Depression

Depression is different from feeling blue in that it’s much more intense. If you experience a persistent feeling of extreme sadness, emptiness, loss or dread, insomnia, loss of appetite, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death as a final means of escape, you could be veering towards depression.

Other symptoms may be feeling worse just after waking up in the morning, lack of enjoyment in things you enjoyed doing most and propensity to get annoyed at the slightest provocation. All this causes immense mental agony and can greatly affect the quality of life. Although, over-the-counter medicines for depression are available, they may leave you worst off. These medicines may have some crippling side effects ranging from nervousness to nausea and even sexual dysfunction.