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Originally Posted by shutterbug  The depression most like has not "replaced" the anxiety, but rather is more out front than the anxiety right now.
Are you seeing a general doc or a psychiatrist. A pdoc can do evaluationa testing to work toward figuring out what the root diagnosis is that causing your issues....as they are the symptoms.
Lately, how has your sleeping been?
Before the depression...how many hours did you typically sleep?
Any possible addictions to alchol or drugs going on too? |
I am seeing a psychiatrist. One big reason is my mother-in-law, which is something that I'm trying to get that figured out, but so far nothing.
My sleep has been messed up for years because of my work. Sometimes I work 12 hour days, sometimes 3 hour days and 8 hour days at different times of the day. So my sleep cycle is all messed up. I was technically addicted to sleep meds but tappered off myself down to half a pill of a very minor benzo. It was after that that my anxiety panic kicked in again BIG TIME...
I typically try to sleep 8 hours, but sometimes that can be 5...and sometimes it can be 12...depending on the day. Naps in the day that are unavoidable at times (As in if I don't take them, I can't function). No other addictions...alcohol WAS a social thing for me, but I cut that out years ago...now it's just a "If it's there, and someone offers, I accept" kind of situation.