I’m so anxious please tell me what to do

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I’m working four days per week from home. I have two kids, 5 and 2. Today is my day off.

My anxiety is through the roof. I feel sick. I can’t stop looking at my phone (emails).

It’s so hard from home. I feel so stuck out on my own and I’m so worried about making a mistake. I can’t focus.

Phone your GP and tell them how you feel - you don’t need to suffer this. I’ve been on antidepressants for 8 weeks and they’ve really helped.

What do they feel like. Do they just numb you?

This is all new to me I’ve never had this before

No, antidepressants don't numb you - not if they're working well. That was my fear when I started them too, and I was proven to be wrong. The one side-effect that did become apparent was that it considerably dampened my libido - but, frankly, that didn't matter to me next to the anxiety and depression, and it came back once my course had finished (I took them for a year).

Thank you. I think I’ll need to phone the GP. I can’t live like this any more.

Good luck op, be honest with the gp and open to any help. We're in the middle of a pandemic, it's not surprising people's mental health is suffering. Working from home is SO HARD without having to look after kids too. There's a reason we don't normally do it!

If I’m completely honest I’ve been feeling not myself for a while. Anxious and depressed but not enough to feel motivated to do much about it. Lockdown has sent it all into overdrive and i can’t do it any more. I have intrusive thoughts and I’m demotivated and exhausted.