Introducing myself here
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Introducing myself here
I've had GAD for 9 years. Most of that I've been ok with the meds (many years without) - tried therapies several times to no avail.
A few months ago (well, six) I started self medicating with alcohol. It would make me feel less anxious at the time but worse in the mornings.
This culminated the other week in a referral to the crisis mental health team. They have agreed with the GAD diagnosis and also diagnosed depression. They believe that is the reason I have been abusing alcohol.
I am now under the care of a psychiatrist ( not for the first time - as a teenager I had an eating disorder and was under psych care). I see her again tomorrow.
She believes that in a year I can be "free" of my GAD and depression. After nine years I struggle to believe that is possible.
Meds have been doubled, have a psych care worker and I'm off work. My anxiety has never got me to this point before. Weird thing is I feel better than I have done in a long time!
No point to this post, just introducing myself on this forum.
A few months ago (well, six) I started self medicating with alcohol. It would make me feel less anxious at the time but worse in the mornings.
This culminated the other week in a referral to the crisis mental health team. They have agreed with the GAD diagnosis and also diagnosed depression. They believe that is the reason I have been abusing alcohol.
I am now under the care of a psychiatrist ( not for the first time - as a teenager I had an eating disorder and was under psych care). I see her again tomorrow.
She believes that in a year I can be "free" of my GAD and depression. After nine years I struggle to believe that is possible.
Meds have been doubled, have a psych care worker and I'm off work. My anxiety has never got me to this point before. Weird thing is I feel better than I have done in a long time!
No point to this post, just introducing myself on this forum.
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Hello - I have ADHD and have been self medicating with alcohol about 10 yrs ago I suffered seriously from agoraphobia because I was mixing marijuana with my alcohol it was terrible I couldn't leave my mothers apartment for about 3 yrs, mental disorder runs in my family so she was very understanding (thank God)
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I had my first panic attack after smoking marijuana. Thought I was going crazy and then got panic attacks thereafter believing I was. I used alcohol to medicate it but only making it worse! I can be my worse enemy at times!
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