usernamesarah
01-14-2016, 06:07 PM
HI! I have been struggling with anxiety all through my teenage years. I have learned how to deal with it and it has gone away for a few months at a time before but it's back now and it's different. I'm 20 now. This most recent bout of anxiety has been particularly bad - I have been finding it difficult to leave the house. I've been seeing a new counsellor and he has picked up on some symptoms of depression. He said that, what I thought was another bout of anxiety, seems like depression with a lot of physical symptoms. He said that the anxiety seems to have been brought on by the depression and the reason why I can't control my panic attacks this time is because I haven't considered and treated the depression. This is really interesting to me and I haven't heard about this happening before. I know that depression and anxiety go hand in hand, but I had never considered anxiety to be a symptom of depression rather than a separate entity. The new diagnosis has given me a bit of hope that I can improve. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? I would love to know if treating depression alleviated your anxiety and what helped. Thanks :)