Losing my life

[Vita89]

I am losing my job, my house, my husband, everything due to my anxiety and I don't know what to do. I'm so HOPELESS. I can't focus due to anxiety, I pretty much shut down when I get too anxious and it's affected my work so bad that I took a leave of absence. I took 4 months of, took different meds, NO Meds work except clonazepam but I don't want to get addicted to clonazepam but its the only thing that works. So 4 months later I thought maybe I was better because the anxiety was going away from avoiding work. Now I went back to work, full blown anxiety again. I'm going to lose my job, I have no money left im going to lose my job. And my husband is thinking I'm really messed up. I took another leave from work now, but whats the point, nothings going to change and I don't get paid for my leave. Next im going to lose my house. This anxiety happens no matter where I work or what I do.  I get negative thoughts like im going to lose everything, I cant do this. And it becomes self fulfilling. Someone PLZ help me. I haven't tried Prozac or Paxil, maybe I can try those. Ive tried numerous other SSRIs. In my mind I know none of them are going to work

[lea_cattel]

Hey

I understand how you feel. I'm sorry that you have to suffer like this. Anxiety really is a real inconvenience. But don't lose hope this is just a life challenge that you must overcome.

Not all meds can actually work it would really depend on the person. I'm not fond of medication but I know its importance and how inevitably necessary it can be.

What I did before is I simply reinforce my meds with healthy living and other methods. I constantly worked my CBT, I did exercise and Yoga, eat healthy and sleep better. I also tried herbal medicines, nutritional supplements, massage and aromatherapy, music and painting.

Changing meds for me is not an option I would rather stick with the one drug that my body knows already. I also don't increase the dosage. Just live healthy and the meds will work more effectively.

[Mummaloo77]

I agree with the above. You must try therapy, counselling therapy and not cognitive. You clearly need to talk. Anxiety causes all sorts of chaos. Have you been through something incredibly stressful or keeping something to yourself that really needs to be talked out or are you totally unhappy where you are in life currently. Anxiety symptoms fade a lot when you start to discuss your worries with someone and usually someone unrelated to your life is so much easier. Don't lose control, you will be fine and don't let anxiety control you! I have started to come out the other side of anxiety.

[dizzychar89]

You are not hopeless, having anxiety is a nightmare, what symptoms do you have? I'm not taking any meds,anxiety controls my life everyday,I struggle even going to the shops etc, have you had any therapy?