I am having a really tough day today. I feel very down, like everything I do or say is wrong, and that I am making things worse by talking about it. I’ve been irritable, and the littlest thing seems to make me feel more on edge or down. This of course is making me feel anxious about the fact that I am feeling these depressed feelings. I just want to be back at my baseline.

I was diagnosed with mixed anxiety and depression back in May of last year, and I’ve been on an antidepressant since then. Overall, I feel that between therapy and medication and my wonderful support system at home, I’ve been doing pretty well. But today has been really hard... does anyone have any suggestions for what to do when the black cloud of depression just won’t fade away? I’m so used to dealing with the anxiety side, this is less familiar to me.