| Often we are quick to label the feelings that | | | | like depression, can manifest itself through |
| we have on a daily basis; someone who is | | | | physical symptoms such as difficulties in |
| feeling sad may say they are feeling | | | | breathing, increased heart rate, diarrhea, |
| depressed; someone who is worried about a | | | | vomiting, sweating, shaking, and more. |
| particular incident may describe it by saying | | | | |
| they are having an anxiety attack. These | | | | Anxiety and depression can easily be |
| words have become the vernacular of a | | | | co-occurring - meaning that they occur |
| generation; so much so, in some cases, that | | | | together with their own separate and |
| we have a difficult time recognizing and | | | | independent symptoms; or comorbid - meaning |
| defining what symptoms could really be | | | | they occur together and their symptoms |
| related to clinical conditions. There are | | | | overlap. Researchers have even studied the |
| many people who experience anxiety in a | | | | existence of anxiety and depression together |
| severe and persistent basis; and others who | | | | and found that over half of the people who |
| would be diagnosed as experiencing | | | | experience major depression also experience |
| depression. But what most people don't | | | | severe and persistent anxiety. |
| realize is that anxiety and depression are | | | | |
| connected more often than not. | | | | The connection is so prevalent between |
| | | | anxiety and depression that clinicians have |
| Depression differs from periods of sadness | | | | developed terms that can help them diagnosis |
| because of its intensity and frequency. | | | | their patients who are presenting with a |
| Depression is often a persistent state of | | | | myriad of symptoms. For instance, agitated |
| melancholy that colors activities of daily | | | | depression refers to a depressive state that |
| life. It can be triggered by many events or | | | | actually presents as anxiety including |
| environmental factors - or by nothing at all. | | | | feelings of general panic and fear. Akathitic |
| In some cases heredity or changes in the | | | | depression is a depressive state that also |
| physical body can be the greatest cause of | | | | presents as anxiety but does not include |
| depression. In either case, the feelings | | | | feelings of panic. |
| associated with depression are often the | | | | |
| same. | | | | In addition, it has been found that ongoing |
| | | | feelings of anxiety can actually trigger |
| Sufferers report feelings of intense sadness, | | | | depression. And doctors have noticed that |
| apathy, irritability, and negativity. There | | | | where there's smoke there is often fire. |
| are also physical symptoms that those who are | | | | Persistent feelings of panic and apprehension |
| depressed report experiencing including | | | | can cause sufferers to experience mild to |
| stomach problems, insomnia or constant | | | | severe depression. Researchers are still |
| fatigue, lack of appetite, headache, nausea, | | | | studying the links between anxiety and |
| and general pain throughout the body. In some | | | | depression and their commingling effect on |
| cases the feelings are so powerful that they | | | | each other. |
| render the sufferer incapable of going about | | | | |
| normal activities. | | | | What is clear, however, is that anxiety and |
| | | | depression can be managed and treated through |
| Anxiety is defined by persistent and severe | | | | a variety of therapies and medication that |
| feelings of panic and fear - either in a | | | | have found great success in the marketplace. |
| general sense or in response to a particular | | | | Often when the overall feeling of anxiety is |
| event or situation. Anxiety is considered to | | | | removed, the depression will lift as well. If |
| be an umbrella term under which different | | | | you are experiencing any feelings of anxiety |
| kinds of anxiety fall including generalized | | | | and depression it is important to immediately |
| anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, | | | | see your doctor so an appropriate treatment |
| and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Anxiety, | | | | plan can be put into motion. |