I have suffered with anxiety for about the past 11-12 years and have probably had about every symptom that you could imagine. I have tried various medications, I’ve had CBT several times and I recently completed a mindfulness course.
All of these things were helpful in their own way, but probably the one thing that has helped me more than anything else, was a book that I read about 4 years ago. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it literally changed my life, and it was recommended to me by a friend.
It’s called “At Last A Life” and it’s by Paul David.
I still live with anxiety, but now I accept it as being part of what makes me, well me.
My anxiety was gradually growing and consuming my life, whereas now it’s a very small part of it – these days my anxiety is, most of the time non-existent, some of the time a mild inconvenience and only really a problem now during times of real prolonged stress (but isn’t this normal?).
There were many parts of the book which I didn’t find relevant to my life/symptoms but also many which were. I had, what can only be described as a rather clichéd eureka moment while reading it and noticed a difference in myself pretty much straight away.
Anyway, that’s my recommendation – I would love to know if anyone else has read it, or if you do read it then let me know what you think.