Hi Dee,
Thanks for the welcome back. I've been diagnosed with GAD since Sept. I've had it all my life, but it became unmanageable after I quit drinking, around 60-70 days after and I guess I entered into my PAWS state. I spoke with my psych about the med problem yesterday.
I think I had some sort of false hope that I was just going to be wonderful after being off the alcohol a few months, but that's was just an illusion I guess. It seems I still have a long ways to go if I ever get there. Maybe I just did too much damage to fix. I keep doing labs and they keep coming back fine. It's frustrating because I am convinced there is something wrong and they are just not finding it. I started a new med and it seems to be somewhat more effective and does not make me sick, yet, but my psych is so conservative about meds I will be 90 before we get to a really effective dose. I don't want to be on any medicine but I do not want to relapse because of anxiety.