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Depression and anxiety might seem like opposites. We think: Depression saps you of energy; anxiety makes you tense, uneasy and afraid. Depression makes it almost impossible to get out of bed; anxiety leaves you sleepless, restless all night.
But the truth is not so simple. In fact, anxiety and depression often go together. Mental health experts estimate that more than half of the people diagnosed with depression also have anxiety. Sad but true.
"We know that many of the symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders overlap," says Ian A. Cook, MD, the director of the Depression Research Program at UCLA. "And we're learning from clinical studies that there also appears to be a lot of overlap in the underlying brain mechanisms involved in these two conditions."
Unfortunately, the combination of depression and anxiety can be predominantly severe, and many people don't get the correct diagnosis. The good news is that doctors have good treatments for tackling both conditions.
"When you're in the grip of depression and anxiety, it can feel like the misery will never end, that you'll never recover," says Dean F. MacKinnon, MD, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. But people do recover. Panic attack treatments are everywhere and finding the right remedy or treatment for you can be the real challenge.