Posted by bretbe on April 7, 2003, at 17:11:29
In reply to Correction: my worst DEPRESSION is anxiety-driven » Viridis, posted by Viridis on April 6, 2003, at 3:06:26
Yeah, I caught that correction issue. I have finally determined that anxiety is the root of my problem with depression rather than the other way around. I too have not responded well to the usually ADs and I just tested a theory on myself after decreasing my Klonopin in half (from 1mg to .5mg.) for a year and nothing helping the desperate mental anguish I felt except when I went back on my full dose of Klonopin...the depression (suicidality, hopelessness, dysphoria) greatly diminished. I think I might try upping my dose of Klonipin since it is the only thing I can say for sure has helped my TRD/anxiety.
Interesting to hear that other people see the depression as driven by anxiety too...and that they haven't responded to the usually ADs. I think researchers need to start breaking down depression into its sub-types for better study since it seems like the 80% who-get-better on AD groupd just keeps getting more option for meds (every pharmaceutical company wants a piece of the Prozac pie) but the 5%-20% group isn't getting studied as well with specific meds. The anxiety driven sub-type (MY classification, not a current one I don't think) definitately needs to be studied more!
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