So why not take the ' valium'
........... which is for high levels of anxiety/panic attacks. I wouldn't be here without using it in the 1990s. 'a quarter' of 5mg won't give anything more than placebo effect: nowt wrong with that but a lot of tablets are fillers/packaging with a measured amount of active ingredient. It may mean that after cutting the active ingredient becomes lost in the 'dust'.
Also some ADs help with anxiety so if a patient presents with that as the main symptom, that is what the GP will prescribe for.
Try not to overthink what to/not take. That allows the fight/flight response to kick in .........
Been there. For many years.
GPs insist on blood tests but in reality, these are in the main , reliably un-reliable and 1 GP should not challenge a partner in the Practice. It's not ethical. They should discuss between themselves and treat the patient on symptoms! "I've sought advice from colleagues and between us we think that 4 U ........ "
If U continue with this thread rather than opening new ones it helps for me to scan back so that I don't repeat myself, many of us have brain fog during hormonal upheavals so may find it difficult to keep up ........ mayB read through the responses on your threads and make notes? So that U can C what has been suggested, discard what isn't appropriate right now and use what should be helping.
Do U keep a. mood/food/symptom diary - I can't remember whether I may have mentioned this: it helps see if there is a pattern. It also reminds us that there better days!
My anxiety has always been worse in the. morning, i.e. pre going to school, exams., driving test, travelling; as my commitments get finished as the day goes on, I'm a different person. I have learned never to agree to anything in the evenings because by morning I'll be a nervous wreck. Nausea, unable to eat, crying ........
Eating little and often has helped me too especially having a biscuit by the bed 4 when I wake in the night. 4 me it stops that awful 'what if' lurch as I wake
if that makes sense.
I believe that HRT may take a bit of Trial and Error in the 1st 3/4 months and if your GPs aren't consistent, there are dedicated clinics which have waiting lists.
Who do U have at home to support you and reinforce that U aren't going mad, it's hormonal upheavals?
