[OutlawedSpirit]

I've had enough of this anxiety. I'm calling it anxiety anyway, because I don't know what else to call it. I'm worried about everything. I see disaster around every corner. I make my wife text me when she gets to work all the time now, even when the roads are clear and there is no reason she wouldn't. I start to panic when I get in the car because there are so many ways to die. I called in to work two out of four days this week because I was so afraid of making the drive. I hear the house creak, and my first thought is it's going to collapse. I know that, logically, most of my fears don't even make sense, but they are all too real. I tried talking to my pdoc about it, she told me to talk to my T about it. Someone has to do something, or I think I'm gonna snap.

[gayleggg]

That does sound a lot like anxiety. I'm surprised your psychiatrist would give you something to help with that. Hopefully, you therapist will be able to help you. CBT would probably help with that. Good luck and best wishes.

[AnxietyGirl916]

Sounds a lot like anxiety to me too. Gayle is right, your T can help with CBT. In the meantime, maybe you could ask for a PRN anti-anxiety med like Xanax.

[OutlawedSpirit]

Just curious, cause I've seen it used a lot, but what does PRN stand for?

[BlueInanna]

It's per required need. Like a benzo I suppose.
I can relate Outlaw My pdoc calls it catastrophic thinking - I should ask her more about why she thinks I do it. She just tells me, Got to watch out for that catastrophic thinking.
I don't know why it happens. Could it have to do with when you almost left her? And coming to terms with that? Like not trusting yourself because of what we did when manic. Idk, and maybe I am totally out of line. I don't know why I do it either. Usually has to do with my kids, or my mom. When I was a kid & terrified of my mom leaving the house, I told her Please don't faint or fall down! I was totally serious. She reassured me. Somehow now that I have some space from that feeling, it's now a cute joke we say to each other getting off the phone. She's shared her ocd tendencies with me & understands.

Regarding taking a prn, I don't see how a pill could stop those thoughts, maybe for awhile if it makes you fall asleep. But for me, I end up having nightmares about the thing. I think talk therapy or the type the others above say, is the best bet - or talking to us here about it. Talk it through in as many circles and loops as it takes, where you get to using the logical side & calm your brain down. I did learn some grounding techniques that helped. Sometimes I just pace & pace & that sucks.