Seriously struggling with anxiety

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I've always had it. Been on and off medication for years. Recently have been put back on sertraline 50mg (they always start me on 50 then up it too 100)

I'm at the doctors next week, but I'm really really struggling. Especially at work. I was subject to a random bag search yesterday, of course I had nothing to hide and it's in my contract to consent to them, the security guy was lovely and obviously nothing was amiss but I haven't slept all night thinking about it, I've felt sick and shaky ever since; I don't want to go back to work, I keep having these passing sensations as if something really bad is going to happen and I feel sheer terror, the feeling only lasts a couple of seconds but it's awful.

I know there's nothing anyone can do and hopefully when my dosage gets upped next week it will help but I just needed to tell somebody how I'm feeling.

Sorry you're struggling. I have no advice but hope upping the dose of your sertraline will help. I'm trying to come off duloxetine - the last of many ADs I've tried - because I just can't cope with the side effects but wish the gp could give me something to help with anxiety when I'm actually suffering with it instead of having to trange something all the time that doesn't really help.

I’m not good at advice but couldn’t read and run. for you OP

I very, very strongly encourage you to get the book "DARE. The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks" by Barry McDonah. Buy it digitally right now from Amazon and have it on your phone. There is even an app for DARE and it is brilliant. It changed my life.

Anxiety is so horrible and I know exactly how helpless you feel. This is my opinion, but pills are useless, and they cause more problems than help with anxiety. Once you really understand what anxiety is, you will be able to control it instead of it controlling you. Anxiety is nothing more than a very inconvenient release of cortisol, our fight or flight hormone. There is no rhyme or reason why some of us suffer with these surges. You are not mentally ill, you are not clinically depressed, and there is nothing broken about you. I promise you, you CAN conquer this. You just have to stop fighting it and accept it. I'm here if you ever need to vent. You can beat this!