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Depression Symptom Report

Depression is a change in mood that causes people to feel sad or hopeless for an extended period of time. Depression can be a progressive condition - patients who do not seek treatment for their depression are likely to become even more depressed over time. Read more...Click to read more below


What we've learned

Symptom Severities

Depression severity pie chart

Treatments Patients Take For Depression

Treatments Patients Take For Depression
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Sertraline 47 4% Sertraline: 4%
Citalopram 40 3% Citalopram: 3%
Escitalopram 36 3% Escitalopram: 3%
Bupropion 26 2% Bupropion: 2%
Fluoxetine 26 2% Fluoxetine: 2%
Paroxetine 26 2% Paroxetine: 2%
Duloxetine 20 1% Duloxetine: 1%
Venlafaxine 16 1% Venlafaxine: 1%
Amitriptyline 8 1% Amitriptyline: 1%
Mirtazapine 6 0% Mirtazapine: 0%
Attitude 5 0% Attitude: 0%
Fluvoxamine 2 0% Fluvoxamine: 0%
Alprazolam 1 0% Alprazolam: 0%
No Treatments 1 0% No Treatments: 0%
Omega 3 Fish Oil 1 0% Omega 3 Fish Oil: 0%
Reiki therapy 1 0% Reiki therapy: 0%
Remeron SolTab 1 0% Remeron SolTab: 0%
SAMe 1 0% SAMe: 0%
St. John's Wort 1 0% St. John's Wort: 0%
Trazodone 1 0% Trazodone: 0%

Report created on November 07, 2009.