I have suffered with anxiety for the past twenty years, I've carried on despite it, because you have to, but I know it has affected my life choices, things I have done, not done. I am now in my late 40s and I have decided enough is enough, I am on hrt, the doctor thought that might help the anxiety too, but the anxiety was with me long before the perimenopause! I have tried counselling, hypnotherapy, various supplements but nothing has eased it enough to make a difference. I don't feel depressed, but I do feel this weight on my chest a lot now, and a jitteriness which I hadn't had previously, I am wondering has anyone taken prescribed meds that help anxiety or is it just antidepressants, and if anyone could recommend any? Thank you. Posting in Mental Health too.