Posted by UgottaHaveHope on March 4, 2007, at 12:46:15
I was talking to a pdoc recently and he said something that just slapped me in the face: "Anxiety very, very rarely comes before depression."
It has made me rethink my entire situation.
I have always thought I had an anxiety first, and then if the anxiety got really bad, withdrawal and depression.
When all of this started in 1997, it began with just an absolute rush of adrenaline out of nowhere, or better described as "free-floating anxiety." I could not calm down and have difficulties doing so in the years since. It must be noted in the past 10 years, whenever I have been able to find something to calm me down, I have been able to cope with life so much better.
However, I do recall during times before 1997 I was midly depressed, like your typical person. It was never clinical depression, though. I never sought or felt like I needed treatment. In other words, it was manageable without any therapy or medication (although looking back, maybe one or both wouldve been beneficial).
Now I am wondering, based on the words of the wise and veteran doc, that perhaps years and years of mild depression led up to the breakout of anxiety.
Does any of this make sense? Thanks, Michael
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