Differences Between Depression & Ptsd

[Megan]

Anyway, I have been diagnosed with Severe Depression and PTSD.
But is there a difference just between the two?

These days I feel restless and agitated. I tell my mom things and she says "what am I supposed to about it?" I get agitated. Then I say I am not sure what i am supposed to do... She says "Just do what I tell you." It just makes me feel agitated.

I feel like nothing helps.
I tell her about I'm worried about having my friend over in May but she just see it as "I'm just worried bout being late for an appointment," which isn't the case and I get agitated with that because she doesn't understand and I don't know how to explain it to her.

I don't know how to explain things. I tell her my mind is completely blank and in response she says I'm thinking too much, which also drives me to an agitated state. If I was thinking I would be able to think about other things and not worry 24/7 bout my friend coming. I don't know why I even said yes in the first place.

I make a decision that change my mind shortly after because I don't know what will happen or anything, even a drive down to the store I'm not sure what will exactly happen even though probably nothing but I always feel like anything can happen and I won't know how to deal with it.

My brother moved to Las Vegas because he couldn't deal with me, when i was my normal "me," which is why I highly wonder what is wrong with me.

I don't know if it's the depression or the PTSD. I am trying the alpha-stim and I don't know if it will work because I don't know what I have is just depression or PTSD that makes me agitated.

Every time my parents and I are going somewhere that deals with tolls, and someone is taking their time, my dad always complains about. What does that do to get the person to go faster? I am tired of hearing it, every freaking time without fail.


(PS: I'm sorry bout all the grammar now. I get more agitated with all the stupid grammar notifications even though I'm not doing it on purpose).

 

[712xx]

PTSD is stress related - directly related to changes in our nervous system function and reaction to the outside world; it dominos into indirectly affecting the immune and digestive systems. This is a reactive process to any form of stress (good and bad types).

Depression is a mood disorder, directly affecting energy, metabolism, and behavior. You don't necessarily have anxiety with depression. The physical part of it dampens your mojo (technical terms you can find on one of the links the main front page of this site, at the bottom.) :tup:

 

[Megan]

I just feel agitated 24/7.
I don't fall asleep normally any more and always have to take a sleeping aid, ambien. I wish i could fall asleep as I did before. But these days I have a blank mind and it feels pressure. I just feel like I don't know how to cope with different things that "might" come up.

I get agitated with people around me. I feel like my mom says to meditate even though I keep telling her I can't just relax. Trying to relax and calm just agitates me more because I feel like something is going to happen and waste time.

Like this past year, we had no snow but I was always on edge because I thought okay we are getting no snow which means there's going to be a huge snowstorm, which didn't happen. I just feel like I don't know where I am in life any more and feel lost. I feel like all my child hood dreams were just that...dreams.

When I see babies when I am out I think they are cute but probably a lot more work then the mom puts out there in public. I just don't know any more what I want in life and feel like I am doing everything wrong and look stupid and stuff. I was never into dating but I feel like I was open to meeting new people (but very shy). Now I just don't know what to say to people...even to friends. I always feel like there is awkward silence when no one talks.

 

[Red Feather]

I wasn't really fully consciously aware I had PTSD until I ended up in crisis intevention center for what I though was a severe depression. And then the doctors told me I wasn't depressed because I was smiling. LOL! The other women there who had a depression were suffering from different symptoms I had. I could find things to enjoy and laugh about and I could smile and feel happy about having contact with people I love. That's different than being depressed. The women who were depressed couldn't find anything to be happy about. I was having severe anxiety and was shaking constantly, and panic attacks every other day, but still worked a lot on myself to find things to help me feel better.The doctors didnt see the PTSD either, until later, but that's another problem.

I think depression is "comorbid" of PTSD. That means they both can exist along side each other but the primary illness is the PTSD. I still have depressive phases but I am finding out that dissociation is a real big part of it, which is also comorbid of PTSD.

I hope this helps. Take care of yourself.

 

[wdkywomys]

Stopping by to send you a ((hug)).