I'm feeling anxious and depressed.

The anxiety is new: it started a few days ago. The depression is not new since it has been going on for a couple of years now. The anxiety is making the depression worse by increasing the negative thoughts I'm having.

I think about worst-case scenarios for every little thing. I think about my shortcomings. I think about all the things I didn't do but feel I should have done. I think about what I might never do.

I'm trying various coping strategies like distracting myself, reassuring myself, taking stock of my accomplishments, being grateful.

But the anxious mind always seems to find a way to undermine itself with distortions and untruths.

The anxiety isn't physical - yet (meaning that I'm not having anxiety attacks). It's just thoughts running around like a drunken monkey.

I don't have any meds to take to help me through this but I will speak with my pdoc within the next couple of weeks.