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QOTW: Do you have depression, anxiety...
| Mon, 01-15-2007 - 12:01am |
QOTW: Do you have depression, anxiety or both?
- I have anxiety.
- I have depression.
- I have both depression & anxiety.
- I have neither depression nor anxiety.
- Other. Please feel free to share.
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I have been dealing with depression for a little while now and that seemed under control with prozac, and recently I've been having increased anxiety and my psychologist told me I was also having panic attacks. I told him my symptoms and he identified it as that right away. He referred me to a p-doc in his practice so I'll start seeing him in two weeks and get on something different. The feeling of always being worried or on edge with the panic attacks happening two to numerous times a day is a lot to handle! My gen phys. called in xanax for me so at least I'll have that to help starting tonight. I take Ambien CR to sleep, too. I just find myself worrying and nervous/obsessing about every little thing and then it causes me to feel flat and generally unhappy. I just want to get on the other side of this!
Kim W.
I've had anxiety and depression both at different times in my life. The two time that I've had severe anxiety with panic episodes, etc, it was when I had depression as well. I think that each leads to the other for me. When I had a nervous break down three years ago, I had been suffering from clinical depression and a huge life change caused it all to come crashing down on me. That's when I started with the constant panic attacks. I went on meds, and once I got the panic under control, I was able to work through the depression.
This last time, it was the anxiety that came first. It started innocently enough, when we bought our first home this past spring. I had the normal anxiety that comes with that, but when it didn't go away right away, and I felt overwhelmed with the remodelling we were doing, I started worrying that I wouldn't be able to handle it, and lo and behold, the panic came back. I got so depressed, because I started to feel like I wasn't ever going to be able to have a normal life. Then, dh deployed and it got worse. I got on meds, and again, once I got the depression under control, I was much better able to deal with the anxiety.
When it's just one or the other, I seem to be able to work my way through it and come out on the other side much more smoothly than when I get slammed by both at the same time.
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