Postpartum Depression Symptoms Test

Postpartum depression is very common clinically. It is also a type of depression. Postpartum depression mainly occurs after a pregnant woman gives birth. There is also a symptom test for postpartum depression, which is also a test that can be diagnosed through obvious symptoms.

1. Depression: The patient will feel low, sad and miserable for a long time, and the situation will be more serious in the morning or at night. Sometimes you feel low in the day and high in the night, which is a reversal of day and night.

2. Bad temper: The patient may feel irritable towards other people's children or his own baby, and the target of venting is usually his partner.

3. Fatigue: Generally, women after childbirth will feel tired, but patients with postpartum depression will be so tired that they think they are sick.

4. Insomnia: Patients generally have poor sleep or severe insomnia, so they feel drowsy during the day.

5. Loss of appetite: Patients usually do not feel like eating, but sometimes they may relieve stress by binge eating. However, they will feel guilty and uneasy about obesity afterwards.

6. Loss of interest: The patient no longer feels attracted to the things he used to enjoy, his previous interests become boring, and he lacks interest in daily activities. They often feel that their brains are slow to react, they have difficulty thinking about problems, their initiative decreases, they become bored with life, they lose confidence in life, and especially they lose interest in sex, which further affects the relationship between the two parties.

7. Unable to cope with life: The patient will feel that he does not have enough time and that things are not done well, but he loses the motivation to improve the situation.

8. Guilt: Patients may feel guilty for adding to the pressure on their family due to their illness, and may also blame themselves for looking at things from a negative perspective.