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What Are The Symptoms Of Potential Depression?

Hello Doctor, I am telling you the symptoms of my problem. I feel heaviness in my head, in the centre from above. I feel drowsy and lazy all the day and tired and fatigue at the end of the day. If I speak more for some time then I feel that my head is heavy, restless and confused.i feel drowsiness, weakness, anxiety, lack in concentration, heaviness in my head, laziness and sometime i feel very sad. at end of the day, my problem get severe,i just feel tht i should lie down at once and get sleep bt when i sleep, m not able to get proper sleep. bt i don't have any kind of tension, or niether anything have happened with me for which i should b sad, so m a litle bit confuse that do i have depression or not!! And there is stiffness in my right arm, especially in my fingers. In morning when i get up, my hand is stiff and when I feel pain when I make shape of punch with my hand. So please kindly help me in diagonosing my problem. Thank you.
Wed, 12 Nov 2014
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Hi, thank you for using health care magic.
I can understand your concerns.
Depression can be one of the possibility. Depression usally diagnosed if sadness/ disinterest/lethargy/poor concentration/sleep-appetite alteration/suicidal ideas/worthlessness feeling occurs over time of 15 days. But before diagnosing depression few medical condition should be ruled out.
You need to get thyroid function test, hemoglobin level, vitamin B12 level. Many times alteration in this system also produce similar symptoms like you mentioned
If this test came normal then visit psychiatrist for further management as diagnosing depression would also require mental status examination.
Hope this will help you.
Regards.
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What Are The Symptoms Of Potential Depression?

Hi, thank you for using health care magic. I can understand your concerns. Depression can be one of the possibility. Depression usally diagnosed if sadness/ disinterest/lethargy/poor concentration/sleep-appetite alteration/suicidal ideas/worthlessness feeling occurs over time of 15 days. But before diagnosing depression few medical condition should be ruled out. You need to get thyroid function test, hemoglobin level, vitamin B12 level. Many times alteration in this system also produce similar symptoms like you mentioned If this test came normal then visit psychiatrist for further management as diagnosing depression would also require mental status examination. Hope this will help you. Regards.