What are the early signs of depression?
Sleep disturbances, especially early awakening. Physical discomfort but the doctor cannot examine the specific cause. Patients often feel stuffy head pain, gastrointestinal discomfort, chest tightness and breathlessness, and weakness of limbs. Mood swings. Appears to be emotionally out of control, looking at everything, often getting angry over small things and regretting them afterwards. Slow reaction. Memory loss, slow movement, slow mental reaction, reduced work efficiency, etc. Yi-Fa He, Psychiatry Department, Shanghai Mental Health Center