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...
My pdoc and I decided Xanax was not the right medication to manage my anxiety but I need to stop taking Xanax before replacing it with anything else. That was a month ago. I've been completely off of my Xanax for 3 weeks today! I'm doing deep breathing, exercise, coloring in my coloring books, reading, journaling and watching movies with my family (we have movie night on Fridays with popcorn and everything!)
I'm talking to my pdoc on Skype in a couple of weeks to give her an update. I'm a little nervous because I'm not sure if she's going to put me on a new medication or give me DBT workbooks to help me manage stress. I don't want more medication. I'll tell her that and see what we can do to keep me healthy.
Good for you!!
Medicine was necessary for my OCD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Once I was medicated I could concentrate on CBT. Medication isn't always
a bad idea.