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Empty Feeling In Stomach, Heaviness In Chest, Sadness, Unhappiness. Depression Symptoms?
Hi. For the last 2 weeks or so I ve been feeling different. Not myself. Like nothing makes me happy anymore. I continuously have this empty feeling in my stomach and chest . And I feel heavy chested too. I guess I m sad and unhappy, but I keep asking myself why? And I don t know why. Nothing makes me happy. Am I depressed?
Mon, 31 Dec 2012
Hello,
From the description you have given about your symptoms, you do appear to be depressed. Please try to understand, depression were said to be of two types, exogenous and endogenous.Exogenous is the one which requires an external stress and endogenous is the one which doesn't require any stress and initiates by itself from with in. In your case it appears to be endogenous. However final diagnosis can be made only after knowing a few more details from you and also talking to you. Even if you are having depression, there is not much reason to worry. There are plenty of good drugs and therapies to help you out. may be you can visit a nearby approachable psychiatrist who can help you with your problems further.
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Have a nice day and get well soon.
From the description you have given about your symptoms, you do appear to be depressed. Please try to understand, depression were said to be of two types, exogenous and endogenous.Exogenous is the one which requires an external stress and endogenous is the one which doesn't require any stress and initiates by itself from with in. In your case it appears to be endogenous. However final diagnosis can be made only after knowing a few more details from you and also talking to you. Even if you are having depression, there is not much reason to worry. There are plenty of good drugs and therapies to help you out. may be you can visit a nearby approachable psychiatrist who can help you with your problems further.
Thanks for using magic health care for posting your query.
Have a nice day and get well soon.
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Hello........
Thanks for your query. I can understand your concern. The symptoms you are reporting are typical of depressive disorder. You require a thorough psychiatric assessment of frequency, severity, duration of your symptoms; personality profile and significant life events. There is nothing to fear. We have effective methods to deal with your problem: anti-depressant medication as well as psychotherapy techniques (eg cognitive behavioural therapy). Wishing you early recovery.
Regards
Dr Sundar Gnanavel
Psychiatrist
Thanks for your query. I can understand your concern. The symptoms you are reporting are typical of depressive disorder. You require a thorough psychiatric assessment of frequency, severity, duration of your symptoms; personality profile and significant life events. There is nothing to fear. We have effective methods to deal with your problem: anti-depressant medication as well as psychotherapy techniques (eg cognitive behavioural therapy). Wishing you early recovery.
Regards
Dr Sundar Gnanavel
Psychiatrist
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