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• Thoughts of suicide or death • Having difficulty making decisions, problems with concentration, thinking or focusing on a task • Talking more slowly • unexplained aches and pains not helped by common treatments that have no known or evident cause • Restlessness and restless behavior, such as fidgeting or pacing • Insomnia or sleeping too much almost every day • Changes in appetite nearly every day or weight gain or loss not related to dieting, significant weight loss or gain of 5% of body weight in one month • Reckless behavior, such as reckless driving or excessive drinking All of the above signs are associated with depression, though occasional experience of one or two of them is nothing to be concerned about, when you experience five or more symptoms during the same two week period along with either a depressed mood or a loss of interest then it would be wise to visit your health practitioner and discuss your concerns. Depression is something that millions of people suffer from, in the United States, about 16.1 million US adults had at least one major depressive episode in 2014, this equates to 6.7% of all U.S. adults. 7 | P a g e