Any One With Anxiety Here?

Katli · Sep 30, 2023

Hello all, I have been having bouts of anxiety for the last few months. There are good days and bad days now. It started with a health scare where I imagined the worst. Although the the cause has been removed, the anxiety lies dormant and comes up during my periods. I'm anxious about anxiety than anything else. It makes me feel fatigued and worried. I don't have any diagnosis but the doctor said that I can try medication if I am willing. It could be perimenopause or hormonal anxiety because I have other severe PMS symptoms along with this.
Is there anyone with anxiety around here who can relate to this?

SGBV · Oct 3, 2023

I had anxiety issues, very much related to the hormones, but started with a health care issue of my relative. That was crazy, and it had affected everyone. But for me, it continued for months/years with several anxiety attacks on the same cause.
As you mentioned there will be good and bad days, but it kills me from within if my mind is at rest.

Working hard, and being with a lot of people helped me to be engaged all the time. Thankfully, I managed my hormonal problems last year, and luckily the original cause for the anxiety as well got resolved at my relative's end that time.
On the other hand, strict life style changes including gym workouts and focus change in life helped me to move on from the PTSD slightly for better.

Katli · Oct 8, 2023

SGBV said: ↑

I had anxiety issues, very much related to the hormones, but started with a health care issue of my relative. That was crazy, and it had affected everyone. But for me, it continued for months/years with several anxiety attacks on the same cause.
As you mentioned there will be good and bad days, but it kills me from within if my mind is at rest.

Working hard, and being with a lot of people helped me to be engaged all the time. Thankfully, I managed my hormonal problems last year, and luckily the original cause for the anxiety as well got resolved at my relative's end that time.
On the other hand, strict life style changes including gym workouts and focus change in life helped me to move on from the PTSD slightly for better.
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I'm really grateful for your response. I need some support with my anxiety issues from women of my age group and ethnicity. I'm not getting that. Whoever I talk to seem to be surprised about my symptoms. This name me feel worse.
I'm scared to take medications/SSRIs and birth control pills. I have sleep issues where I keep dreaming and sometimes it's like things happen around me and I wake up. I think this is because of subconscious anxiety.
Would you mind sharing how you managed your hormonal issues? Can we DM?