Depression?

For the past 5 years I've been suffering from anxiety on and off that was originally triggered by a thyroid condition. Even when I wasn't at my worst I was always feeling nervous. Recently I had a bad episode of anxiety and my doctor gave me klonopin to help me through it. I'm only taking the smallest of doses (0.125mg 2x a day) but is enough to completely relieve me of my anxiety.

So here's the thing, now that my long standing anxiety is gone I feel like my old self again. It's just that I forgot how crappy my old self felt all the time. I guess the anxiety took over or something. I find myself thinking a lot now, or wanting to even if I don't have anything particular to think about it. I'm not really interested in the things around me, and I'm content to just sit on the couch as much as possible. Getting motivation to get up and cook meals is hard, cleaning is harder. I just want to sit around and think about things.

This is pretty much exactly how I felt years ago before the anxiety started. The thing is, I don't feel sad at all. Just empty, and generally dissinterested. The anxiety was horrible, but in a lot of ways I would prefer it to this. When I feel empty I turn to sex for some reason. The more empty I feel the more I want it, even though it never makes me feel better. It's a bad cycle and I'm upset to see all these feeling reamerge now that my anxiety is gone.

Is this depression?

Do you see a counselor? That would be a good place to start. If you aren't happy, you are most likely depressed.

best wishes,

Hugs, Karen...

I wasn't looking for a diagnosis, just wondering if these things were typical of depression. Just asking out of curiosity. I do have a therapist and doctors, just wanted to see what others thought.