· Coexistence of anxiety and depressive symptoms is common:
o Depressive symptoms occur secondarily especially in panic disorder, agoraphobia and OCD. If anxiety disorders go untreated ® demoralised and progressive restrictions on function ® depression
o Anxiousness and irritability are seen in the majority of depressed patients, panic attacks may occur
· Differentiating:
o GAD/Panic disorder don‟t usually have full range of vegetative symptoms
o Anxious patients have trouble getting to sleep, depressed wake early
o Anxious patients don‟t loose the capacity to enjoy things or be cheered up
o Asking which symptoms came first can be helpful
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