depression caused by severe anxiety and slight ptsd

[Catina]

Hello
i am a 21 year old female. i have just been diagnosed with depression caused by severe anxiety and ptsd. I found this site to try and find some support on the new journey to beat this or a least to get my symptoms to subside some. There are only two people in my life who know the true source of my anxiety and what triggered it. Those two People are my amazing husband and my older sister, they are the only two i can trust. If my mom knew the source of my anxiety it would crush her. My anxiety stems from being abused and watching my sisters and mother being beat by an x step father. it was hard time in my moms life and she acts like it never happened so i don't tell her thats where it come from. the recent trigger is my own father turning his back on me. we haven't spoken since July 2010 right before my wedding in october. I have my first therapy appt. on july 25th. i have seen one to be diagnosed but they just wanted group therapy and i declined that. i am not on any meds as of now. but there are days where i cant help but cry or i have to push myself out of bed. these days are becoming way to frequent for me and i really need some advice any would be appreciated

[kenzzz123]

Hey hun I'm really sorry about all of this it sounds really tough/:
I have had severe anxiety and depression for almost a year now and I know how had it can be
The best thing to do is to stay away from caffeine that's probably the worst thing for anxiety because it makes it easier to have anxiety attacks or can even start anxiety attacks. You also want to start exercising like taking a walk on your free time or going to the gym twice a week
therapy is probably the best thing for anxiety especially cognitive behavioral after going to therapy for a while and things are still bad you might want to ask your doctor about starting on a low dose of prozac or any ssri like zoloft and paxil

I hope everything works out and gets better soon