Call to schedule appointment. Call to register. Kinds of depression Major depression often causes despair and hopelessness so profound that the person loses interest in life, becomes incapable of feeling pleasure and sexual arousal, and may be unable to get out of bed or eat for days at a time. In other words, you can suffer a major depression and not feel blue. Other times, a person with manic-depression may experience severe irritability and agitation simultaneously with depression.
Atypical depression means unusual depression.
Instead of feeling unrelenting gloominess and lethargy, a person with this condition might seem deeply depressed for a few days, then fine for a while, or anxious and irritable. Postpartum depression typically appears within a few months of childbirth. Symptoms include deep sadness, frequent crying, insomnia, lethargy and irritability. The Detroit News We welcome your comments .