Posted by SLS on October 2, 2016, at 7:47:07
In reply to Is anxiety linked to depression?, posted by Lamdage22 on October 2, 2016, at 5:06:50
> Is it possible that anxiety improves automatically if depression improves?
Definitely. However, it depends on whether or not there is an ideopathic anxiety disorder (generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, etc.). If not, then chronic anxiety can actually drive the depression, and the depression can reinforce the anxiety. For some people, chronic anxiety is what precipitated the depression in the first place. If this is the case, addressing the depression often reduces the anxiety or makes it disappear. I think it is important to explore what it is that has driven the anxiety historically. Psychotherapeutics can help a great deal. You don't want to have anxiety-provoking issues remain that would stress the brain, and produce a relapse or medication-breakthrough.
One thing I noticed with a woman I know who has schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. Anxiety would trigger a hypomania, which would evolve into schizoid psychosis. She described that depression often followed the psychosis. She found that using Xanax (alprazolam) to treat the anxiety prevented the hypomania and thus squelched the cycle.
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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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