For years I had tried Meditating and Tony Robbins to get past anxiety...
59 here..
A super young 59. In great shape.
However always had anxiety.
Most of the time I could keep it the anxiety at bay by meditating , gratitude checks, Tony Robbins daily priming etc.
I thought - I will never go on a med, I can do this all myself.
for awhile and most of the time -it worked
Until it didn't..
every 5 or so years I seem to get hit with a crisis that turns the anxiety into complete panic attacks.
In the past I could fight it off with my "training/breathing" and then it would level out.
However recently a new crisis came back(we will always have challenges in life) and the panic attacks went next level.
waking up in the morning was the absolute worst.
the sick feeling of a large knot in my stomach , light headiness, the spiral.
You all know it.
I would walk the dogs and listen to my meditation podcasts to help it.
it helped some but no where near what it did in the past.
I finally broke down went to the DR for the first time in 5 years (if it ain't broke...don't fix it) and he prescribed lexapro for me.
My wife has been on prozac for 15 years with great success.
I have been on Lexapro now a week.
Still hasn't been easy. The knot is still there in the AM immediately.
reading the positive stories here helps.
Thank you