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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I had an interesting discussion with my daughter's therapist last week regarding the use of anti anxiety medication.
My experience was, when I was suffering from anxiety leading to severe insomnia, when I was put on anti anxiety medication I became depressed. Depression has never been an issue for me, but anxiety has.
She explained that meds help to strip away the anxiety part, which is masking the underlying depression. So it exposes the real issue, which often IS depression.
Sounds like it could be valid. However, I'm still left thinking that I would rather be anxious than depressed.
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I've dealt with anxiety issues for my entire life and understand there's a relation between the two but I feel I've been able to differentiate for the most part. I don't feel I ever had any periods of major depression in my adult life until only recently after the failure of my marriage. That depression did trigger anxiety which I largely had under control with medication so clearly intertwined. IMO they both suck and can hold you back in life but depression to me is worse.