Posted by SLS on January 6, 2013, at 8:34:54
In reply to Anxiety makes me feel freaked-out alone, posted by alchemy on January 6, 2013, at 0:46:53
> Depression with anxiety can be a strange mix. There are times when I'm more on the depressed side and do not want to be around anyone. Lately I am more on the anxiety side, where I freak out when alone. I went to lunch with my mom to get out of the house. She annoyed me and I even had plans to go to dinner with a friend. Yet I felt "freaked out" that my mom was leaving. I don't have any reasons to have abandonment issues. I usually need some alone time. But I think when my anxiety is heightened, it shifts to being fearful of it. I've noticed it's worse if I forget to take my xanax.
> Along with this anxious feeling of needing to do something or not be alone come a frozen feeling. I need to do something, but I feel stuck.
> Maybe part of this lonely anxiety is because I also not feeling like doing anything (the depression piece). I wish I could at least be ok watching tv, a video game or something.
> I also think that my thinking gets weirder with more anxiety. It goes off on tangents, especially existentialism.
> And I wonder how social anxiety fits relates to my "alone anxiety". I guess anxiety can take on many forms.
> Thoughts?Depression + anxiety can be a lethal combination. The rate of suicide is higher when depression is accompanied by anxiety or anger. Anxiety and anhedonia together can produce derealization. Perhaps your existential crises are a result of this. I don't know.
Which SSRIs or SNRIs have you tried? I think you need an antidepressant with strong anti-GAD properties. Paxil might work very well for you. It isn't a first-line drug, but if you have tried other SSRIs and Effexor, I think that taking it is justified.
There is Nardil...
Until you find something else, you might as well use Xanax as strategically as possible.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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