Why Do Depression and Anxiety Go Together? 

Depression: "Prepare for trouble!" Anxiety: "And make it double!"

I am made of DNA Depression N' Anxiety

Depression: I don't care Anxiety: I do

Why do depression and anxiety go together? Because even mental illnesses are better at relationships than I am.

When you have anxiety, your brain has a solution to everything - avoidance.

The two military commanders of the Stress Empire: General Anxiety and Major Depression!

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” Mark Twain

Thank you guys for doing these videos and this whole channel battling the stigma and misconceptions surrounding mental health.

General Anxiety, Major Depression reporting for duty, sir.

For me depression can cause me anxiety and my anxiety makes me depressed , it's a vicious circle :/

Anxiety: fear of a bad future. Depression: acceptance of a bad future.

Do an episode on derealization

Depression: "life sucks, I want to end it all." Anxiety: " Hey Google, can sleeping kill you"

Anxiety actively worrying. Depression exhausted and giving up.

Depression: i want to die Anxiety: i want to live Depression: i want to be alone Anxiety: i feel lonely i need someone Then you get numb because you feel tired feeling this way nothing anymore you just feel like your soul has died but your body is alive

I’ve found that my anxiety causes my depression because it’s so exhausting and frustrating

I've always had the feeling that depressive symptoms follow periods of anxiety. Like the depression is caused by the anxiety, and not necessarily that something causes both individually. It may be that this is only partially the case or just that adrenaline crashes feel like depression.

It’s a bleak reality when the depression and anxiety comment sections have the best jokes.

anxiety: hAh let’s worry about everything and shut ourselves off because i don’t want everyone to hate me depression: everyone hates me and nobody wants me around so it’s for the best for me to shut myself off because everyone already hates me. nobody would even care if i died... me: okay ouch

I've never click on a video this fast. edit: Thank you for this video, explained it brilliantly.

My depression and anxiety apparently stemmed from decades of unchecked ADHD. When my counselor asked if I'd been tested for ADHD I thought she was joking. Turned out... I have pretty bad ADHD, I've just never been a troublemaker so no one caught it. Once I started treating the ADHD the anxiety and depression resolved too! I thought it was fascinating.

You guys should do a video about achieving a diagnosis. I was diagnosed with Bipolar II disorder, but it took over a year of trial and error with medications and therapy, three different tentative diagnoses, and a bout of serotonin syndrome before finally landing on a winning combination of medication and CBT, and an appropriate diagnosis. The rollercoaster I went on isn't all that uncommon, but I think would make an interesting video and give hope to people going through their own rollercoaster.

Psilocybin containing mushrooms save my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit

Chronic disease/illnesses can lead to both as well. Anxiety: Will I be able to do the things? Will others notice my disabilities? Will my disabilities shorten my lifespan or my quality of life? Depression: I can't do the things. Nobody will include me because I'm obviously disabled. I'm in pain/sick all the time. I'm not going to have a normal life. I know that not everyone with a chronic disease/illness will have these thoughts or emotions, but it is well-documented that there is a greater risk of depression and anxiety with chronic physical health issues.

Please make a video on : 'Why do we feel sleepy in sunlight?'

Stress triggers my anxiety and depression

Fight, flight or FREEZE

I often experience both of them at the same time. I get my heart racing, dry mouth, adrenaline kicking in while everything seems bland and meaningless. Existence can be hard.

Video suggestion: Why do we some days, for no apparent reason, feel good and some days, for no apparent reason, feel bad?

Life itself is so stressful, add on people who want to oppress and discriminate you. The response is logical, because being oppressed or discriminated against can mean you would die if you were relying on a tribe in the prehistoric era.

The fact that someone cut this video in such a way to make it sound like Brit never breathes in between sentences makes me anxious.

You. Are an amazing and awesome person

I'm depressed because I spend all my time at work away from family and friends just to eek out a living, and I'm anxious because at this rate, I don't see a way for this to change until I die, either because I take my own life or just give up and starve, all within a society that does not care about me except in how it can commodify my labor and profit from the fulfillment of my basic needs. I'm depressed and anxious because capitalism is ruining most of our lives. How about you?

Now that's the question isn't it? I would highly recommend "Lost connections" it's a great book on depression and really opened my mind to the topic.

I'm constantly lethargic from depression and then I drink energy drinks and have panic attacks. Although even without caffeine I am affected by anxiety.

Psilocybin mushroom has also shown effectiveness at easing fear and anxiety in people with as well.

This is fascinating. Thank you for this video. I've had depression since I was a kid and anxiety since I was a teen. I noticed that being on antidepressants made my panic attacks disappear almost entirely. Now I know why.

Through the help of Dr. Jasper The Great Wizard i was able to see myself Normal again after facing Anxiousness for nearly half my life🙁💔💔

I can tell you exactly how anxiety and depression work together. If you feel anxious and on the verge of a panic attack all the time it can make you hate life. When you hate life you wanna die to end the pain. That's how they're related

Lately I've been having episodes that seem like a mix of both. I'll feel like my heart is racing and I can't tolerate anyone talking to me or having expectations of me, and feel like something is sitting on my chest, at the same time, that feeling will completely drain me of energy and motivation and make me just lay back barely able to breathe or keep my eyes open. I nod off and jolt up after a second. Anxiety and depression can describe very different things, but they can also describe the same thing, or at least not be mutually exclusive.

I care a lot and I don't care at all at the same time. This is what anxiety and depression does to me.

I always start off with anxiety, then it always then turns into depression. As I always turn so negative and end up giving up. Even when I haven’t even tried. 😔

Let me guess, "we dont really know" Edit: LOL, yup

I’ve been battling my own mind for as long as I can remember. Thank you for making these videos about mental health and not buying into the idea that these topics are to be taboo. It’s important to know that anyone you meet on a day to day basis could be struggling with anxiety and depression. Everyone is fighting their own battles and it should absolutely be discussed freely!

University of Montana Pharmacy graduate here--thank you for spreading good, accurate information on subjects like this and making me so proud of Missoula :)

Why don’t scientists fully understand how SSRI’s work?

This is so good. I’ve heard and thought a lot about the “joke” how having anxiety and depression doesn’t make sense - because one gets crudely summed up as “caring too much (what everybody thinks)” and the other as “not caring about anything”. And i havent really understood how i can struggle with both, at the same time (though i usually feel like one has focus at any given moment). But seeing how they might not be wildly opposable disorders and rather have a lot in common is very helpful. Especially how you related it to the flight or fight response - i often think of that in terms of my anxiety but rarely with my depression. But it’s true that the sense of hopelessness and the sense of helplessness are very similar feelings. Thank you for this video

We need to find ways to address and treat the two mentioned stressors: hopelessness and helplessness.

I found this really helpful for understanding those in my life who struggle with these things (which is a weirdly high number of people considering the statistics you mentioned). Perhaps a video on how to be good friend/supporter?

it's interesting how many mental health disorders boil down in some way to feeling out of control and/or wanting to hold on to control

A lot of psychologists argue that Anxiety and Depression are more symptoms than disorders themselves. Similar to how somebody exhibiting a common cold will have a headache and runny nose, but both symptoms share a root cause.

Excuse me , could you tell me the medications that can treat constant fearfulness , deep hopelessness , excessive worry ? These issues are killing my life now 😭

"these types of disorders are so much more common in people who've experienced major stresses like trauma or childhood abuse - those stressors could make their stress response system more sensitive" *big oof* that's me....

Anxiety: I don’t want to die Depression: I want to die 😢

People who does understand how anxiety works will just call you a coward and if you’re depressed they will ask you :”What’s wrong?” Or say :”cheer up!”

Through the help of Dr. Jasper The Great Wizard i was able to see myself Normal again after facing Anxiousness for nearly half my life🙁💔💔

Is there a video on how does the weather affect our bodies and mood?

Through the help of Dr. Jasper The Great Wizard i was able to see myself Normal again after facing Anxiousness for nearly half my life🙁💔💔

I had both all my life and tried everything, the only helpful thing was cbd/thc. Your welcome.....

In my experience, when I had depression and suffered from anxiety .I was depressed because I was living a life I didn’t like and didn’t feel like I could change it then when sudden change happened anxiety kicked in, it was the unknown of change, I couldn’t cope already so how was I going to cope with this change will it make my life harder? I had problems from when I started going to school up until my late 20’s, I worked hard at changing my way of thinking, stopped judging myself on societies terms of worth because one I was never going to be that and two I didn’t agree with them and realised that they weren’t going to make me happy because they weren’t important to me. I realised I could change the world wasn’t going to change but I could. It’s been a hard road, I had to forgive myself and like Peter Pan says in order to fly, think happy thoughts. Anytime I’d start to think my old sad thoughts, I’d try and think of something happy. Now that I gave myself that break, sad thoughts don’t feel overwhelming and the past feeling easier to look at. Anyway that’s all folks, good luck on your journey, we all have our own paths to follow.

I hate stupid RU-vid style of talking fast. I have a degree in Communication, worked as a writer for television. I like your channel (I was a scientific Journalist) but hate your velocity. And don't be ethnocentric, many listeners are not English native speakers. I just don't get it...

Jesus Christ her fast talking triggered my anxiety now I’m all upset! Thanks a lot! 😖

This world is depressing because of how we treat each other and how the world is

This is a great service that y'all are doing for the community, especially putting links in the description for people looking for help. Thank you. I would like to see a video done on Histrionic Personality Disorder in the future. You've done all the rest of Cluster B and that one isn't talked about as much as the others

Please take note that people who are depressed don't have the energy to follow your fast explaining.

Yeah, so, there are a lot of cognitive psychological mental distortions that can trigger anxiety and/or depression. I personally have both and the balance is kind of precarious with medication. For instance, I tend to get slothy from depression, so they put me on a med that boosts energy, but that energy can contribute to anxiety.

It's fight, freeze or flight response. There's a third option.

What's *not* helpful is when you have one, and doctors assume you have the other when you don't. Maddening.

Doesn't seem like a difficult question to me. If you're depressed, things aren't going well. If things aren't gong well, we tend to get anxious. Isn't that kind of obvious?

this explains how my disorders all affect each other (ptsd, major dep, gen anxiety, adhd), but also makes me wonder if i have each individual disorder and there's symptom crossover or if i only have ptsd, where the symptoms of that can be interpreted as coming from multiple disorders....rambling but i think this makes sense?

The talking speed of this video is triggering an anxiety attack 😅

I’ve been taking antidepressants for maybe half a year now and I noticed that my anxiety becomes much more manageable when my meds kick in. As far as anxiety and depression goes, the anxious thoughts and feelings can really wear me down. It feels sorta like the anxiety and depression are both programs running on the same computer, that being my brain, and having those programs running all the time without my control uses a lot of battery power and disk space.

Play this video at 0.75 speed and it will be a lot less stressful.

i feel like my depression and anxiety are not only attacking each other but working together to attack me. either way, im always left feeling horrible and confused.

Restlessness, fatigue, irritability, problems with concentration, sleep disturbances. Yep, sounds very familiar.

Thank you for this video. My depression is horrific. I'm getting help, but nothing is getting better. I never thought I'd be like this.

Depression and anxiety are caused by low levels or unbalanced levels of 3 key neurotransmitters in the brain. Those neurotrasmitters are serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine. To get the depression to remission you need a medication that works by increasing the trasmmition levels of those 3 neurotransmitters or by increasing only dopamine a lot. I know a few. -Selegiline is a MAOI-B that is a potent antidepressant that works by inhibing the monoamine oxidase which is responsible of removing those neurotrasmitters from the synapses. It will increase the level of of those 3 neurotransmitters and it takes a few weeks to fully work. It will work good on the anhedonia part of depression because is very dopaminergic and is also neuroprotective to dopaminergic neurons. -Fluoxetine (Prozac) is the only decent SSRI because is the only one that act potently on both serotonin and dopamine. When reach full effect it will improve mood and enhance pleasure noticeably. It has major downsides though. It could cause strong suicidal ideation in the beginning of the treatment in some people and the side effects could be harsh at first for some people. Takes quite some to to work like 4 to 6 weeks and it reach full effect at around 3 months. Is very cheap. It could cause for some people a strong withdrawal and long term anhedonia if is not tapered correctly. -Moclobemide is a reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A (RIMA) that is effective for both depression and social anxiety. It mostly increase levels of serotonin and norepinephrine, and to a lesser extent dopamine too. It has a fast onset on action and is regarded as generally safe in adverse reactions and side effect are reported to be mild at the beginning of the treatment. The advantage of being a reversible maoi is that unlike irreversible maois like Nardil or Parnate, moclobemide almost don't interact with tyramine so no dietary restrictions are needed. It also has fewer interactions with other medications. -Tramadol is a weak mu opiod agonist and a SNRI. Is also theorized to be a serotonin releasing agent. This increases the levels of the 3 neurotransmitters but by different ways. All opioids or opiates releases large amounts of dopamine in the brain and by being an SNRI it also reuptake both serotonin and norepinephrine back to the synapse. Is commonly used as pain medication but is one of the most potent antidepressant in the world and it could make someone suicidal feel happy in matter of hours especially via IV. IV is 30% more potent than capsules or drops. It works very fast (1:30 hours) and the effect last 8 to 12 hours. Many people use it today as an antidepressant for years and only low doses are needed. It feels euphoric and is very anxiolitic. You will feel confident and optimistic about the future. The side effect are mild too but the downside is it could cause addiction and dependence, especially at higher doses and it could cause a strong withdrawal. For some people it could make them irritable or aggressive because of its action on norepinephrine. It could get tolerance for some or the antidepressant effect could pop out for some. Is very effective against all anxiety disorders, it can stop a panic or anxiety attack on its tracks. I'm referring here to the immediate release version of Tramadol, not the extended release. -Low dose of Amisulpride is an excellent medication for depression and anxiety and is used a lot for that purpose mainly in Italy. This is an antipsychotic that at the very low dose of 12.5 mg it only blocks the dopamine presynaptic autoreceptors which are in charge of clearing the dopamine from the synaptic cleft, thus blocking it will increase a lot the amounts of dopamine in the brain. I guess to be like 3 times to 5 times the amounts. So the difference will be massive and you will feel in another world very fast. It start working very fast in just 2 hours and the effect last all day. I felt no side effects. But it could get tolerance at first like in a week but the effect will usually return stronger at 4 to 6 weeks. People have reported to be working up to a year or so. Is very effective for social anxiety like Tramadol too. -Parnate is a MAOI-A that's is very effective for resistant depression and anxiety. This are the first type of antidepressant developed and it needs a dietary restriction because of it's dangerous interaction with tyramine. It works by increasing the levels of the 3 key neurotransmitters too. Selegiline by been a type B at low doses don't need a dietary restriction. -Nardil is another MAOI-A that works similar to Parnate but both have some different effects and advantages over the other. Is one of the most effective medications for social anxiety. -Mirapex is a dopamine agonist that is used mainly for Parkinson's but is also very effective for treatment resistant depression. It works by mimicking dopamine in the brain thus increasing the levels a lot. This will increase a lot your enjoyment and pleasure levels. Is one of the most potent antidepressants but it have some downsides. It could cause a condition called DAWS when stopping the med and this is potentially permanent in some. At first produce harsh side effects like nausea and dysphoria but they will go away with the days and it will start working like in 2 to 4 weeks. It could cause addictive behavior like for example compulsive gambling or sex addiction. This is kind of a last resource medication. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jHA-Gu0ZtMQ.html -Ketamine is one of the most potent and faster antidepressant if not the most. Is both an anhastesic and recreational drug that act as a dissociative and hallucinogenic. It acts on many systems but mainly in glutamate and dopamine. It also promote neurogenesis and the grow of new neural connections. Is used today to save people who are suicidal in the ER and as a treatment for treatment resistant depression. It works very fast and is very effective. The effect of a single session last about a week or so. It will be approved soon by the FDA for depression. Unfortunately is quite expensive. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rux4d-32fUQ.html Psychological therapy is also recommended along side medication to address physiological issues like low self esteem for example. Exercise helps with depression and anxiety because it releases endorphins which are endogenous opiods of the brain and they promotes relaxation and feelings of well being. Socialization is also helpful. In the other hand some illegals drugs like MDMA or LSD are know to have cured or improved depression with only one dose in some people. Psylocibin act potently on serotonin and have been proven have an antidepressant effect by brain scans. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oeNl0HjqAGo.html. Ayahuasca could be helpful for depression too because is basically DMT + MAOI-A. Each of those medications above could work for many years. Hope it helps

In my case depression and anxiety goes side by side such a vicious circle Anxiety happen bcz of depression and depression bcz of anxiety 😢

Depression: Wish I could just die. Anxiety: OMG I’M GONNA DIE RIGHT NOW.

Because Depression is the master of sucking so its got to have it.

How do I know if my depression / anxiety is clinical depression / anxiety?

Good heavens, do you ever breathe while you speak? I can't keep up with that speed; it does my head in.

If you need a brain, I volunteer. When I treated both disorders separately it went bad, now I only need one med and it keeps both disorders controlled.

Anti depressions don’t work for some people. Tried all for long periods of time each. Nothing works. Text book for both diagnoses but does not work.

Add hyper empathy to the mix and you got the possibility of being curled up in the fetal position in tears just because a bird is sad. She really feels a connection to birds.

My friends: *exists* One part of me: yay I love having friends theyre amazing yay My social anxiety: OR ARE THEY? *vsauce music plays*

I've had this from the age of 11 . One good thing about it is , is when you come through it , life is so much sweeter and enjoyable. Little things that bugged me, no longer bug me and I take pleasure in things that I never appreciated before .

You have grave spiritual torment! *Say (in loud voice): I accept Jesus as the only savior. I expel all demons from here and from my body in the name of Jesus.* Throw away all images forever. God is invisible. Your life will change forever if you say this (in loud voice) every day. Search for an evangelical church. Can't sin or Devil returns.😊

Because they make a perfect couple

In UK over here NHS need youtubers like you with cheap videos full of fantasy words advertising home made medications to get addict to your chemical hand made medication on top of poor people"s already addiction to pain killers

She's looking like Elon musk xD

Suffering from major anxiety is depressing. Suffering from depression makes you very anxious. Of course they go together - chicken and egg - hello?!

I have both and they intertwine like dog tails. I'll start panicking, then burst into full blown tears for hours on end, and I mean lik a banshee cream kinds of storm (Yelling,crying, wailing), and after thats gone the stress leaves and in enters depression for about as long as the banshee fit lasted, if not longer. The worst was either the time I gave myself a bloody nose from crying so hard or the time I cried for two hours straight and woke up still feeling like my eyes were puffy and my nose was stuffy from crying. I only got 7 hours that night.

I know this channel it's about science, but this video is brutally oriented to chemistry, and not mention how society works will affect the individual, and sociology it's science too.

My hypothesis would be something along the lines of: A. Anxiety is generally the system being overdialed to the point of being on edge or somewhat unstable in terms of ability to handle things. B. Depression is generally accompanied by a lot of rumination and bad thoughts, beating yourself up or being down about something. By this armchair logic, anxiety being overdialed can exacerbate things that are already getting you down, or your issues you have with resolving mistakes in your past, while depression can make you feel bad and make you have trouble relaxing in some forms, helping to feed anxiety. In this respect, they share a lot of common ground and seem to easily feed into one another. I've seen a lot of people, myself included, spend a lot of their time while depressed being very high anxiety, while also having seen people who are very high anxiety feel very depressed once they're no longer being thrown into the fire that is daily demands. Both are byproducts of not doing well, and both suck generally suck ass, hence make you feel like you're not doing well. To me it makes perfect sense why they're often overlapping.

I personally think my depression causes my anxiety but also my anxiety triggers my depression

It's a me!

I have MDD, GAD, and panic disorder, and let me tell you, it is a very unpleasant way to live, I am not enjoying this particular theme park ride. 1/10, would not choose to ride :/

How does the connection between depression and anxiety relate to persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)?

when depression/ psychotic events are long term and pills fail to treat it - depression/ schizophrenia / chronic fatigue could be down to the instability of head so called craniocervical instability. If you are hypermobile ( check what Beighton scale is) then more than sure your ilness is down to it. The best option is to buy cervical collar . Aspen Vista seems to me be the best. Please ,please check what EDS is and what craniocervical instsbility is. Due to poor oxygen levels ,depression, schizophrenia occurs and pills do not help.