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Suggest Treatment For Depression And Sleeplessness
I ve taken 5 online tests to see if I m depressed and four out of five said I m moderately depressed. They all were sites that focused on physical and mental health and one was a .gov site. They all said I should talk to my doctor, but I don t want to ask my mom because I don t want to seem like an attention seeker. I m a thirteen year old female. I find it hard to fall asleep and normally stay awake till about two AM. I normally wake up about seven AM to get ready for school but I find doing so a challenge. Normally after second or third period I m fully awake but recently even if I m fully awake I m really tired. I find myself wanting to run/walk the dog more often but also wanting to just go to bed. I also recently thought about the stuff I m interested in and I realized I m not as interested. For instance I m normally watching people on YouTube that I subscribe to and I do so on a daily basis. But I noticed that I haven t been as strict about it and haven t paid as much attention. I m also into singing, and usually I m always singing and would do so unconsciously. But now I have to make the decision to but often decide not to. I laugh a lot when I m with friends and before the feeling of amusement would stay for about an hour but now that feeling lasts about five minutes. Do these things mean anything?