True Living Counseling

Think, Feel, Be

Depression (also known as major depressive disorder) can be challenging to manage because your symptoms may not be limited to just one episode and may return without an appropriate treatment plan. 

DEPRESSION

  •  Depressed mood most of the day; feeling sad or empty, tearful

  •  Significant loss of interest or pleasure in activities that used to be enjoyable

  •  Significant weight loss (when not dieting) or weight gain; decrease or increase in appetite 

  •  Difficulty sleeping or sleeping too much

  •  Agitation; or slowing down of thoughts and reduction of physical movements

  •  Fatigue or loss of energy

  •  Feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt

  •  Poor concentration or having difficulty making decisions

  •  Thinking about death or suicide

Your health care professional may discuss some or all of the above symptoms with you. It's important to openly share your feelings with him or her.

Symptoms that remain after initial antidepressant treatment are known as "unresolved symptoms."  

According to the DSM-IV*, a medical reference commonly used by health care professionals to aid in diagnosis, a major depressive episode consists of many of the following symptoms, occurring nearly every day for at least two weeks.

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