Will antidepressants help?

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I’m anxious, I’ve always been anxious, but lately I’ve started to wonder if medication could help. I’m anxious around my husband because he is stressed at work and has outbursts of anger (not directed at me). I know that anger is a normal human emotion, and I believe that if I wasn’t well practiced in anxiety that I wouldn’t get so further anxious about this. Is this something that medications could help with? I feel on high alert all the time (not just due to my husband). I force myself to go out to activities and work and social events, but I’m constantly on the look out for danger. Would antidepressants help with this sort of feeling? How do I take action on this? I try to do my meditation and yoga and so forth, but there’s still this underlying anxiety I can’t shake.

They may help but you need to be able to speak to your husband as it's unfair he causes you this. (Realise it's not just this but even so)

Thank you @HeBeaverandSheBeaver yes intend to do that. Certainly for his own well being he could do with finding a better strategy to manage things.

Your husband is causing this. You’re walking on eggshells and in a state of alert. This is why everything is making you anxious.

I'm on anti depressants and still get very anxious around angry people. It's linked to my childhood. So no, I don't think there's any medication that would help.

You need to talk to your husband and tell him how his outbursts make you feel and he needs better coping mechanisms. This isn't a "you" problem.

Speak to your gp. Some antidepressants are particularly effective for anxiety.

No, it is absolutely not fair to say my husband is causing the anxiety. I was anxious long before this situation at work arose, in fact long before I met the man.

Thanks @DancingLions thats interesting as I know this anxiousness is from childhood experiences. Sorry you feel this way!

@TuesdaysAreBest thanks for the advice. I’m awful at seeking help in any situation, and ringing the GP is very difficult for me. But I may try.

Fair enough but if you’re feeling anxious doing things out of your comfort zone then it’s not right that you’re living in an anxious state in your own home due to fearing angry outbursts.

@TheLostStargazer yes I do agree with you there. I think I also tend to worry about how things may escalate, and my brain always go to absolute worst case scenario. And I never ever know whether my own behaviour is reasonable or an over reaction. (Again that’s nothing to do with him, and he’s always very receptive when we’ve had serious discussions in the past).