Posted by psychopharmacon on March 12, 2006, at 3:17:50
In reply to How often is anxiety a cosymptom of depression?, posted by sdb on March 10, 2006, at 18:55:35
I have both anxiety and depression. At first I thought it was the anxiety that was making me depressed. So I made the mistake of taking meds only for the anxiety. I started taking benzos, which unfortunately made me only more depressed. So I started abusing them more and more because I felt increasingly depressed. It was a downward spiral.
(Later I selfmedicated on cannabis. Big mistake for a person with Paranoid Personality Disorder and Schizotypal Personality Disorder. Ended up at a mental hospital.)
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