Could depression and anxiety be passed by heredity?


Question:
Could depression and anxiety be passed by heredity? It seems me 21 and my two brothers 16 and 23 all have depression and anxiety. My dad suffered from depression for 15years and so did he's brother,I just wanted to know if it could be passed by heredity.
And what can you do about it? Are medications gonna help?

Answers:
Yes it can !!I have serious panic and anxiety disorder and my doctor told me 2 things going on I suffer post tramutic stress from major deaths in my family murder and such but he feels the main cause is gentic my mom had it .I have sisters who also have it ,and yes medication will help Im on zoloft and valium as needed and I dont have any spells of it unless something real bad has happened ,this medication really helped .I was so bad I wanted to die ,I could not go out with my husband and eat he would have to get me out before we could even eat ,I had problems in stores ,but now because of the medicine I can do these things again ,best to you I know how you feel and its awful .
It is genetic, yeah.

All my siblings are depressed, and so is my mother. We're all on antidepressants.

If you are depressed and/or have anxiety, you need to see a therapist. You may not need antidepressants, but it would help.
Yes, by more times it has to do with the poor parenting.


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