I've suffered from anxiety since childhood and depression since high school. I started taking meds when I was 25 and have never felt like they helped out much but I keep on taking them. I'm now in my 40's, married with 3 kids. I'd like to find out if anyone else has suffered for so long, even while taking meds?

My mood is all over the place any given week. Some days I have severe anxiety, others, deeply depressed, others pretty normal. During the normal days I work extra hard to undo the damage from the anxiety/depressed days. I just never know what to expect, and I think that causes the most anxiety.

Does anyone else have these mood swings within a one week period for such a long period of time? Is this typical? My pdoc thinks I'm nuts because one day I'm the verge of a breaking down, and a week later, I say everything is going pretty well.

Thanks everyone.