Posted by naughtypuppy on March 11, 2006, at 14:36:04
In reply to Re: How often is anxiety a cosymptom of depression? » naughtypuppy, posted by SLS on March 11, 2006, at 11:41:31
> > For me it's the long sustained periods of anxiety that bring on the depression. "What's the point, it will never get better". As far as anti depressants go, I think doctors use them because there are very few meds that strictly address anxiety and they are just hoping that they will work, because they have few other meds to use. Notice in most studies, the subjects are screened to have major depressive disorder with no co-morbid disorders.
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> There are studies of GAD for which the presence of depression excludes one from the investigation.
>Yes there are, but the percentage of studies that filter subjects with major endogenous depression is greater than those with purely
anxiety disorders. It seems that the use of most medications is "off label" for anxiety, rather than the primary focus. The studies also don't seem to last more than 8 weeks, after that they don't seem to care if your arms fall off. A keg of beer and a bag of dope will make you feel good for 8 weeks.> > Not very representitive of real life is it?
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> What's not representative of real life - depression without anxiety or anxiety without depression?
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> - ScottProbably both, co-morbid conditions are very common with mood disorders, just look at the people on this board
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