Hi im a Newbie ...

[quizzical_myth]

Hi ... so right now i guess you could say I'm right at the beginning ... so I don't really know where I am... my husband has been that worried about me , he has worked himself up to a point that he was sure i have OCD etc ... he begged me to go to a doctor , they said just by looking at me I seem to be suffering with anxiety, she could tell in the way that I fidget , I am restless , and that she doesn't think I have OCD but instead I am suffering from anxiety which is manifesting itself as symptoms of OCD .... she offered me some sort of beta blockers... is it just me or is that confusing? I feel like everything is lately , I worry about a lot of things I have always worried about a lot of things even when I was little ... what if this is just the person I am ? can you treat someone for their own personality ? I don't remember ever being any different to how I am right now ... even though it is getting harder to cope with , I get stress rashes that look horrible covering me in blotches which people notice at work , I have a tendency to pick at my skin and make it bleed or get to a point in some situations that I get so worked up I cant breathe .... but I can't ever remember being any different to that ... so again I come back to my main question , can you treat someone , when maybe its just the person they are ?... sorry that I seem to be rambling

[Hidden]

Good morning quizzical_myth.

Welcome to anxiety support.All the symptoms you have described are very common in anxiety you may think that you are still the same as you have always been,but anxiety is like that.If you could write down just how you feel it may help next time you visit your doctor.You are not rambling far from it you are realising you are ill and did not know it.The beta blockers will help to calm you down but I would talk to your GP and ask about a more specific anxiety medication.I hope this has been helpful.

Kenny-w

[quizzical_myth in reply to Hidden]

Hello Kenny-w , thank you for your response and making me feel better about thinking I was rambling... other things that I tend to do but I just suppose I thought it was a normal thing for me to do is skin pick, and I suffer with nightmares really badly which I am starting to learn may all be connected to this.... whereas I just thought it was me. I feel awful because my husband says he is constantly worrying , I know its because he cares but I feel like I wish I could just switch all this off for him. I have been told by my doctor to seek help from healthy minds , that is what lead me here but my doctor mentioned that CBT may help me ... do you think that would be a good avenue to venture down? Luckily enough I have many books that are crammed full where I have written reams about how I feel on a day to day basis , this is something else that I have always done as long as I can remember being able to write , I'm always writing lists and trying to decipher how I feel by writing it all down and reading it back, do you think it would help to make some of the more recent entries in with me to the doctors ? thank you so much for taking the time to give me advise I really appreciate it

Quizzical_myth

[Hidden in reply to quizzical_myth]

I think CBT or any talking therapy would be the right road to take, and also taking recent things you have written with you when you next visit your GP is a good idea,it is good you have a supportive husband you may like to include him in any therapy that you are offered.

[Mysteryreader]

Hi and welcome,

I think cbt could be very helpful or as Kenny has said any taking therapy. Picking at your skin definitely sounds like anxiety. I would go back to your doctor and take your most recent books and ask what is available? I would suggest talking to your husband about how you feel and how you can support each other but perhaps that needs to be done through therapy.

MR