Common symptoms of perinatal depression
| 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 |