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Anxiety and being ND - do you take anything?

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BigMadAdrian · 16/01/2023 08:23

I am waiting to be assessed for both ASD and ADHD - I think I might also have GAD - I think I must have very complex, and often contradictory, wiring and am hoping assessment will bring some clarity.

I am extremely anxious, but not really about any particular thing - it is constantly bubbling and then sometimes I have a phase where it is much worse (like now). I have never taken anything for it but am considering going to the GP.

I described the anxiety to dh as like being inside Iron Man's suit - it's like I have an extra computer alongside my brain that is constantly on the lookout for danger - I am always mentally alert and physically tense, even in bed. I have just had to switch to the smallest bedroom in the house, as I feel much safer in an enclosed space then I do in a larger room. I am not actually scared of any particular thing, I just can't switch the feeling of alertness off. Almost like an overdeveloped 6th sense/instinct. I don't sit worrying, but I am completely unable to relax.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? Do you take anything and does it help?

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Clarice99 · 16/01/2023 08:27

I've just posted on a very similar thread. Please see link.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/neurodiverse_mumsnetters/4720180-what-anxiety-treatments-have-worked-for-you

BigMadAdrian · 16/01/2023 08:33

Whoops! Should have checked that there wasn't another post first. Thank you.

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Clarice99 · 16/01/2023 09:54

BigMadAdrian · 16/01/2023 08:33

Whoops! Should have checked that there wasn't another post first. Thank you.

No problem!

I hope you find some of the posts on the other thread of some use.

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