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• Thoughts of suicide or death
• Having difficulty making decisions, problems with
concentration, thinking or focusing on a task
• Talking more slowly
• unexplained aches and pains not helped by common treatments
that have no known or evident cause
•
Restlessness and restless behavior, such as fidgeting or
pacing
• Insomnia or sleeping too much almost every day
• Changes in appetite nearly every day or weight gain or loss
not related to dieting, significant weight loss or gain of 5%
of body weight in one month
•
Reckless behavior, such as reckless driving or excessive
drinking
All of the above signs are associated with depression, though
occasional experience of one or two of them is nothing to be
concerned about, when you experience five or more symptoms during
the same two week period along with either a depressed mood or a
loss of interest then it would be wise to visit your health
practitioner and discuss your concerns.
Depression is something that millions of people suffer from, in the
United States, about 16.1 million US adults had at least one major
depressive episode in 2014, this equates to 6.7% of all U.S. adults.

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