I'm probably one of those people that experience depression/agitation during the winter months but does anyone else start to feel a sense of anxiety when the holidays hit. It seems when i watch tv and see all the commercials and all of them are holiday oriented and then the mall is the same way. It's like an assault on my senses and I feel foolish but i get an overwhelming sense of anxiety. I'm not sure if it has to do with the new changes at work - they said possibility of layoffs at work. My point I'm hoping i'm not the only one that feels this way around the holidays.

The doc now has me at 1800mg of Lithium and I don't like how the dose keeps increasing because it makes me feel like i'm getting worse. I also take Celexa and Trazadone. I wish the anxiety would go away. It's mostly at night that it happens when by myself. I'm moving back in with my parents which makes me feel bad because I feel like i should be able to do everything by myself/take care of myself. I don't like needing people.

I just want to feel ok again.

Does anyone ever feel like this? If so what do you do about it?