Anxiety & Depression??

Can anxiety & Depression co-exist or rather rotate? I am not big on dxs. I guess I just never follow the symptoms listed. But had a revelation in therapy & spent days in a I-don't care-about-anything mode. Then suddenly woke this morning & realized the neglect that has caused. Correcting everything. The familiar anxiety is back. Realized this same thing happened a week ago. Depressed for days followed by anxiety & accomplishing things. Keep saying this will even out when work thru therapy revelation. By that I mean get back to the anxiety that's familiar. Is that wishful thinking?

Anxiety and depression often go hand-in-hand. The same meds can be used to treat both at the same time. Combined with good therapy, recovery is possible. Each case is different.
I hope that you can achieve stability. I was treated with BuSpar and Imipramine years ago. There are many newer meds out now.

I have both. For me, it can be like how you described; periods of emptiness and depression, and a sense of relief when it subsides because it feels good to just care about something even if it's rooted in anxiety.
Most of the time for me it's more like, I can't do a thing because I'm too anxious to, then I feel useless and depression sets in.

It is an evil wish, but sometimes part of me almost wishes for depression to the point where you feel nothing, so I will escape my anxiety... mind you, I know I do not really want that, that is a horrible state of being, I had a close friend on here who had that kind of depression. But, sometimes... I just want it to end...

KingsleyHere wrote:Can anxiety & Depression co-exist or rather rotate?

Yeah definitely. That is the case for me, atleast.

For me, overwhelming anxiety often leads to depression.