Living with Anxiety

[AMaskOfMyOwnFace]

I've done therapy, and it was alright, I feel I didn't go as long as I could have because of the cost. I've done guided, meditation, music therapy, exercise, etc.

And they work for a while, they distract me for the time being, but when they're over it only takes the smallest thing to set my anxiety off again. Are they even worth doing?

I never feel good anymore, and I'm a burden to everyone around me. My girlfriend does everything to support me, but I just can't interact with her like a normal person. I always feel irritable, and I almost feel inconvenienced whenever we're intimate. My medication has killed my libido, and only seems to work a little bit. I still get anxious at random, but the worst attacks are when I get sick. It turns a mild cold into a hell, and I can't do anything besides meditate and sleep.

Should I ask my doctor about a different medication? Is this my life now? Thank you

[Agora1]

Welcome new friend to an understanding and safe group. Your anxiety does not have to be a lifetime sentence. Finding what works for you in Meditation, therapy, meds etc aren't the

complete answer as you have found. It will continue to be momentarily until you learn to accept Anxiety as but a thought. Not harmful but frustrating and fearful at times. Who wouldn't be agitated by these feelings.

I suffered from anxiety for many years, nothing seemed to work. Therapy upon therapy sometime multiple times a week. In one ear and out the other. Never feeling I was getting the answers that I needed to get better. And then one day, I realized that all this time I was

listening but not reacting in what was told to me over the years.

"What you think is what you get" "Actions speak louder than words" and all those other

connotations that are meant to get you to take that first step forward. Unless you do it in

action, there will be no results.

It took me finding an arsenal of tools that I could revert to each and every day. Medication and therapy were only a temporary fix until I discovered what worked best for me.

Continue coming here and meet these amazing people on this site who will relay their own journey and how they learned to survive and not just exist. I'm glad you are here with us xx

[SirGrits]

Yeah, I'm with Agora1 it doesn't have be a life sentence. But it does take some work to find what works best for you. For me it's; walks, videogames (didn't see that one coming) and journaling--for productivity and as a thought/feeling dump. Took a while to discover that formula. Not much help I know, but yeah maybe try another Dr, another type of med, try and be honest with them and give as much detail as he/she can absorb.Prayers Mask & welcome aboard.