Anxiety attacks

[yogger]

Hello

I've always been an anxious person and this trait may be genetic, since I can see that my brother and my father are both affected by very similar issues, yet in probably lesser manner. But over the course of the last two/three years, It's been getting worse and something that I would personally call anxiety attacks have been driving me completely useless during the days. I have lived a life where i was very much out of control, and just got carried by the stream when I started getting these attacks. So I have made steps to get behind the wheel of my life and try to steer in directions I would like to go in. Left the relationship I was in unhappily for 4+ years and moved out of my parents house. My freelancing started picking up and I made more money and I started exercising 5 times a week. But I wake up and my gut flips, muscles in my chest tighten, my mind starts going in circles and I just know this will be another of those days where I will lead a mental battle over my mood for the whole day, until evening when things tend to calm down a bit, but already knowing what expects me in the morning. In these states, I am anxious about anything in that offers itself. Me being alone, me aging, me missing out on nice weather outside, me messing up when i broke up with my ex, somone else probably now having fun with her, me not doing enough work. Except doing these things doesn't actually help. I went out with a friend and the other day still felt very alone. I've taken a vacation in the nature and the next day after vacation I felt bad for wasting good weather outside.

When i drink alcohol thought ( and I don't do it much, although damn it, is it tempting), I get much calmer very quick usually.

I am now thinking that I would really benefit from getting medication. I was told to visit a GP by a online friend who deals with similar issues, but I have never heard of someone going to GP with anxiety before otherwise. I have done a therapy before for year and half, which was really good, but didn't actually help with the main problem, that being anxiety.

So I was looking for opinions, your experience or any feedback. I hope I wont get diagnosed as mentally ill and unfit for certain jobs if I do ever go to a doc, but this is a serious issue for me making it very hard to function.

I would also like to add that usually these heavy anxiety attack occur to me few times a year and tend to last for one to three weeks, sometimes they come and go very spontaneously, sometimes they can be caused by an actual happening.

I live in central europe.

[Hidden]

I would certainly recommend that you talk to your GP about your anxiety issues to get the help and advice you need.

[yogger in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for the encouragement Osidge.

[jaglad]

First good point is that you are talking about it, that is always a good start. Look at the other good points in your life, there will be many. Keep active and do not dwell on what you cannot change. Plan for a new you.Good luck