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Patients with perinatal depression may present with some or many of the following: Sadness Depressed mood and energy Weepiness Impaired appetite or overeating Either excessive sleep or insomnia Feelings of unworthiness Anxiety Panic attacks Worrying constantly about the well-being of the baby, engaging in obsessive or ritualistic activities Being afraid to leave the house Feeling numb, wooden, and void of feelings Indifferent mood, with neither joy nor sadness No attachment or interest in the baby Inertia Hopelessness or thoughts of harming self or baby Somatic complaints Presentation of vague and continuous body symptoms that persist for weeks, including headaches, body pains, feeling of racing heart, constant fatigue Active anger and resentment of the baby Constant irritability and negative mood
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