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20mg of Lexapro, daily. It’s a pretty chill time 😎
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I felt the same. And then I tried it and it solved everything. Maybe not ideal, but it’s so effective I don’t care lol
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My wife takes sertraline and it helps her a lot. Talk to your doctor to see if sertraline would work for you.
Will check it out. Thank you!
Sertraline. Sleep. Exercise. A reliable way to get a dose of perspective (watch my son laugh, go to a lake and feel small in a good way, read a transportive book).
Hi, I have / had the same thing as you with anxiety. I came from a very traditional family who didn’t believe in therapy or medication. So it was hard to find a support system at first.
At the start of the pandemic, I took a step back, because my quality of life was not good at all. It was hard to commute to work, stressed about going out, getting dizzy spells and just over worrying about everything. It was getting to the point I couldn’t even go outside or go out.
So during that time, I took a good look at my life and said this isn’t the way I want to live. Cause I was suffering each day. So I found a therapist, best thing ever, and I was recovering really well / still struggling tho but was getting better. I moved out of my family home, did a lot of self care, set boundaries, etc. Then I had an accident that happened to me and I regressed really bad. My anxiety turned into depression, I couldn’t go out again and I just wasn’t happy. So my and therapist I decided to start a SSRI, I wish I started it sooner. In my family and some old friends, there was a stigma round taking medication like that.
But it was the best thing that ever happened to me, because even tho I’m strongest person I know. We get our work done, take care of our families and listen to everyone’s problems. The SSRI helped me take control of my life, anxiety, and depression. I was able to think clearer, focus on my mental health. Now two years later, I’m in my dream apartment in a very expensive city, I get work done no problem, I even go out all day and night (tho I still need to recharge my batteries cause I am introvert at heart), and I made so many new friends.
Tho I don’t credit it all to the SSRI I’m on, it was a combo, of self healing, setting boundaries, talking about my feelings and saying hey I can’t do it all and shouldn’t have to do it all. I found a great support system in my therapist, new friends and even my family who I opened up to and they opened up to and changed their perspective as well to mental health. Fun fact I learned my family all secretly battled some form of anxiety, depression. With me opening up it has also helped them heal.
But I know it can sound overwhelming at first, cause it was for me. But if you’re battling anxiety you can take this on as well.
And it’s all about baby steps and the road is bumpy too. I would be like I thought I was healed and doing better and I learned to deal better with the good and bad deals. The healing journey is not linger but very up and down. But it’s worth it cause we shouldn’t have to suffer.
I started by finding a therapist here https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists. I picked out my top three and had phone calls with them explaining my situation and I went with the one I felt comfortable with. I have been with her five years now and it’s the best investment I made in myself.
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Sometimes your primary care Dr. can also prescribe them, as long as your case is not a very complicated one.
Therapy, hobbies (particularly ones where you can allow yourself to be “bad” at them), rest. But really, therapy. The rest will follow.
Medication. Sunlight. Movement. Therapy. 💩 (regular colonoscopies)
Heavy on the sunlight
Antidepressants, exercise and making sure I go outside for at least an hour every day. The basics.
Exercise, sleep, therapy, touching grass and staying away from long term benzo prescriptions. They only make it worse over time with the bonus of seizures/death if you run out.
My partner is in therapy and taking Strattera for his ADHD, and might newly be prescribed Lexapro for anxiety