agitation or psychomotor slowing.
– Tiredness or loss of energy.
– Feeling of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt.
– Difficulty concentrating or indecisiveness.
– Dark thoughts, will to die.
This tool developed in the United States has a name: the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical manual, revision 4). However, it does not replace your doctor’s diagnosis.
To learn more about depression with EurekaSanté, the general public medical site published by VIDAL.
