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Anxiety and Depression..

Question:

Hi..I was wondering, is it possible, which i think it is, to have depression from anxiety? im on xanax and prozac and visited my doctor who told me i still have anxiety symptoms but also depressive ones…I told her theres nothing going on thats making me depressed and she said yes its the anxiety????? i dont know, maybe? Has anyone had this or has anyone had both and had sucess with the prozac getting rid of both? Thanks i dont feel like going out anymore, (not agaoraphobic, just dont feel up to it, lay in bed, sleep alot and cry alot…) and when i get up thats usually when i get the panic symptoms…then the rest of the day just moop around kinda feeling sorry for myself..id love responses…Thank You

Response:

yes yes and more yes.  My anxiety is what caused my depression.  I was having so many attacks that I was totally drained and tired and all I did was sleep and cry.  Mine started about 7 years ago.  I thought I was going crazy.  What a relief to find help.  I was on prozac and xanax for a good while.  It was so good to feel normal again if there such a thing.  I did well for many years and then got off of both of them for 2 years and in the past 8 months had to go back on them.  Stress triggered my attacks again.  I am good now although we are going through a move to another city and it has been hard.  As soon as I get settled I hope to try and come off of the meds again.  In the mean time it doesn’t bother me at all the take them.  

Response:

Hi Kelle: What you describe is exactly what happened to me.  I started with the anxiety and then it turn into depression.  I am not sure but I think you can have anxiety and depression and not know it until it hits you like a Mack truck with no brakes.  That is the way it was with me.  I was worried all the time about stupid stuff, anything I could think of.  Then one day, I got a panic attack from thinking I had MS and I started having physical problems.  Then the depression came. Like you, I am on Prozac and it has been a good drug for me.  I have been on it for about five or six weeks.  and I have noticed improvement in myself. One word of advise I can give is that you must try to go and  have some fun. I think that the drugs alone will not help you completely if you do not try to feel good by yourself.  My therapist told me that the drugs actually help you think clear and then the "feeling good" comes from within you. Good luck and feel free to email me.  Just remove "nospam" from my address. JP     Hi..I was wondering, is it possible, which i think it is, to have     depression from anxiety? im on xanax and prozac and visited my doctor     who told me i still have anxiety symptoms but also depressive ones…I     told her theres nothing going on thats making me depressed and she said     yes its the anxiety????? i dont know, maybe?     Has anyone had this or has anyone had both and had sucess with the     prozac getting rid of both? Thanks     i dont feel like going out anymore, (not agaoraphobic, just dont feel up     to it, lay in bed, sleep alot and cry alot…) and when i get up thats     usually when i get the panic symptoms…then the rest of the day just     moop around kinda feeling sorry for myself..id love responses…Thank     You

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