Another thing that helps with anxiety is the psychiatry and psychotherapy combo. It helps with sleep as well, consequently.
If you haven’t tried it yet you stand a great chance of significant improvement, both from medication and therapy. The key to getting good help is a) convincing the doctor you need help and b) convincing yourself you need help.
The doctor part is simple - you need to demonstrate tangible effect on quality of life. Does your condition make you late or no-show for work? Avoid social situation? Something tangible, not just “I’m so anxious all the time”. It also helps to keep a sleep journal, it can used as evidence of QOL impact if you sleep 4 hours per night.
Convincing the patient who is not already convinced is near-impossible using standard rhetoric. The only thing I know to work is peer pressure - unearth three friends who already went through the therapy and the frightened mind of the sufferer might follow the herd. Which is why it’s important to talk about it.
If you haven’t tried it yet you stand a great chance of significant improvement, both from medication and therapy. The key to getting good help is a) convincing the doctor you need help and b) convincing yourself you need help.
The doctor part is simple - you need to demonstrate tangible effect on quality of life. Does your condition make you late or no-show for work? Avoid social situation? Something tangible, not just “I’m so anxious all the time”. It also helps to keep a sleep journal, it can used as evidence of QOL impact if you sleep 4 hours per night.
Convincing the patient who is not already convinced is near-impossible using standard rhetoric. The only thing I know to work is peer pressure - unearth three friends who already went through the therapy and the frightened mind of the sufferer might follow the herd. Which is why it’s important to talk about it.