Are Anxiety and Depression Hereditary?

Can anxiety and depression be hereditary?

Anxiety Question:

My two brothers and I all have anxiety and depression.
My dad suffered from depression for 15 years and so did his brother.
And what can you do about it? Are medications going to help?

Anxiety Answer:

Yes, anxiety and depression can be hereditary.

I have serious panic and anxiety disorder and my doctor told me two things are going on: I suffer post traumatic stress from major deaths in my family (murder and such) but he feels the main cause is genetic as my mom also had it.

I have sisters who also have it, and yes medication will help.

I’m on Zoloft and Valium as needed and I don’t have any spells of it unless something real bad has happened.

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More about anxiety and hereditary:

• Do anxiety and depression run in your family?
• Can anxiety disorder be passed down to your children?
• Do my mother's anxious behaviors could be passed on to her kids?

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