I think that anxiety comes from depression. For a long time I denied this, but I think it is true. Anxiety can cause depression and vice versa. I think the medical community would like to deny this, but I think the real monster is depression. At least in my case. But I connected with the anxiety before depression. And I had to take a good hard look at myself before I started to understand it was stemming from depression. Why else would so many of us with anxiety be put on antidepressants? That is my personal point of view.

My doc says if you have one you usually have both . But not always.
He says it's difficult to find out which came first.

No way to know for sure but I think my depression caused the anxiety.
I went through several SSRI's without much luck and finally tried Wellbutrin. Some people cant take it because it's so "energizing" it
can increase anxiety. In my case ,it helped my depression so much
that anxiety went down because I felt much better.

I'm not sure which come first, but I worked out that I was depressed a few years before I worked out I had anxsiety; and I had both very severely at the time.

I hear you can have anxiety without depression, or vice versa, and I have a pair of friends where he has anxiety and she has depression... and they're not mixed up, but it's hard to say. He takes medication for anxiety but one thing I notice is that he is very down and depressing and negative about life. I have to talk him out of it a fair bit. Show him the door in the wall.

And to me that's more reminiscent of my depression.

For me anxiety is fear and depression is anger. Opposites of the same coin. When I am anxious I don't have depression. When I am depressed I express my anger and the depression lifts. As I have healed my childhood trauma's the anxiety has also lifted.

Thanks for all your comments. I am starting to think that anxiety comes from depression or depressive behavior. My wife keeps telling me that when I face a stressful situation, I will always take the negative side, which is a form of depressive behavior. The confusing part for me is that when I had my panic/anxiety attack last October, prior to that I was feeling fine. I wasn't depressed, I wasn't feeling anxious at all. I started the new job on Oct 19th and had the panic/anxiety attack on the 22nd on the job. And now I have been feeling anxious ever since. That new job only lasted 16 weeks, so now I am out of work collecting unemployment which only lasts 10 more weeks. I am having a hard time finding a new job, so now that is all getting piled on to my anxiety. I'm really hoping to get approved for the TMS as I am seeing that as the possible cure whether I find a new job or not.

I never really connected my anxiety with depression before either. But the more I read about it, the more I feel I understand. I was diagnosed with depression at 15. And depression can be caused by a chemical imbalance. I think if you have a depression disorder, it could manifest in different ways. For me at first it was insomnia, then anxiety. Well now you can bet your ass I'm depressed! So now it has come full circle.
I hope you can get the TMS treatment. I am hoping it will be the answer for me too.

I am still trying to figure that out personally. I would like to do more research and see what I could find. Part of me says yes, that you suffer from both like one could be shown more in Depression or Anxiety or vice versa. I see you discussed the TMS treatment, I have been newly diagnosed with Anxiety. What is the TMS treatment? I have never heard of it.

I wish you Good Luck though in what you do!

To: doggggglover2121

Google Dr. Oz TMS it will bring up a youtube video and show you what TMS is all about. It is supposed to revolutionary in curing, yes curing depression.