Depression - Checklists of Symptoms of Clinical Depression

The most common and easily recogniseable symptoms of depression is the deep feeling of sadness, emptiness and hopelessness. The other way to tell if you have depression or the "blues" is by how long these feelings last. If they persist for longer that a couple of weeks, then chances are you have depression and you have to get in and talk to your doctor.

We tend to associate depression with emotional symptoms and more often forget that depression also has physical symptoms as well. Here are checklists of symptoms of clinical depression, both on the emotional and physical side:

1. Emotional

• feeling sad throughout the day and pretty much every day
• no interest or loss of interest in of your favorite activities
• feeling empty inside or feelings of hopelessness
• feelings of stress, nervousness, or completely overwhelmed
• difficulty in concentrating and/or making decisions
• feeling worthless
• feelings of excessive guilt
• feeling restless and irritable
• thoughts of suicide or death

2. Physical

• lack of energy and fatigue
• not enough sleep or sleeping excessively
• experiencing changes in appetite and/or weight
• suffering from aches and pains
• suffering from headaches
• experiencing back pain
• problems with your digestive systems
• dizziness

This checklists of symptoms of clinical depression is not meant to scare you but to bring to your attention that if you do feel a combination of these symptoms, go and talk to you doctor. Your doctor will be able to recommend treatments which will help ease the effects of both the emotional and physcial symptoms of depression.

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