Hi there, basically I have been suffering from anxiety at a manageable level most of my life but since DS3 was born it's gone into hyperdrive. It has affected my sleep resulting in sleep anxiety now. It's been fluctuating since January - I go through days of feeling better then days of stomach in knots, feeling sick, not sleeping. I've been dithering for months now (as some of you if you know me know already!) about whether to take any medication. I did try fluoxitine in January but it made life unbearable for the 3 days I tried it for (ie couldn't sleep at all, anxiety through the roof, extreme nausea, dizzyness, just horrible). I have dithered and dithered and dithered (as I know there are alternative ADs to the SSRIs) and I still don't know whether to go for the AD route.
So, please fellow anxiety sufferers tell me what you have done to try to get better, medication, CBT, hypnotherapy, homeopathy, etc, which worked, which helped the most.
I have just been referred for CBT - 12 month waiting list.
Any advice welcome. I don't feel depressed (except when I am sleep deprived and then I am down in the depths). Generally I am very happy, I am very busy, rushing around, loving life, etc. I just have this horrible knotty ball of anxiety in my stomach most of the time (worst in the mornings and some evenings). It would be a dream come true to get it down to normal levels again. I couldn't even tell you want causes it. It is worse when there is illness, extra stress, DH working too hard, etc., but it is there most of the time.