Hi jg1996,
Great to see you posting here on the forum. I am sorry to hear you are struggling with your symptoms. You are not alone. You have taken important steps towards managing your anxiety by reaching out to your employer, your GP, a psychologist as well as trying some medication. Don't give up hope. There are many ways to treat anxiety and it often to takes a few tries to get the exact formula right in finding your way back to being you again. Each individual responds differently to different treatments. Sometimes people find recovery comes quickly and for others it takes a bit longer. Be kind to yourself during this time.
I often suggest to keep in touch with your Doctor and support networks more regularly while you are finding the right balance in treatments. I wonder if you have told your psychologist that things are not improving for you despite having 4 sessions? It can be really helpful to have this kind of discussion so you can look at solutions together. As far as taking your medication and noticing an improvement and then a decline, I wonder if you might visit your prescribing Doctor and discuss this with them? Sometimes it takes a while to get medication levels just right.
I also wonder if you have practiced any type of Mindfulness? This can help some people stay in the moment (even for a short period) and allow your minds to have a break from the constant worry. Worrying can be really exhausting and taking a break from it for even 15 minutes a day can be very relieving to the mind. To read more about Mindfulness, you could use the search feature here on the forum as there are a lot of different threads that discuss this practice. Another site to visit is called Smiling Mind which is at www.smilingmind.com.au
If you are ever in a place where you need to talk to someone don't hesitate to ring the Beyond Blue support line on 1300 22 4636. It can be really helpful to just have a chat when you are having a tough moment.
Wishing you the best possible outcome,
Nurse Jenn
