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What Causes Depression?
Question: hello i think i have depression but what can cause depression?
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Depression may be caused by a number of things,
Possibilities include some type of loss - relationship, professional life which can cause sadness.
Stress can induce depression as well.
Lack of sleep can contribute to feelings of depression.
Sometimes there may be a metabolic issue which may contribute to depressive thoughts - this includes thyroid dysfunction and sometimes anemia.
I think it would be a good idea to discuss this with your doctor to see if your doctor thinks any testing needs to be done.
As always - good healthy diet and exercise will help to combat depression.
Dr. Galamaga
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Detailed Answer:
Depression may be caused by a number of things,
Possibilities include some type of loss - relationship, professional life which can cause sadness.
Stress can induce depression as well.
Lack of sleep can contribute to feelings of depression.
Sometimes there may be a metabolic issue which may contribute to depressive thoughts - this includes thyroid dysfunction and sometimes anemia.
I think it would be a good idea to discuss this with your doctor to see if your doctor thinks any testing needs to be done.
As always - good healthy diet and exercise will help to combat depression.
Dr. Galamaga
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