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Jun 17, 2014, 08:43 PM
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I have been diagnosed GAD, where the anxiety usually comes with depression. Sometimes I find it very difficult to get off the sofa, sort of paralyzed. More depression then sets in, probably due to an onslaught of negative thoughts, like "here I am again". The two together is worse than each of them separately. I feel weak and very sad. Sometimes if I can manage to relax more, some of the depression can begin to leave. When I get myself going, both the anxiety and depression can subside.
Maybe the biggest part of the problem in this situation is anxiety which is then accompanied by depression instead of solely the depression itself? What do all of you think? Has anyone experienced this before?
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Jun 17, 2014, 09:02 PM
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Yes. I've had this happen several times. I can get so anxious it will seem like I'm depressed and I may even begin to SI (rarely, but the urge is often there when I get like this) and if I can figure out that it's at least mostly "just" anxiety (as opposed to the beginning to a long depression), I can try to calm down or talk to someone and/or take my PRN ativan and sleep it off if at all possible and then feel better. Even more so once the source of anxiety is gone.
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Bipolar 2 (in remission), anorexia (in remission), and trichotillomania, also have conversion disorder that seems to be rearing its ugly head again. 100mg Lamictal |
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Jun 19, 2014, 04:43 PM
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Anyone else has this experience?
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Jun 19, 2014, 04:53 PM
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Yes! I have taken valerian root (a natural calming agent and sedative) on a day when I felt what I would call "depression", and half of the "depressed symptoms" were helped by this anti-anxiety agent! I seem to get a double whammy of low mood and anxiety. It is sometimes tricky to tell where one ends and the other begins. They are both expressions of stress.
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Jun 19, 2014, 04:59 PM
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Anxiety and depression often go hand-in-hand. Anxiety can cause depression, and depression can cause anxiety. Sometimes it's really hard to tell the difference between the two, or to figure out which caused which!
Personally, if I can't tell which one came first (which for me is usually important to figure out how to help myself alleviate it) then I usually just look at what's been going on in my life. Am I depressed/anxious because I am alone too much and don't like where I am in life? Probably depression first. Am I anxious/depressed because I'm feeling overwhelmed with work? Probably anxiety first.
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Jun 19, 2014, 05:08 PM
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I've been diagnosed with bipolar I and GAD and I feel that paralysis sometimes. It's actually a thing in both anxiety and autism, "inertia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertia_(anxiety)
It's like I have this block and can't get over it. Luckily I haven't experienced it much lately, but I do go through periods where it's worse, usually when my mood is lower. Then I'm just stuck on the couch, knowing all of the things I have to do, usually tasks that make me anxious, but I can't make myself do any of them. At times like this, even the things I do for leisure seem boring or pointless. I just feel adrift.
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Jun 19, 2014, 05:18 PM
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Jun 19, 2014, 05:30 PM
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Careful with valerian root. You can take too much and really hurt yourself.
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