Depression

Depression

Mental depression is characterized by an altered mood. There is an accompanying loss of pleasurable outlets such as food, sex, work, freinds, hobbies, or entertainment. Diagnostic criteria include presence of depressed mood nearly every day, makedly diminished interest or pleasure in most of all activities, and 3 or more of the following:

(1) Poor appetite or significant weight loss; or increased weight gain
(2) Insomnia or hyperinsomnia
(3) Pychomotor agitation or retardation
(4) Feeling of hopelessness
(5) Loss of energy, or fatigue
(6)Feelings of worthlessness, self-reproach, or excessive or inappropriate guilt.
(7) Complaints of or evidence of diminished ability to think or concentrate.
(8) Recurrent thoughts of death, suicidal ideation, wish to be dead, or attempted suicide.

Possible remedies:
Ginkgo Biloba
Siberian Ginseng
St John's Wort
Vitamin B Complex

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