1, sleep disorder
Sleep disorder is a symptom shared by many patients with depression, which can be divided into difficulty falling asleep, waking up early, and difficulty falling asleep after waking up. Most of the patients with depression in my clinic have this symptom, as do many adolescent patients with depression. In severe cases, they can even be unable to fall asleep all night. The patient will be listless and depressed the next day. Therefore, for the treatment of depression, it is very important to regulate sleep. When sleep improves, patients will have a good improvement both physically and emotionally.
In addition, some patients with depression may experience drowsiness, unable to wake up every day, and sleeping most of the day. If this happens, attention should also be paid to ruling out the possibility of depression.
2. Appetite problems
The physiological manifestations of depression can also be reflected in appetite. For example, some patients have no appetite, do not want to eat, and lose weight; some patients may have overeating and gain weight. Another situation is switching between overeating and lack of appetite. This is the case for a girl. When she has a good appetite, she will eat uncontrollably and will not stop eating until she vomits. Even if her family hides the food, she will gain weight. Then she will become anxious, regret eating, and lose her appetite.
3. Decreased energy
Patients with depression often feel very tired and have decreased energy, as if something has been taken away from them. They have done nothing but are very tired, and want to lie in bed all day, not wanting to work or study, or they have performed some activities, but their own energy is insufficient to complete work and study, and they are listless.
4. Decreased brain function
This is very troublesome for patients with depression. Whether they are working people or children studying, this physiological manifestation seriously affects their normal life. Children who are originally very smart, or people who are very career-motivated, have slow reaction times, decreased concentration, poor memory, and severe decline in thinking ability. For example, there is a male patient who cannot even play with a mobile phone or type. There is a young patient who can read but cannot understand the meaning of the entire paragraph. The child becomes "rebellious" and does not want to go to school. Therefore, if a child at home has such a decline in academic performance and is "rebellious" and does not want to go to school, don't blame him yet, communicate more, and be careful to rule out the possibility of depression.
5. Symptoms of various organs
Ms. Li went to the doctor because of palpitation and chest tightness, and had several tests, but her organs were all fine; Mr. Li went to the doctor because of a disharmonious relationship between husband and wife, and everything turned out to be normal. This is a situation often encountered in outpatient clinics. Patients with depression go to the doctor for indigestion, chest tightness, palpitations, palpitations, irregular menstruation, irregular stools, etc., but nothing is found during the examination. In this case, it is necessary to consider whether they are still depressed.
6. Pain
Body pain is a symptom shared by many patients with depression. This pain can occur in any part of the body, which leads to many patients with depression failing to receive timely diagnosis and treatment. They check the pain location and all symptoms. Today it may be a headache, but in a few days it may become shoulder painor abdominal pain or chest pain, etc. The pain is there, but there is no illness. If you have this kind of chronic pain that cannot be found in the examination, you need to pay attention. It is likely to be the physical pain of depression.
Depression is a disease that is good at disguise. Because it has many symptoms, it is easy to be misdiagnosed. I would like to share with you the physiological manifestations of depression in the hope that everyone can learn more about depression.
I am Liu Genshang, a doctor at Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine . I am good at treating depression, insomnia, anxiety, various nodules and polyps, three highs, gastrointestinal stromal tumors and tumors. I also do science popularization here in the hope of helping people relieve their illnesses. #Health# #Popular Science# #Good Doctors Escort Health# #Depression#
