Coping with severe anxiety: advice needed

I take meds everyday to try and keep it down. I go for walks and run my hands under different temps water. I'm here if you wanna talk

My suggestions: Eliminate as many of your sources of anxiety as possible. Box breathing techniques: inhale for 4, hold for 4, exhale for 4, normal for 4 - repeat Eat whole foods and exercise often

I’m on a beta blocker that helps with the physical symptoms of anxiety and I love it. Also zofran and Xanax but the beta blocker has helped more than any other med before that isn’t just sedating the the shit out of myself

I get anxiety but no way is it as severe as what you've described. I don't believe in taking antidepressants or medication so I use other tools like breathing and counting, naming 5 things you can see, hear and touch. I get really bad driving anxiety especially when I'm going somewhere I've never been before or driving on the freeway or busy roads so I tend to avoid them. I also get anxiety as a passenger sitting in the front seat. I get this panicked feeling that we are going to hit the car in front, not stop in time. It so relates back to safety. I have a lack of safety in my life in general and within myself. I've been seeing a psychologist but as yet nothing seems to help. It holds me back though from being more independent in my life.

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Box breathing can work I find, 4 seconds each inhale, hold, exhale, hold. The breathing pattern can help steady you. Hope you find a way through it, all the best 👍

Any advice I have to give just feels dumb. Listen to your body, meditate, hydrate, vitamins, exercise, etc... I'm on meds and I still struggle. But look at all these comments before me. You are in good company. You are not alone. This will get better. Til then, do what you can to comfort yourself. Whatever works. Hugs and good vibes my friend.

Agree with all the relaxation and meditation advice. The Happiness Trap - a fantastic book in my opinion - has good advice on not fighting the feelings, accepting them and then gently putting them to one side. Don't add the worry of dealing with anxiety to being anxious 😁. Please accept some virtual hugs 🤗🤗🤗 and remember this WILL pass

This is going to sound simplistic but are you drinking enough water? Dehydration can exacerbate mental health issues. Blood sugar issues and food sensitivities can also be a contributing factor.

I have suicidal thoughts

Go outside, walk 20 minutes, don’t try to “relax” - just feel your anxiety, explore the worst thing that can actually happen, and then let it go. Listen to your anxiety, it is there to protect you.

Calm powder every night before bed helps me with my racing thoughts and sleep problems.

I hope you feel better. It doesn’t help that this world pretends as if there’s nothing to be anxious about.

I like lovely cold showers . Long bike rides by myself or a companion is lovely keeps the anxiety being functional being aware of my surroundings but really . I like to get to the root cause rather than constantly and consistently medicate the symptoms. It's about learning things that are new and contradict you current understanding.. I have found

Write, write, write. Let the thoughts - all the thoughts - be your guide. Being in a place where there is no immediate relief is horrible, I know. Writing gave me a relief valve to hear, twist, bury, etc. Anxiety loops (imma trademark that term) are super sucky, but free-form journaling helped immensely!

Definately GAD going on. Some people find it helpful to 'schedule' their anxiety in the evening. Write down stressors and how you can cope. Write down solutions even if theyre months or years away. Youre talking about wait time for a shrink? Do you get anx and depression meds from primary care doc? I say depression as it sounds like your anxiety & physical SXs suggest it.

🤗try to find wat relaxes u...try breathing exercises

Agree with another user on breathing techniques (personally I use 5-5-5 breath hold and release), although there are definitely times where I get so emotional/anxious I can't focus on it at all. I use the self-help app Finch for breathing techniques so you have to follow the breathing circle, and not only that I really recommend mindfulness techniques such as the 5 senses (5 things you see, 4 things you touch etc.) where the app also has under First Aid. Definitely agree that meds had to most help with my anxiety, but you will also need a toolkit of self-help strategies like above long-term wise. Hope it helped a bit and be kind to yourself, you're doing great!

Tapping helps some people. I know it's helped my stress. I'm sorry you're in this position. https://www.webmd.com/balance/what-is-eft-tapping

this advice feels overplayed but breathing exercises do help. inhaling for 5 seconds, exhaling for 5 seconds. a game i like to do is closing my eyes and imagining a feather. the harder and faster i breathe, the more likely the feather is to burst, and the slower i breathe, the feather begins to fall. the goal is to keep the feather in the center without bursting, which takes slow inhales and slow exhales to perfectly balance the feather. something else i like to do when i feel the onset is just close my eyes, constrict myself with a blanket or hold onto a plush or pillow, and try to think of nothing, or try to think only of things that make me happy, that i'm excited for, or that i've accomplished. journaling your anxious thoughts down may also help, as well as having a physical outlet for the anxiety like painting, walking or jogging, or even making sounds. there's not a lot to do about chronic anxiety that needs to be treated and i'm sorry you have to wait, but these should at least help calm you down in the moment.

I take meds everyday to try and keep it down. I go for walks and run my hands under different temps water. I'm here if you wanna talk and I have a discord group you can join too

I have to take meds at the onset before it gets to bad bc then not a lot is effective