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managing anxiety - tips please

treeswaving

can i ask how you manage the associated anxiety that goes with your asd?

am a female with asd and my anxiety is a huge issue.

tried with limited improvement various antidepressants.

now taking pregabalin. helps a lot, but doesn't resolve it all and i'm not sure it's a long term solution.

trying cbt but finding it very upsetting and not much help. maybe it's just too early in the program, but it just makes me feel more of a failure.

any suggestions on how you all cope with your anxiety greatly received.

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    I know how you feel, been there and got that T shirt.

    Another thing to add is that there may be some real pressures in your life and that you are actually suffering from proper clinical stress. Trying to deal with the anxiety without trying to sort your life out may not work very well except that if you can manage your anxiety batter you may be more able to sort other things out.

    If you are on the spectrum then your life will be more difficult. Everything is just harder in subtle ways and we often end up needing a diagnosis when it all gets too much. Getting a diagnosis can add stress too since there is another thing to worry about. It can help too as you can work out how to deal with your life better but it is a real shock to the system.

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  • Former Member
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    I know how you feel, been there and got that T shirt.

    Another thing to add is that there may be some real pressures in your life and that you are actually suffering from proper clinical stress. Trying to deal with the anxiety without trying to sort your life out may not work very well except that if you can manage your anxiety batter you may be more able to sort other things out.

    If you are on the spectrum then your life will be more difficult. Everything is just harder in subtle ways and we often end up needing a diagnosis when it all gets too much. Getting a diagnosis can add stress too since there is another thing to worry about. It can help too as you can work out how to deal with your life better but it is a real shock to the system.

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