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Struggling with Anxiety!

Sarah

I am struggling so much with anxiety! It used to be ok and bearable but it's now unbearable and I'm struggling to manage it! My GP diagnosed me with Generalised Anxiety Disorder and it's causing me a lot of physical symptoms like dizziness. I can no longer go in to town, if I do I get so dizzy I end up falling over! At home I headaches, dizzy, feel sick, hands shake and that's just at home...

I've said to my GP and she can offer me anti anxiety medication but said there's little else can be done to help me. She also suggested talking therapies but she's not sure given my current state how well I'll respond to it. 

I'm so tired of this now and frustrated. I just want to get on and enjoy my life but I'm plagued by anxiety and it's ruining me.

If anyone here suffers the same please will you tell me how you deal with this.

Thanks,

Sarah.

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  • Sarah said:
    I'm so tired of this now and frustrated. I just want to get on and enjoy my life but I'm plagued by anxiety and it's ruining me.

    Hello Sarah, sorry to hear this is becoming so deblitating.

    From what I have read about this, rituals and routines are the most commonly used self-management mechanisms for when anxiety starts to rear its ugly head.

    In the short term it may be worth medicating yourself down from the sensitive state you are in, then engage with a therapist to develop a response that works for you as you come off the medication.

    I have a slightly unusual response to my anxieties in that I get confrontational with them - so for example if having a job interview is giving me anxiety then I try to have several to beat the anxiety into its place and show it has no hold over me.

    It does lead to some risky behaviour sometimes, but the self confidence it brings in being able to handle anything thrown at me means I get to live a more normal life than I otherwise would. That is just my way and I don't think it would work for many others.

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  • Sarah said:
    I'm so tired of this now and frustrated. I just want to get on and enjoy my life but I'm plagued by anxiety and it's ruining me.

    Hello Sarah, sorry to hear this is becoming so deblitating.

    From what I have read about this, rituals and routines are the most commonly used self-management mechanisms for when anxiety starts to rear its ugly head.

    In the short term it may be worth medicating yourself down from the sensitive state you are in, then engage with a therapist to develop a response that works for you as you come off the medication.

    I have a slightly unusual response to my anxieties in that I get confrontational with them - so for example if having a job interview is giving me anxiety then I try to have several to beat the anxiety into its place and show it has no hold over me.

    It does lead to some risky behaviour sometimes, but the self confidence it brings in being able to handle anything thrown at me means I get to live a more normal life than I otherwise would. That is just my way and I don't think it would work for many others.

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