Morning everyone


I've been noticing a degree of irritability recently, getting worked up whenever small things go wrong.


I've been at a loss as to what's causing it but I think it might be a return of my anxiety. I'm not exactly uber-stressed or anything but I've noticed me occasionally worrying about my health, or the real bugbear, worrying about worrying.... which just leads to a vicious cycle.


I'm not sure what's causing it, I guess I noticed the irritability a few weeks ago, nothing major was going on then which is why I was at a loss to what was causing it. I've certainly had some small disturbances in my sleep pattern recently, being slightly more prone to waking up & having strange dreams. I guess what might be having an impact now is looking for jobs & cutting back on cigarettes. Both certainly could be increasing my anxiety levels.


It's just so insidious though when you have GAD, I mean my anxiety levels are nowhere near at that level right now but it just makes it hard to pinpoint any real cause. You just know you have anxiety...


Anyway, I hope it's not going to progress. I was really pleased at getting my GAD fully under control & coming off medication this summer. I'd hate to have to go back on SSRis, especially being as I am completely med-free now.