Have been feeling much better since leaving work in July, I came of my medication and was finally feeling like myself again, have been for weeks or more. My daughter moved to her new Nursery which we can walk to, she’s settled in really well and in many ways life is as ideal as anyone could wish for, she’s settled in, we have a good balance of home and Nursery and I don’t have any work stress. I have felt ‘normal’ for weeks and haven’t had a single physical symptom for months. This week though, out of nowhere my physical anxiety has suddenly come back. I’m tense, grumpy, having to use breathing exercises and am finding every tiny thing too much, I’m exhausted and I recognise that horrible feeling of dreading the day rather than enjoying it. Don’t want to go back on meds as we are thinking of TTC and it might feel like a bit of a step back (for me) and I just want some insight in to why this might have happened and any reassurance from someone else who has been through a relaps and come happily outntjenother side. Thanks!
Hi. The same thing happened to me. Was on meds got better off meds for around a year and out of the blue the anxiety came back. No reason to either. I tried to ignore it have gone back on meds and I'm doing better. I'm going for counselling and maybe CBT therapy. Speak to your dr. It's not the end of the world to go back on meds if you feel better. You would take them for a medical illness and this is no different. Take care
Thank you, I needed to hear this from someone else it has happened to. I called my GP this afternoon and have made an appointment for tomorrow to discuss my options. I’m still on the waiting list for CBT so maybe that will help if I ever get an appointment and I will consider meds too as they helped a lot before. Thanks for your response and best of luck foot you for your continuing recovery!