[elevatedsoul]

So what im wondering is if anyone here has confused or known someone to confuse these 2 and receive treatment that isnt beneficial to the main problem?

Ive been told over and over that many of these disorders go hand in hand but there has to be a prominent / dominant one right? Im thinking that maybe why my treatments havent been effective / relieved the anxiety and depression i have

I did first seek help for panic attacks but i have experienced depression for a long time and just not paid much mind to it, using escapism and other self medicating methods? Im thinking that the depression is causing high anxiety and stress which is hiding the depression? or causing the confusion, just wish i could figure it out

anyone have any input here? seeking desperately to figure this devil out so i can request something new at my next appointment and hopefully start to feel better
little scared of the 15mg zyprexa that im supposed to be getting soon since the other meds arent working, wish i could just find this magical cocktail they keep mentioning to me

would Buspar cause an increase in anxiety aches / symptoms if infact something else is causing the anxiety in the first place? negative effects with buspar and depression?
the only effects i noticed from buspar is that i had a few headaches and became dizzy after a few weeks at the prescribed dose in which i cut the dose in half and now just seem to experience a bunch of "nerve Zaps"

bah i think i want the placebo!

[Rohag]

Hello & Welcome, Elevatedsoul.

My general experience is that any medication can have a paradoxical effect - antidepressants making one more depressed, antianxiety meds increasing anxiety, etc.

If you think depression is the primary or most bothersome problem, request the doctors give it priority and treat it most aggressively.

As best you can, note everything you experience while on the meds (the nerve Zaps for instance) and tell the doctors.

[00642]

I dont know of anyone literally confusing the two but I know that when I was in therapy for severe depression and anxiety, they asked which I wanted to focus on and I said anxiety. It wasn't that the depression wasn't bad it was just the anxiety was what caused me the most problems - in terms of panic attacks and making me vomit and nauseous. I think in the long run, I ended up treating the symptom rather than the cause though because depression was what was making me so anxious. If I wasn't so depressed, I don't think I would have been as anxious because my anxiety stemmed from "irrational" ideas that I had from my depression. Not sure if that makes sense but, you know?
I've never heard of Buspar so can't help on that one, I'm afraid.

[healingme4me]

I have depression and anxiety.

I forget, which comes first, the chicken or the egg.

There are meds, that can treat both, at same time. Citalopram, first that comes to mind.

Both can be treated, in therapy, at same time.

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[elevatedsoul]

thanks for the replies, I do definitely take notes on symptoms and feelings.. more so than they seem interested in? but I continue to be persistant in hopes that i can soon find relief

it makes sense that they would both come together, depression and anxiety.. but like 00642 said, the depression doesnt seem to bother me so much... maybe makes me more rational and question things in a healthy way, but the anxiety symptoms ( i believe anxiety symptoms) are overwhelming most of the time

I guess i feel confused about these 2 because i have faced depression in my childhood / teens and i felt like i came to terms with it, in a sense accepting it for what it is and just went on about life. But now i have tension and pains in my shoulders/ upper torso most of the time, lack of focus and concentration, tingling sensations and i used to hyperventilate alot but seems since i started bupropion and the buspar thats not as bad, not sure which one helped that symptom.. All of this can be confusing really, wish that i was born with a users manual

I started the sertraline for anxiety but over the course of a year and getting up to 150mg i never really noticed any improvement so im not sure if he will try another ssri or not, how do they switch you from Ssri to ssri? do you have to come off the first one all the way first and then start the next? or do you start the next one at the same time as coming off the first

i know that the different ssris work differently and help different peoples, although im not sure how they work differently or how they are different, i always just picture an ssri being the same thing and affecting the same receptors so i kind of feel like if the celexa and sertraline didnt help me any, will any?

I've also read around about stimulants like ritalin being used in the treatment of depression and anxiety, do these help? i do miss being as focused as i used to be and getting things done, but im sure i'll not have a chance to try any of those out till i use up the label options

thanks again, im not used to talking about any problems i have

[Melmo]

I have depression and anxiety. I started getting depressed at the start of 2011 I believe, but have had social anxiety all my life. I have been on Lamotrigine for depression for about 2 years now, and about a year ago I told my dr I was having issues with anxiety other than social anxiety. He put me on citolopram and only last week I realized that lamotrigine can cause anxiety! I am seeing my dr on Monday so I plan to bring it up to see what he says.
I find I have periods of time where my depression takes over more and its the cause of my issues because I have low energy, lay on the couch and feel like crying all day etc. But then other times, I feel highly anxious like for example almost a week where I was so anxious constantly no matter what I was doing, out or at home. I do think my depression causes a lot of my anxiety, but like I said I do have social anxiety so that's a big part of it.

[elevatedsoul]

i can relate to you JustWantToBeNormal, most of the time i just feel really jumpy, anxious and nervous with those famous anxiety pains but sometimes i just become so overwhelmed i just want to cry because i feel as if theres no sign of improvement.
I have also read that Bupropion can increase anxiety but i havent noticed any huge increases or decreases since i started taking it, the only thing that ive really noticed has effected it and made the symptoms more intense was when i started tapering the zoloft and stopped the clonazepam.
Im still new and trying to get used to the whole seeking profesional help thing since i have always been the type to handle things on my own and not share my burdens or agree with medications etc etc. but im hoping to build a good relationship with my therapist and pdoc so that we can work together to find the best treatment for my ailments

do yo have any stomach problems JustWantToBeNormal? I have been diagnosed with GERD although i am not 100% sure thats what it is, i feel more that it is a side effect of my anxiety/depression since it doesnt bother me all the time or particularly after i eat but bothers me randomly and more so often when i have a lot on my mind or am nervous. I used to take zantac for it but since it didnt help any i figured that it was a mental symptom and not physical

I too think i have social phobia, but the doctors dont seem to want to listen to my ideas so much... i dont know if they think i dont know what i am talking about or if they just dont want to agree with me because they say something different or want to do it their way

hopefully they'll see that i've been trying to educate myself a great deal on these things so that i can participate fluently in my diagnosis and treatment options!

we're all in this together hang in there

[Melmo]

I do have stomach issues, my dr is convinced I'm not supposed to eat gluten or dairy. I went gluten free for a year hitch helped but not 100%, and I know anxiety plays a huge role in my stomach issues. Before I was put off work for stress, I was going to the bathroom sometimes 3-4 times per shift because of IBS issues, since being off I haven't had an issue yet.

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[Fuzzybear]

[Toneo]

Thank you for this thread I will keep a close eye on it I recently may have had an anxiety attack stemming form my depressive state. I have never taken medication for depression or anxiety. So, I need to know as much as I can understand about the effects of medications even if it is difficult to understand.

[IndieVisible]

For me and I emphasize everyone is different, it's easier to treat my depression. My anxiety is difficult to treat. ADs work great for depression but very limited for anxiety, even Citalopram does little for my anxiety. Surprisingly of all the AD Zoloft does the best for my anxiety still far from ideal. Currently I'm on Wellbutrin and Zoloft. My axiety is all over the map, from mild to moderate to severe to out right panic attacks. Buspar was the least effective, I believe apsirins had more effect then buspar on me lol. The Zoloft eliminates all of the mild and some of the moderate. I still need Xanax or Klonopin for the severe and panic attacks. In my world the anxiety is the worse to deal with! Good luck to you!

[elevatedsoul]

medicine definitely works differently for everyone i can vouch for that!
the zoloft really didnt have any effect on me at all even at 150mg... im down to 50mg now and going to stop taking that in a couple days then ill just be taking Bupropion SR 150mg 2x daily (welbutrin generic?) and i am quiting the buspar, after 3 day trial of going down 5mg each day the nerve zaps have dropped drastically and i feel a little better in general so i do think that buspar was making me feel worse and not better! i will have to tell my dr asap, i refilled my clonazepam too and am going to take .25 -.5 a day to help too meanwhile. but not exceeded that since i was taking up to 5 .5s a day and they had mild effect but i took about a month holiday and it seems to be helping again if even just a little. I still havent gotten the zyprexa so... still nervous about that one! especially starting at 15mg? too high right?

Depression and anxiety are like milk and cookies.
Has your pdoc or therapist ever mentioned agitated depression? It's the worst of both worlds as far as depression and anxiety go.

[elevatedsoul]

agitated depression = mixed state?
currently he has diagnosed me as bipolar with GAD and panic disorder

but i really dont experience any mania from my understanding of what mania is, perhaps im just misunderstanding what it is?
I dont really experience extreme highs , but mostly ill feel terrible for a while and then sometimes it gets back to normal somewhat, not really happy but not in so much pain if that makes sense.. so i dont really know at this point, i dont think im bipolar though or experience mania - just depression and anxiety

hopefully we'll be able to connect a few more dots dec 4, it will be my first therapist visit so i havent had a chance to talk with her yet