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What Causes Depression Along With Anxiety And Joint Pain?
I feel disconnected from every one and everything in my life. I feel overwhelmed all time, I cannot sleepwell. I have racing thoughts. If I fall asleeep I awake with a start in an hour or so. I am always hungry. I am experiencing pain in several joints. I am diabetic and my sugars have been around 200 whether I eat or not.
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Anxiety and body pains can co-occur with depression. As depression will improve these symptoms will subside.Depression can affect anyone and you can overcome it completely. Depression symptoms include feeling low all the time, loss of interest in previous pleasurable activity, feeling lonely, low in energy, hopeless, helpless, worthless feeling and sometime even suicidal ideas. Few of them or all can be present at a time. For diabetes you need to visit a physician or endocrinologist. Diabetes can be a reason for worsening depression symptoms.
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What Causes Depression Along With Anxiety And Joint Pain?
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Anxiety and body pains can co-occur with depression. As depression will improve these symptoms will subside.Depression can affect anyone and you can overcome it completely. Depression symptoms include feeling low all the time, loss of interest in previous pleasurable activity, feeling lonely, low in energy, hopeless, helpless, worthless feeling and sometime even suicidal ideas. Few of them or all can be present at a time. For diabetes you need to visit a physician or endocrinologist. Diabetes can be a reason for worsening depression symptoms. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.