Constant battle I will never get used to

Have you ever considered that your husband/boyfriend suffers from Asperger Syndrome. It has been a constant source of anxiety through out our long marriage. Not for him but for me. He is quite content and refuses to accept that something could be wrong with him. 

I can 100% relate. Besides my mother there's very few people who know the extent of how bad my anxiety is. And people who know I have it usually are non sufferers and brush it off as the typical "angst" they too face when life throws them problems. But for people with real anxiety issues, every day is that much more of a grind. I don't mean to be a downer but I tried all the above listed too and I found a right dose of an SSRI completely made my myself again. I know the feeling of your guts churning every morning and everything that comes with it, but at the end of the day, the majority of us are truly HEALTHY, just our programming is off. When you're in the midst of thinking irrationally, you don't see the rational solution that really exists. I don't even like calling it a illness, disorder fits more because it's just disrupted the order of our lives. At our core were all good people. Most people who really suffer have the biggest hearts, it just tricks us into thinking else wise. The fact we all want help is a huge step and a great sign. I can tell just by your post you're a good person. You're far from alone, as alone as it makes you feel. Keep fighting, you'll be all the better for it one day. It has a strange way of improving your character in the long run even though you feel like you're sliding backwards daily. We're all here for you.

I could have written your post myself. That is my life and has been for years although I have just recently been diagnosed. I am now taking a mild anxiety med it does help but still yesterday I had the worst attack since August. My daughter is the one I lean on. She is the only one I confide in. I have social and health enxiety. I have missed out on so much of a normal life it's ridiculous. I've had to leave work multiple times and sometimes I can't even finish shopping because it gets so bad. I have a lot of anxiety centered around my job. Yesterday I convinced myself to go back to work and I'm glad I did. It is a battle and we have to use whatever weapons we can to cope. I've tried and continue to do all of the things you listed above. I also do EFT tapping. I can sometimes stop an attack before it gets too bad with tapping. I've been in CB therapy for a little over a month. Too soon to say if that's helping.

One thing I've come across recently that has to help but is impossible for me thus far and that is to stop thinking about it all the time. The more thought we give our problems the greater and all encompassing they become.

Anxiety sufferers compound the anxiety with more anxiety. I've had medical tests repeatedly and am probably taking medicine I don't need. It's a vicious cycle but there is is happiness beyond this misery. I am thankful for these boards and the internet but sometimes I think we over analyze by constantly looking up our symptoms. That's the "giving more attention to the problem".

Today let's not give anxiety the attention it craves. Redirect those thoughts to something, someone or somewhere that makes us happy.

Happiness and good health to everyone.