Anxiety!!

[Lyns1411]

This anxiety is getting too much now. I've tried nd tried to relax and I have good days and bad days but the bad days can be really bad nd it's tiring me out now. I go on holiday in 7 weeks time so what should i do. Meds or no meds? It is sertraline I've been prescribed. Do I go for it or not?

[Agora1]

Hi Lyns1411, of course only you can make that decision to follow through with your doctor's prescription. The fact that your holiday isn't for another 7 weeks, buys you the time for it to work for you. It usually takes 4-6 weeks. The other recourse you may have is talking with your doctor again about using a quick acting, take as needed, benzo to get you through the holiday. Good Luck in what ever you decide to do. The holiday itself may do you more good than any pill.

[Hidden]

If your doctor has prescribed medication then he obviously feels that it's the best course of action for you at this moment in time, this doesn't mean you'll always be taking it nor does it mean you'll rely on it forever more, use the the medication as a tool to aid recovery, if you had a broken leg you'd use a crutch to help you along until you were strong enough, think of the medication as a crutch for your mind, you may be missing out on some relief by not taking it, you've nothing to loose xxx

[Lyns1411 in reply to Hidden]

He give me it bout 2 months ago when I was just crying all the time nd felt like anxiety was taking over my life for good. I don't actually cry now but I have the horrible anxiety physical symptoms on night times. I'm guessing these meds (if I do take them) should lift my mood a bit when they get in my body and hooefully take away the anxiety symptoms that I have. I get out of breath really easily nd I get a choking sensation and my muscles are always tense and I get really bad dry mouth so I just don't sleep very well at all nd this gets me down especially when I have 2 children to look after. I want to be bk to my old happy self. I feel like I shout at my kids and partner all the time cos the anxiety cripples me so it's making me this way which is not fair on them. My partner says to me that he can't remember the last time I actually was happy. He said I look miserable all the time nd I know that the anxiety has turned me into a horrible person most days xx