What Causes Depression With Anxiety?

Depression with anxiety can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'minor' to 'life-threatening'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose depression with anxiety, we could:

Research the topic
Find a doctor with the time
Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "depression with anxiety" as a symptom. Here are four possibilities:

Hypothyroidism
Hypoglycemia
DMAE Need
Anorexia/Starvation Tendency

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:

history of anorexia

very brittle hair

yellow/yellowish fingernails

much reduced sense of smell

vision disturbances

T3-only thyroid hormone use

no desire to recover from alcoholism

high iodine consumption

brittle fingernails

regularly feeling unusually cold

being a lethargic person

being stubborn

... and more than 80 others

Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause

A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of depression with anxiety:

Cause	Probability	Status
Anorexia/Starvation Tendency	93%	Confirm
DMAE Need	22%	Unlikely
Hypothyroidism	4%	Ruled out
Hypoglycemia	4%	Ruled out

* This is a simple example to illustrate the process

Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis

The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.

If you indicate suffering from depression, The Analyst™ will ask further questions including this one:

When depressed, do you also feel agitated, anxious or have difficulty falling/staying asleep?

Possible responses:

→ Not applicable / don't know
→ No
→ Yes, to some extent
→ Definitely

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate not having depression with anxiety, depression with some anxiety or depression with anxiety, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as:

Anorexia / Starvation Tendency

DMAE Requirement

Hypoglycemia

Hypothyroidism

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