Good post!

I have symptoms of both and have never found anything to help very much.

I am on prozac right now and sometimes I think it is doing something...only been on it for a few weeks. I have tried many different kinds of antidepressants to no avail. For a while I was convinced I have "candida" or something like that-I have lots of other symptoms, but they supposedly can be caused by the Depression and anxiety alone.

One thing I thought was interesting-my psych gave me a prescription for adderall, 20 mg. The first day I was so depressed I said "to hell with it" and took two of them (20mg is relatively large). I felt amazing that day. I had been deeply depressed for a long time, no energy, motivation, staring at the wall...but the adderall gave me soo much energy I exercised all day and did things that I enjoy. I got SO much pleasure out of listening to music, I had my headphones on all day. So I figure it definitely has something to do with dopamine. It was so strange going from constantly wanting to die for months at a time to feeling great about life. Of course it didnt last long, and the withdrawal just reverses the effects. This did give me some hope though, that it was a chemical thing.

Marijuana takes away the depression, but makes my anxiety go through the roof. Going off refined carbs makes me absolutely go off the deep end depressed, and I have never been successful in doing it. Tryptophan and l-tyrosine dont seem to do much either.

Thanks Tweet