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Diagnosing Depression
Symptoms of Depression - Contd.
Sleep Disturbances
Changes in sleep can go both ways. Some people can't get a decent night's sleep, whereas others sleep endless extra hours and still feel tired all day. You may experience:
 | Difficulty falling asleep |
| Waking up many times throughout the night |
| Awakening before daylight and then tossing and turning, waiting miserably for dawn to finally arrive. |
Agitation and Lethargy
You may feel agitated or slowed down. In some cases you may experience both simultaneously. Agitation is particularly discomforting.
Signs of agitation
| You feel restless |
| You are unable to sit still |
| You wring your hands |
| You pace about |
| You feel like you're "jumping out of your skin." |
Signs of psychomotor retardation or slow down
| You feel like a slow-moving turtle in a fast moving world |
| Your thoughts and actions slows down drastically. |
| People become frustrated with you because you take so long doing things or answering questions or walking down a hallway. |
| Little tasks become big things for you. It may take hours just to get dressed or prepare breakfast or read a newspaper article. |
It become so frustrating that you "finally just give up trying."
| You feel tired all the time. It is like your batteries are all completely drained or like your car is running on empty fuel. |
| It is hard to drag yourself out of bed in the morning. |
| Everything is a huge effort. You have no energy. At the end of the day it seems that nothing has been accomplished. |
| You can't face your work. Everything is piling up around you. |
| Your desk, your house, and maybe even your personal hygiene are all a mess. But you don't have the wherewithal to put things right. |
Source: Drs. Allen Frances and Michael First: "Your Mental Health," Scribner Press.
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