Anxiety Support Group
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...
Heres my story. I suffer from depression and anxiety attacks. The anxiety gets bad at times to where all I want to do is stay at home. Started back on celexa a week ago and taking xanax twice a day. It is helping. I have been off work for the last three weeks while trying different meds. Went to the doctor today for a follow up on the celexa. I told the doctor it seemed to be working. He asked if I was ready to go back to work and I told him no. I am a 911 dispather so it is a very stressful job. He told me that he wanted me to go back to work and give it a try. I was not happy with that but I dont have a choice. I have used up my sick time and vaction time being off. I have long term disability that will pay for me to be off if needed but I have to be off 30 days and use my own time first. I am worried I wont be able to handle going back at this point and will end up off work again and have to start all over on my time. I have no time left to get paid until after 30 days. I can afford that. I am so lost right now. I have looked for a different job that is not stressful but there is no jobs out there. I need help and someone to tell me if they know of any agencies that will help me with employment.
I think it would be best to start back slowly lovie, as you said you dont want to end up back at square one again.
Do you have coping startagies?
do you have a good support system?
There maybe free groups in your area for anxiety and deppression, ask your doctor, it could provide you with great coping skills and you wouldn,t feel so alone in all of this.
Im in same position as yourself, im dreading going back to work because of my anxiety, alot of my fears are work based, so im working with my physcologist on this.
Good Luck and Feel well soon.
Hugs xx.
Instead of dreading the end of your leave and going back to work you might want to try going the positive thought route. Look at the first day back to work as a challenge. Tell yourself you can handle it and you'll be back to your old self in no time. It would be nice to get a new job but you want to go back to the old job just to prove you can do it!
If you say stuff like that to yourself it truly does help. It takes time though so don't give up after ten minutes.
Another reason to go this route is I find anxiety is almost like an addiction. The more you give into it the more intense it becomes and the more it wants.
Good luck!