Anxiety becoming worse

Hey @Crumb, thank you for sharing your experiences with the community!

Sounds like you are going through a tough time at the moment. You are demonstrating your resilience by reaching out to your peers and being vulnerable on the Forums.

I'm just a little concerned that you mentioned that you are experiencing a racing heart rate. You might like to consider reaching out the the nurse on call in your state: https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/family-and-community/safety-and-health/health-emergencies.

It's best to go back to your prescribing doctor for a discussion about medications and whether they are still right for you. It can be common though to be prescribed different mediations for various reasons so totally valid to have thoughts about changes over time.

Please feel free to introduce youreslf to the community here: https://saneforums.org/t5/Welcome-and-getting-started/Welcome-Introduce-yourself-here/m-p/1149480.

Thanks again for sharing your experiences!

Take care

RiverSeal

Hey river seal,

Thanks for the reply!

Yes, I have seen my doctor about this and he has investigated and doing further investigations now.

I’m hoping to get in to him maybe tomorrow or earlier than my appointment on Friday.

My anxiety medication is the only thing I haven’t change and while it is supposed to help my anxiety it feels like it hasn’t as I still get quite a lot of anxiety/symptoms.

i was just hoping that some one who had been in a similar situation an reassure me so im not losing my mind.

@Crumb Hi it is really lovely to meet you. It is really good that you’ve reached out here to the community. You are not losing your mind. It is anxiety that might make you think you are losing your mind. I’ve had anxiety a long time (decades, childhood trauma) and the amount of times I’ve thought I’m losing my mind is high. I’ve never actually lost my mind at all. In fact just before reading this and with bad anxiety I was thinking what if I’m losing my mind. Now that I’m replying to you it’s pretty clear to me that neither one of us is unwell in that way.

It is really good that you’ve reached out are seeing your GP. 🙂 They can help re medication questions. Sometimes we need to adjust medication but a good chat with GP is a really good way to go over the right options for you.

You’ve got this. Anxiety will get better and there are better days ahead my friend.

You are not alone. Anxiety at some stage makes as all blubbering mess. I hope that you get what you need at your GP. I am struggling with anxiety too but have tried to reduce it with a Naturopath approach - [edited by moderator] but I think it’s either not helpful or making me worse too. It would be awesome if there was just one instant cure for everyone! Keep going - the help you need is there.

@Crumb @No worries. I totally understand just how hard it is to live with anxiety. I’m sorry you’ve had it too for a long time. I’m not sure if you know but most GP have emergency appointments set aside each day. If you call first thing in the morning you could ask to have an emergency appointment.

If you are unable to get an emergency there is no shame at all in going to Hospital emergency and there is also nurse on call. There is also free virtual emergency 🙂 https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/services-and-support/virtual-emergency-care?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22312247464&gbraid=0AAAAA-j3SFDzwPWNWe0LORqIeSsvJ9wfe&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_8rBBhCFARIsAJrc9yANsFhKQ9iqliVSghZCIz4-WA_cBNXUmp6lOuCCWHrSFFSbTH_mSvMaAvdsEALw_wcB

Hey @Cuddlebear , the post above from @Crumb was for you.

@Crumb , you can tag members in by typing "@" in front of their name.