Rose I think the biggest issue going on with you right now is your sense of safety and waiting to get approved for the SSDI. You may have had some issues with anxiety before but this is lot to deal with all this waiting.

When we have a lot of anxiety, it tires the body right out and we can get depressed.
Yes, it can be a difficult cycle. Stop the low of depression and the brain wakes up only to worry more and feel anxious. After all, when we do not feel safe, we get anxious and that is normal to everyone.

I deal with that in my PTSD which is known as an anxiety disorder too. But I agree with Bean, if I work on tracing the root of my anxiety then I work at that root and it does help a lot. I was gaining some ground until I had to go visit my dad at the hospital and deal with my sister which is a huge tangled root that I am trying hard to sort through. Since that event, I have been exhausted to be honest. I get the anxiety trying to pull it apart, it actually builds up as I am working at it and I don't realize it until it is very strong. Then I feel exhausted and depressed. So I hate that cycle myself.

Now I can see the sedative helped you Rose but for me, when it wore off the anxiety came back and I was still fighting that cycle. But if it gets bad like you mentioned, it is good to know that you were helped when you took it during the day instead of at night.

Now the other thing I was wondering is that I think that the antidepressant wears off too at a certain point in the day. My T is on prozac and his bad time of day is between 1-3pm and ofcourse that is when I see him. But I can see it in his face his eyes get very droopy and tired and he does fight to stay alert. I am right in the middle of that time period so I see it kicking in, and it is obvious. He takes it at night also because it helps him sleep.

Rose you should keep a journal and track the times when you feel anxious or depressed and see if there is a time pattern to it.

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