Still depressed, even with all this medication?

[masonmoore0824]

I still feel depressed, even though I'm on prozac, remeron, abilify and ativan for anxiety. How can this be possible? I've been on this for a few months, so it has had plenty of time to work, and I'm on the max dose of remeron already. I took the Beck's Depression Inventory and I'm still in the moderate to severe depression range. Is it really possible all of this medication is not working?

[stp4779]

Could it be possible your depression appeared before your anxiety? Check your premises: do you have reason to be depressed? A traumatic life event, a loss, repressed emotions, feelings of guilt or regret, unresolved issues, unfulfilled dreams or desires?

I recently have been discovering through therapy that my depression came first, and my anxiety has been a reaction to it. And while medication can help, no amount of medication can remedy some of the issues I mentioned above. I'm on Effexor and Welbutrin and found that they have lost their effectiveness in my battle with depression. My answer, and possibly yours, lies in having recognized a sense of dissatisfaction about my life, and rediscovering how to regain that.

Something to think about. I always assumed anxiety preceded depression... that my anxiety was causing my depression. But I'm finding it might be the other way around.