What I struggle with is anxiety.. never really depression unless my anxiety gets really bad and it causes me to be upset and kinda depressed from it, because I'm SO sick of having anxiety..lol do you get what I am saying because I am having a hard time putting it into words.

i mean depression as having a chemical imbalance in yr brain, as well as having an anxiety disorder...not just getting depressed cos youve got anxiety.

I suffer from anxiety and panic disorder but no depression.... in fact, I am on disability for it as it is that severe.

I don't have time to get depressed because the anxiety keeps me going 100 mph. I tell my dr all the time that I will be his first case of human combustion.

The panic attacks are the worst, and I don't get depressed after them, but I get physically sick from them for a few days.

That's why I never understood why different pdocs wanted me on anti-depressants along with the klenopin. If I'm not depressed, why would I need an anti-depressant? If anything, I should need ritalin or something. Tried Straterra, but it was like taking aspirin.

Is there any particular reason you are asking?

yeah, i'm not depressed. I suffer with 'secondary depression' along with the anxiety, but if i didnt hav anxiety i would be otherwise fine, on top of the world actually!! i'd be so happy i'd be shouting from the roof tops! if only eh!? vic xxx

im really happy and love life and mostly enjoy my family.. my children are my world.. i have a beautiful house, great friend. even drive a fab car! financially were fine my family have there health... i have nothing to be depressed about!!!!
but i have anxiety, and panic attacks.. and anyone who gets it would agree thats its the most frightening thing ever.. it makes me more anxious the longer it stays, it runs my life for me on occasion, and i wish everyday it would just be gone.. but i never get depressed!!! you would think it was all connected wouldnt you? x

I tend to suffer from anxiety with out the depression. The only time I become depressed is when the anxiety get's to much for me and I tend to become upset and very down about myself

Something to think about....
apparently anxiety can be a sympton of depression....

I've had social anxiety forever but I am not depressed.....I'm usually in a pretty good mood.....just socially anxious!

I too have server GAD and panic attacks. They now want to say that I have bipolar disorder but I do not have periods of depression. I get down because I have such severe anxiety. I have always been upbeat and happy all of my life but the anxiety and hyperactivity at times does wear me out.

HSP......... you sound just like me. They also tried to say I have bipolar, but like you I don't have the downs......... only the hyperactivity.

I was told by a therapist that Robin Williams is bipolar and to look how he is most of the time.

But in researching bipolar, if you are "UP" all the time, then you are also prone to doing things like buying 3 cars in one day etc.

Maybe I am bipolar, who knows........... I just know that most of the time I'm too hyper and the only time I get down is when I get pissed off at the panic attacks trying to control my life. The anxiety is a part of my personality now a days. It keeps me up and bouncing around like the Energizer Bunny most of the time....... but then there is also, what I call the "bad anxiety". That's when I am so scatterbrained, totally unorganized, cannot focus on ANY thing and my thoughts are all scrambled up.

I've probably got so many different issues going on in my head that no one knows what all to classify them as.

But as for depression............ no............ I don't have the symptoms of depression. I've always known depression to be when you want to sleep all the time, cry all the time, etc.

Or maybe anxiety IS a form of depression. Who the hell even knows how the human brain works. Do the pdocs even really know???? If there's a chemical imbalance, why can't they scan your head and see it?

I just know that I get so sick of the roller coaster ride. I can go smooth sailing with my hyperactivity, but let something stress me or upset me.......... that's when I'm at my worst.

Today was definitely one of those days!

No depression, except when my anxiety is really bad for a while. The anxiety/panic attacks are enough for me.

Yes, I suffer from anxiety and OCD that is quite severe. I do get depressed but it is a by product of my anxiety beating down all day.

i wouldnt say i was depressed, i do get tearful about havin anxiety sumtimes, but i can honestly say i love life at the minute, and anxiety is just something i get on with and live with :) xxx