Attack Anxiety and Depression - Anxiety Attacks and Depression
Anxiety attacks and depression are two entirely different disorders, but can be related or feed off each other, and quite often treated in similar fashions.
Feelings of hopelessness, despair, and anger are characteristic of depression, along with low energy levels and difficulty sustaining the required activities for daily living and minimal daily required tasks. This creates an atmosphere where it’s difficult to get along day to day.
With anxiety, panic, and anxiety attacks, feelings of anxiety, panic, fear, and despair culminate around normal, daily events which in normal people would not trigger such reactions. Quite often, there is no “visible” catalyst for these feelings, giving the appearance of suddenly just coming on. One can quite often live in constant fear of these feelings, and the anticipation of them and their perceived or real consequences. This can lead to problems with daily living, as with depression, and can also affect every aspect of life - work, relationships, self esteem, and the ability to socialize - fear of going to malls, social events, crowded places, or even just leaving your home.
For reasons unknown, many episodes of depression are often accompanied by anxiety. Studies have shown that well over 50% of those diagnosed with major depression wwere also diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder or other anxiety condition, and lower percentages had panic or other anxiety disorders. While depression is typically considered a low energy condition, mounting inner turmoil and feelings of anxiousness, guilt, and anger can snowball into an anxiety attack. People experiencing both anxiety and depression often have elevated symptoms of both conditions.
Quite often, people are treated for anxiety with anti-depressants, and depressed individuals are treated with methods most commonly associated with depression, including therapy and counciling.
Overall, depression and anxiety are considered two of the most common mood/mental disorders. For help dealing with these and other aspects of anxiety, check out Stop Anxiety Attacks.