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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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winesar21
winesar21
I went to a therapist for some of my issues that include ocd, anxiety, depression and add. She reccomended that I start taking come medicine. What do you guys take for anxiety and does it help? I have turned into a person I do not wish to be and I am constantly consumed by my thoughts and the what ifs.
kaylee79
kaylee79
Hi there! Your PCP or a psych nurse practitioner might be a great place to start because there are SO many different meds out there. Seriously when I joined this group I didn't even recognize the names of half the medicines members would mention. :-) SSRIs can be helpful for all of the above (except ADD), and a benzo can be helpful for anxiety-specific stuff, but again, it's so individual that a doctor would be a great place to start. Good luck!! BTW I totally have all the issues you mentioned above so I relate!!! :-)
winesar21
winesar21
Hi! Thank you for your response. Has medicine helped with the thoughts and fears? What else do you do to calm your mind. I can not continue to live with these constant thoughts and fears. My mind races all day overanalyzing things. I can never take someone word and just continue to pressure and badger people to the point of them getting upset. It's like I am an interrogator.
bridgie101
bridgie101
I got a mild ssri and it gives a quiet mind.

Having a quiet mind is vital for fixing your life. :) so going on the pills for a fixed term ( my doctor said 2 years and I think that was about right) is something I happily recommend. I don't recommend however trying to take enough to completely eradicate all discomfort. Just have enough to lower it to tolerable, because you have to still process the thoughts and feelings, so you can't numb yourself to the point where you don't have any.

It's like a walking epidural if you've ever had one of those: enough that you're not miserable, but not so much that you can't feel to push.