has anyone read both "feeling good" and "when panic attacks"?

They are both books by David D burns. I had read the former an year ago to deal with my depression and am trying to start doing to exercises given in it now. But I am discovering I have many problems with anxiety too and saw that he had also written a book on that. But the description of the latter book on amazon kind of implied that they both might be similar, like for the cognitive distortions.

If you have read both of them is it worth getting the other book too if the first one is being already followed?

I haven't read either. Depression is different from anxiety. So, you might gain further insight as to what they are. I have a neurological illness that was diagnosed before either depression or anxiety, so I am going to discount the notion that either or are both only due to cognitive distortion. There's a physiological component with some patients. Still worthwhile to study as you address your own wellness. There's also a Books, Movies, TV forum, if ever you'd like to leave a review or start a discussion.

I read "Feeling Good"

I found it very informative in a CBT perspective, but I also found it obnoxiously optimistic. I hated it for that.

I started to read "Feeling Good" but it only addresses mild to moderate depression. Mine is "severe." It's not meant people whose depression is so bad it interferes with their lives.

Thank you. I consider that to be valuable feedback since I was considering buying the book and it doesn't sound like I would find that book useful. But this is a problem with many books on depression and such.

I am thinking of looking at his book When Panic Attacks. I am previewing it on Amazon and it looks like it might be worth a shot--knowing that it may be limited and not placing high hopes on it.

I read both, and while there was some useful CBT stuff in them, I found the style very grating. Bubbly with lots of exclamation points. A little condescending as well. The sort of thing a depressed person wants to throw across the room. :-)

If you can get past that, however, there are some useful tools.

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I started reading the book "When Anxiety Attacks." I find the author grating and condescending at times exactly as you described.