Depression? Or just anxiety..

[Brittani 07]

Hello everyone! Another newbie here! I need some serious help in understanding my issues I am having and this website seems to be the right place to find those answers.. I'm 25 years old and I have always been a little anxious, nothing abnormal I would say until about a year ago after the birth of my beautiful son. I started back at my full time job and my anxiety took a turn for the worse. I had a few panic attacks at work which forced me to leave. I didn't know what was going on with me so I started googling, which I feel was my biggest mistake. I am constantly worrying I have a serious mental health issue. The thing is my anxiety comes and goes.. I'll feel semi normal for awhile (my mental health always in my mind) and then out of no where it's like a wave if anxiety. I do not like taking pharmaceuticals, and have researched natural remedies which have helped. Than about a week ago my anxiety came and my mind has not been able to stop. I have felt pretty depressed the past couple days thinking I may have a serious underlying condition. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[danielhermanson]

What you have is called health anxiety. You worry way too much about unrealistic diseases because of imaginary symptoms. Well they are not quite imaginary because you have the symptoms but they are not coming from the actual illness but only from your mind. One effective way of stopping health anxiety is to go to a good doctor and take a complete medical examination so you can rule out any diseases you might think about. Knowing exactly and having physical evidence that you are healthy will reduce you health anxiety.

One more thing, don't search Google before going to your doctor because this is how health anxiety starts. You create unreal conditions in your mind based on some symptoms you might have and from there more symptoms will appear.

Take care!

[Ambition]

Hello everyone! Another newbie here! I need some serious help in understanding my issues I am having and this website seems to be the right place to find those answers.. I'm 25 years old and I have always been a little anxious, nothing abnormal I would say until about a year ago after the birth of my beautiful son. I started back at my full time job and my anxiety took a turn for the worse. I had a few panic attacks at work which forced me to leave. I didn't know what was going on with me so I started googling, which I feel was my biggest mistake. I am constantly worrying I have a serious mental health issue. The thing is my anxiety comes and goes.. I'll feel semi normal for awhile (my mental health always in my mind) and then out of no where it's like a wave if anxiety. I do not like taking pharmaceuticals, and have researched natural remedies which have helped. Than about a week ago my anxiety came and my mind has not been able to stop. I have felt pretty depressed the past couple days thinking I may have a serious underlying condition. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


It is also possible to fear you have depression when you don't actually have it. You may have read the symptoms of depression and its one of the easiest conditions to convince yourself that you have. A lot of people say that anxiety sufferers have depression and vice versa, but in some cases depression may be completely psychosomatic and all part of the anxiety.

[Damavandi]

Hi:

What you are experiencing is quite simple. You are deficient on a mineral, amino acid, vitamin or, a combination of all of them.
These periodic symptoms point to a bio-chemical imbalance in your body, and consequently your brain. Please read the below link, which is my story/thread at this forum.

http://anxietyforum.net/forum/showthread.php?12695-Vitamin-D3-Cured-my-Anxiety-Depression-and-Panic-Disorder

Best wishes,
Ali

[Brittani 07]

Thank you all for the replies! It is very much appreciated! After reading your responses a lot is starting to make sense. The first major bout of anxiety I had I went to my husband. The first thing he asked was if I felt depressed as well since the two usually occurred together. The thought had never crossed my mind at the time but again caused me anxiety the thought I could be depressed with everything wonderful I had going on in my life. I'm not saying that I haven't felt depressed but I do believe I tricked my mind into thinking I was which may be the reason I've been going in circles with myself. I plan on making a Drs apt after the holidays for a check up to cancel out any deficiencies.