Hello jjgbirder: Okay... well... I'll tell you a story. It's been many years since I was in grad school. But, way back when, I pretty-much gave up everything in my life to go when the opportunity arose. I was, by the way, never a great student. My undergraduate years were an unmitigated disaster! It's a wonder I ever graduated.

So, anyway, during one of my first classes in grad school, a teaching assistant gave out an assignment on which we would be graded. It would be the first grade I would receive in my program. Well... the teaching assistant gave very inadequate instructions &, as a result, almost everyone in the class got a "D" (just above failure)... including me! Unfortunately, in my case, since I had always been such a poor student, & had given up so much to attend the program, it absolutely scared me to death! I spent the whole rest of the time I was in the program frightened to death I was going to flunk out! Talk about depression, stress & anxiety! I was already pretty stressed out to begin with & this experience nearly sent me over the edge...

Anyway... that's my story of depression & anxiety in grad school. Hope things begin to look up for you soon.