Dwwmills said:
Hi Scotty2013.
That’s a good question. My vote is it goes into remission in the short term but could possibly go away altogether in the long term. I suffered with GAD for nearly 40 years and felt it daily as you say. It finally took my psychologist and my family to convince me that this was not normal and I needed to do something about it. It took me about two years using medication and CBT to get on top of it. I was doing very well after about six months and it took the rest of the time to consolidate it and finally get off medication. I still practice CBT nearly every day but I don’t have that anxious feeling that I need to push through any more.
I recently had a major health problem, which I’m still dealing with at the moment, but my anxiety has been under control. I put this down to all the training in CBT which has allowed me to deal with the uncertainty of the outcome.
If you’re still having this anxious feeling on a daily basis it may be worth going to see someone to get some help as you don’t need to experience this.
Good luck
Dean
Afternoon Dean,
That's great your's is under control, after such a long time 40yrs, I did try CBT a few times, mindfulness helped more so than CBT. I guess I've had windows of ok periods where it's been manageable, but i find if something big happens, then i am right back where i left of again paralysed. But i also feel it's like it's plateau, I've not managed to get to the next step yet, i know there is better, but that better's never came. A lot of the days i feel I exist, but am not living as such, not that i expect to be joyous 24/7 but would be nice to wake up without dread. Sorry to hear about your health hiccup, I hope it sorts itself out, but it's good your tools are working to cope with this setback. You have a point, maybe it maybe worthwhile seeing someone again, for a while...it does help even venting..cheers Scott.
