When I'm not on a benzo, I have severe anxiety. It's almost as if the severe anxiety distracts me from being depressed. When back on a benzo, I'm depressed again. With the severe anxiety, I still can't function, get off the couch, etc. But the anxiety always distracts me from how depressed I am. I thought the valium was making me depressed, but now my depression has eased with med changes. I think that anxiety blunts some of the most dreary and severe parts of depression. Anyone else find this to be true? Or is it just me?