Anxiety

[RosePhilip]

I suffer from anxiety. Social phobia too. And depression. I am on SSD but work part time as a home health aide.. I am 64 and have diabetes so I am in the vulnerable category.

I belong to a few groups and see a therapist. Everyone is going visual and I'm unable to access this.

I feel very disconnected because of the last part.

[Poodie]

Hi Rose.

I hope you can feel that connecting with this group helps. This is a good group and has helped me to feel less alone.

I have MDD and gad. I am in the older age risk group. I have been feeling ill for the past several days. It is more like a cold and I am not worried. I am following the guidelines and staying home.

I suppose you are not working now because of your risk category?

I am also disconnected to many things I use to fight off depression. It is just the reality of the world right now.

Try to read some posts and talk to others on here. You will feel less alone. I got only one reply to my first post. It helped and now I try to check in and write in often. Take care of yourself. Try not to let yourself get caught up in the hysteria from this covid 19.

There is info posted by admin for links to reliable info on the virus.

[RosePhilip in reply to Poodie]

Thanks for responding! I haven't been successful in hooking up online with my groups and when they try to help me do so and it fails I get very agitated.

I have been working but stayed home today because I'm in shut down mode.

My patient is a quadraplegic so he is high risk too due to his poor immune system. But his parents are in the house and occasionally his sister too. I don't think the mother is being vigilant enough and the sisyer is a manicurist! So I don't know what to do about work.

What are gad and MDD?

[Poodie in reply to RosePhilip]

General anxiety disorder. gad. I tend worry about everything.

Clinical depression mmd is major depressive disorder. It is chronic. I think all my synapses got wore out from so much stress growing up.

Medication helps.

Are you thinking you should stay home ? Are the sister and mother still working? Shouldn’t they be on shut down mood too. He is at risk . Manicurist ! ? Yes. I would think they would close. If you have these questions about what you or your patient and family should be doing regarding contact among all of you I would ask someone in your community health department for advice. You have yourself separately and him at high risk to consider. If you are following guidelines you may be fine to interact there. It s a tough question. But it is o k to look out for yourself.