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Can't Stop Worrying and Anxious Thoughts

Alien

I'm constantly worrying and obsessing on my worries and it's causing me a lot of problems in my day to day life. I get so many physical symptoms like dizziness and tiredness, so I saw my GP and today she basically told me I'm since and that's nothing seriously wrong going on. I'm disappointed, not because I want to be ill but because I'm tired of anxiety constantly ruling my life! Last year I went to the doctors because of my symptoms and had the exact same thing. But I feel terrible most of the time and I'm convinced something is wrong! And then I obsess on that. My GP wasn't able to offer me any help for my anxieties but I'm hoping I'll be able to find something in the end. Just really disappointed that I'm still suffering with bad anxiety and I'm still no closer to getting over it.

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  • Clearly there IS something wrong- the fact that it's your mental health rather than your physical health doesn't make it any less important. If your anxiety is affecting your life this much then your GP should be recommending ways to help you manage it, not dismissing you because there's nothing physically wrong.

    Have you thought about medication and/or therapy? The types of therapy usually available on the NHS aren't particularly helpful for autistic people but you may be able to find something else, and there are often self-help workbooks etc available if private access to therapy isn't an option (which is unfortunately often the case).

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  • Clearly there IS something wrong- the fact that it's your mental health rather than your physical health doesn't make it any less important. If your anxiety is affecting your life this much then your GP should be recommending ways to help you manage it, not dismissing you because there's nothing physically wrong.

    Have you thought about medication and/or therapy? The types of therapy usually available on the NHS aren't particularly helpful for autistic people but you may be able to find something else, and there are often self-help workbooks etc available if private access to therapy isn't an option (which is unfortunately often the case).

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