Hi all,
For those of you who deal with clinical depression, do you also have anxiety issues? I'm trying (and struggling) to deal with both right now, without the benefit of a therapist or medications (due to a family history of drug addiction, I'm VERY reluctant to compound my issues by getting dependent on medication) and am just pondering how these two issues relate for others. For me, I think I've been dealing with anxiety for far longer than I've been dealing with depression -- I remember being over-the-top-fearful about things that wouldn't bother other kids for more than a minute (getting below a B on a short quiz, for example), but I don't recall dealing with depression until after puberty (damn hormones anyway).
Either way, right now I'm struggling with trying to figure out how to deal with this on my own, and trying to not use food as an emotional safety blanket (yeah, good luck with that....today sucked.) Any suggestions?