Anxiety

[wildflower79]

Does anybody else struggle with anxiety? Do you you take medication or do any other things that help?

I'm really struggling at the moment. I came off sertraline a few months ago and it's just got slowly worse since then. It's mainly health anxiety at the moment, but I've had anxiety over everything over the years.

I've tried CBT which helped last time, but I was on medication at the same time. I started CBT again about a month ago, but it doesn't seem to be helping so far.

I'm going to the dr's later and I'm going to ask to go back on the sertraline. I worry about being on it long term, but at the same time I can't seem to function when I'm not on it.

 

[Hopipolla]

I'm the same. Was on Citalopram for about 18 months. Came off in september last year. My Anxiety has been slowly getting worse. I'm not eating much and struggle to get to sleep. My doctors are great but a nightmare to get an appointment. I've been trying to get through this morning and just get an engaged tone! I get anxious over pretty much everything. I'm going to ask to be put back on citalopram and it made a big difference for me.

Sorry don't have much advise but can realte, anxiety is awful and a constant struggle to live with. I did find mindfullness helpful. I just try tell myself each morning I can't control what's going to happen in my life but i can control how i react to them. Take care x

 

[Wobbles]

My anxiety is prone to be severe ... the only thing that has worked for me is exercise. When I take long rests I feel a massive difference in my mental health.

I've not take any medication for years now.

 

[red_head]

I’m following this in case anyone has ideas! I’ve suffered from depression for a while but my anxiety has overtaken that, to the point where I really struggle to leave the house at all. I haven’t been out socially for about two years, and I was managing work before but the past year I can only really work from home which is making life incredibly difficult. I’ve got anxiety about taking meds for it too (lol!) as we’re ttc no 1 and with my history I don’t want to take any extra risks. Plus my anxiety only really hot properly bad after my second loss so I keep telling myself I will get better once I finally have a baby :/ probably not how it works but I can hope! I also found counselling wasn’t for me at all so I’m out of ideas!

 

[misspriss]

I suffer from anxiety as wel, I have for most of my adult life.

SSRI medications give me significant, unbearable side effects. I have an as needed medication only.

I have found exercise to be the best I can do. It has improved my anxiety drastically, I can feel the difference when I take a rest week even! Probably the single best thing I would recommend.

 

[topsy]

I have serve depression and anxiety. I am on a lot of meds and have been for 6 years-I've been I'm psychatric hospitals it's got so bad. So I can't help with coming off meds-as I am not that we'll BUT I was on 350 mg of venflaxine-and am now on 250 mg so that progress.

Sleep is awful... hence the 12.20 am post lush tight bath bombs £3.95 help me tropic do a pillow spray ( it's exspensive. But M&S di a lavender room spray which smells lovely. I also use wilko lavender oil in oil burner it £1.20 a bottle I put a few drops on my pillow or in bath.

Neil yard do I think it's batch flowers droplets that you put on your toung which is supposed to help -Holland and barret do some too.

I think exercise would help me but I have a physical problem so can't I try and walk when I can.

Anxiety/depression are awful never feel alone with it. I've suffered since I was 18 but it got serve after my son was born I am now 37.

Take care girls to you ALL xxxx

 

[wildflower79]

Thanks Ladies and sorry to hear so many others struggle too. It really is a horrible thing to have to deal with.

The dr's put me back on sertraline and I took my first one yesterday. I feel awful this morning! Have hardly slept, can hardly eat and keep getting panic attacks. Hope they start working soon!

 

[red_head]

I agree with what misspriss said about exercise actually - I made a massive effort last year to walk in the woods for at least an hour a day, so not hardcore exercise but something that I could do on my own in private, and that got me outside and close with nature - both my dog and me benefited hugely from it and I did feel my anxiety really improved, but then I got physically ill and that stopped me going, and then my anxiety took over again! But that is something I will try and start doing again especially now the weather is getting better. It does really help.

 

[1dayatatime2]

I do!! I find praying helps a lot but I recently started on Zoloft (a very low therapeutic dose) and I am hoping it will help take the edge off a little more. My anxiety comes from life circumstances that aren't going to change anytime soon and are out of my control so I decided taking something for now was the best option for me. You might want to have a talk with your PCP and see what they think.

 

[buenviajewor]

Hello buddy! Well, during the global COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, I was feeling depressed.

 

[Dommy]

I understand what are you talking about

 

[JuniBjones]

Yes ,it’s awful when I worked in a hospital during Covid I got diagnosed with severe panic attacks and anxiety , my job at the time covered for sertraline . But I felt it wasn’t helping and I had a breakdown work ,as you can guess they had to let me go . I did find another job in the medical field but it doesn’t cover what my old job did and i just can’t afford it . Rn I’m completely off caffeine and trying to find alternative medicine.

 

[Kiwiberry]

Yes I know all too well what anxiety can do to you and how debilitating it is. I tried DBT / CBT in the past because I have borderline personality disorder, but it never really worked for me and I went for 2 years. I also attempted to get therapy and start a baseline medication called abilify (hope I spelled it right) earlier this year, but the stress of life and what I was going through at the time just was too much for me to even continue. I may try again once real life settles down for me a bit more. I am afraid to take medication to be honest. I really hope things get easier for you to cope with over time, it's the only thing that's helped me other than removing anything possible in my life that can cause negative emotions to flare up.

 

[Petra Sotto]

I often struggle with anxiety especially when experiencing hard time at work. But I really try to avoid taking meds. I used to take antianxiety medications from Canada Pharmacy but they gave me unpleasant side effects. So I'd rather go for a walk to abstract and calm down. Nevertheless, even Covid didn't have such depressing effect on me.