has anyone every gone to a therapist for anxiety and not taking drugs to treat it?
I went to the hospital for an anxiety attack but don’t really want to take medication for it, because usually i can fight them off. has anyone ever overcome anxiety another way such as with a therapist or psychiatrist? and which one is better to go see?
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I am actually going to see a psychiatrist tomorrow and the way I see it you only live life once why live it feeling miserable antidepressants will do the job for me theres nothing wrong with medication.
Yes I have. A counselor. I did try the meds at one point and time but they really were not for me. I learn to control all my attacks now.
Best of Luck to you!
In the beginning I tired to fight off my anxiety but it just got worse to the point that I had anxiety all the time. So I had to go on meds and see a doctor. So I would say if you can keep fighting them off that’s a good thing but if they get out of control then I would see a doctor. A psychiatrist is better to see, they can diagnose you and prescribe meds. A therapist can’t.
I didn’t go to a therapist, but I did treat mine without drugs. I used a method instead. You can read more about what I did on my blog if you want.
http://anxietycures.ruqqa.com/anxiety-cures/in-search-of-anxiety-cures
I was in therapy for ten months, with limited results. I improved somewhat, but I could never seem to get better past a certain point. It was like the therapy could only do so much. So I started seeing a psychiatrist for medication management and continued therapy. That has made a HUGE difference. I can do things, go places that I never would before. Now, in my case the level of anxiety was quite high, with many stressful life situations co-occurring. Someone who has a lower level of anxiety would probably fare better in a therapy-only treatment plan.
It’s like this: You can’t do deep-breathing, relaxation exercises, or meditation if you’re sooooo strung out that you can’t get relaxed enough to begin them. Make sense? So to do the exercises, you need your anxiety level lower. To lower the anxiety, you need medication. Or, at least I did.
So try therapy-only, if that’s what you feel more comfortable doing. If after three months you found you haven’t made the progress you’d hoped, you could consider trying meds combined with therapy. A combination of medication and therapy tends to work best.