Dealing with Stress/Anxiety

[moe1982]

Recently I feel I'm easily irritated, overthinking, and feeling fearful. This happens usually when there is a new thing in my life, life a relationship, a family issue, etc.. I become oversensitive to noise. I feel I want to shut down low frequency noise around me (ACs, Heaters, Engines,etc...), I experience emotional response to such sounds when I' under stress. I'm trying to make it without medication, so I planed to regularly exercise, I'm taking multivitamins, I feel better in the sense I'm not feeling down and without energy, but overthinking and fear is still there. It's an annoying feeling. When I'm distracted and busy doing work this goes away, but when I'm relaxed...the brain kicks in saying...no you cannot relax, I experience shortness in breath and increased heart rates. I need an advise plz...I was thinking to take Deanxit when I'm under such situation. I went to a psych, he prescribed Cipralex, but I don't want to be on SSRIs, as these things do not happen to me when I'm not stressed. I can deal with general stress at work, but certain types of stress get me, like Relationship and Family. I badly need an advise.

[Paxiled]

Try meditation.  If you feel you need it, find a talk therapist to see if you can figure out what about relaxing you're resisting.  But from what you describe, you're not in need of medication.