Depression After Stroke

Results of the FINNSTROKE Study

http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/29/2/368.full

I know depression is common after stroke in survivors but look at one set of questions here; fatigue will throw you into the definition.

So is this a false positive?

You may be depressed if you have experienced 5 or more of the following symptoms most of the day, nearly every day, for at least 2 weeks. People who are depressed will have at least one of the first two symptoms:

• Feeling negative, hopeless, or "down in the dumps." Children may seem irritable instead of depressed.
• Noticeable loss of interest or pleasure in almost all activities
• Significant weight loss or gain
• Difficulty falling asleep or sleeping too much
• Feeling restless and unable to sit still
• Feeling tired all the time
• Feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt
• Inability to concentrate, remember, or make decisions
• Recurring thoughts of death or suicide

8. Have you been experiencing noticeable changes in your sleeping habits lately? Do you have trouble sleeping? Do you want to sleep all the time or have trouble “getting moving?”
Yes
No
9. Do you find that it takes an unusually great amount of effort for you to concentrate on even simple tasks recently?
Yes
No