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Will I ever get over this?

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CH99
CH99

I've been struggling with GAD since November 2020 and finally started to see improvements in March. In early April i was feeling slightly anxious but i was confident enough to deal with it. However, whilst feeling this way, an old memory from 20+ years ago entered my mind. A memory which had never concerned me before was all of a sudden causing me great concern, fear and real mental distress. My GP switched me to 50mg Sert from 10mg Cit about 6 weeks ago and i am still really struggling with emotional / mental symptoms of GAD. I have good days where I'm rational, calm, confident, and optimistic but generally my days are consumed with such fear of something bad happening. It almost feels like i've traumatised myself from the distress caused by my catastrophic thinking about this old memory. When i'm calm the worry doesnt bother me but other times it triggers me again and the cycle restarts. Im so scared. Is this just my GAD?

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  • randy41812
    randy41812 CH99

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    it's a process and takes awhile , i was clinical depressed for 3 months , while in it I thought I was never going to feel normal ever again. but the end of the nightmare came, and there was light at the end of the tunnel

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