Depression tends to bring hopelessness, sadness, or helplessness. However, some people also experience agitation, including symptoms of anxiety and restlessness.
Agitated depression is not a medical term, but some people use it to describe this combination of anxiety and depression.
Mixed depression, or major depressive disorder with mixed featuresTrusted Source, is another way to describe depression that also involves agitation and physical restlessness.
A study from 2004 found that out of 434 people with major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder (which can also involve depression), 34.7% had symptoms of agitation.
Agitation can occur with major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.
In this article, learn more about agitation, how it affects a person, and what to do if it occurs.