Symptoms include tearfulness, mood lability, irritability, and anxiety.
These range from irritability, to tiredness, or weepiness (i.e. easily provoked tearfulness).
Anguish was reflected in tone of voice, demeanour and occasionally even tearfulness; these cannot be conveyed in print.
These should not be confused with normal reactions to such a major event, which may well include distress, tearfulness, anger and sadness.
This is followed by the so-called 'pangs' of grief, intense episodes of pining for the lost person accompanied by tearfulness, anxiety and/or anger.
The survey may help women realize that feelings of tearfulness, anxiety, panic or nervousness are not indications that they are bad mothers.
Symptoms of depression can include a lack of energy, excessive sleeping, irregular eating habits, low self-esteem, tearfulness, a lack of concentration and suicidal thoughts.
Feelings of anxiety, irritation, tearfulness, and restlessness are common in the first few weeks of pregnancy.
