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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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  • Something my son said recently was really good advice which I will say to you is....instead of taking things to seriously try to relax a little in this way every time you approach a subject or get asked a question etc instead of getting anxious and thinking about all the many different tangents that you could think about and thus get stressed and anxious about..don't do that and instead react to these things in the moment. Example my son said he doesn't try to plan to much and instead reacts on the moment and this prevents him from being too much in his head and overthink things..hope that makes sense.

    Or to put it another way for example the car needs washing and you don't want to do it and start to get anxious because you're thinking about all the things you should be doing etc...handle It this way...don't think about washing the car at all and then one day when you happen to pass it on the drive way and you feel the impulse then wash it in that moment. Hope that makes sense.

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  • Something my son said recently was really good advice which I will say to you is....instead of taking things to seriously try to relax a little in this way every time you approach a subject or get asked a question etc instead of getting anxious and thinking about all the many different tangents that you could think about and thus get stressed and anxious about..don't do that and instead react to these things in the moment. Example my son said he doesn't try to plan to much and instead reacts on the moment and this prevents him from being too much in his head and overthink things..hope that makes sense.

    Or to put it another way for example the car needs washing and you don't want to do it and start to get anxious because you're thinking about all the things you should be doing etc...handle It this way...don't think about washing the car at all and then one day when you happen to pass it on the drive way and you feel the impulse then wash it in that moment. Hope that makes sense.

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