Originally Posted by rickair7777

First off, if you have any doubts about your well-being, seek professional medical help right away.

Since you have been flying for years and are just now experiencing this, something has probably changed. This might be an anxiety manifestation of some other issue in your life, such as job, career, financial or relationship stress. It might also be a chemical imbalance cause by some medical problem, but this is less likely.

There are two ways to approach this:

Professional Medical Help: This will create issues with your FAA medical. At the very least, the AME will require a letter from your doctor explaining the situation and stating that you are now OK. If meds are involved, you will need to wait 6 months after completing them before you can get a medical, and will need a letter and/or special psych eval. You can get a first class after you are 100% better, but some airlines may ask about things like that and disqualify you, especially overseas.

Self Help: In the case of mild depression, this is pretty easy to do, and many pilots go this route to avoid FAA issues. There is PLENTY of literature and web info, plus some really good homeopathic remedies (grey area on reporting those to the FAA). Mild situational depression is aggravated by the persons frame of mind and thought patterns, which you can change on your own. Anxiety is a related condition which is often but not always associated with depression.

I would do a lot of internet research and see if you can pin down what you think might be causing this. If you can do that, you might try some self remedies. But if there is any doubt, see a professional.

Good Luck