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What does listlessness mean?

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Feeling poorly: Listlessness is lack of inclination to activity, feeling of weakness, lack of interest in usual pursuits.

Answered 7/1/2012

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Listlessness: Feel fatigue, lethargic, exhausted, tired. Can be physiological or mental. It is differentiated from weakness because there are periods of rest in between periods of fatigue (no such periods in weakness).

Answered 8/14/2013

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