Pain

Pain and tiredness are the most common symptoms of all. If you were to ask all adults in the population, one third would complain about pain, while approximately 5% would say they are suffering from serious pain that has lasted for more than a week.

If you are suffering from depression, you often have pain. Your pain can intermittently be the most prominent symptom of your depression.

Unfortunately, regardless of the reasons for the pain, patients with chronic pain do have an increased risk of suffering from depression. Approximately half of all patients suffering from chronic pain have depressive symptoms and one third needs to be treated.