Posted by med_empowered on March 11, 2006, at 3:42:09
In reply to Re: How often is anxiety a cosymptom of depression » sdb, posted by yxibow on March 11, 2006, at 2:41:45
what I think is interesting is how back in the day "anxiety" was the big problem (notice all the ads for valium and librium, and common use of tranquilizers) while "depression" was considered to be less frequent (it really wasn't until Prozac that "depression" became the stand-by diagnosis in psychiatry). Apparently, some studies show that anti-anxiety agents such as valium can help cases that today are considered "depression," and anti-depressants are sometimes helpful in "anxiety"..the overlap has **always** been considerable; the issue seems to be changing diagnosis criteria and patterns....for instance, Limbitrol (a librium/elavil combo) was introduced in the '70s, as was Triavil (elavil/perphenazine)..both were for mixed anxiety/depression, but it seems that only recently has psychiatry re-visited the connection between the two.
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