Journaling for Anxiety
I haven't told anybody really but for the past two weeks I have been dealing with severe anxiety. Again. This is the second longest consecutive time that my anxiety has affected me in my life. The first time was in 2012 and it was for about six months. I deal with it here and there but there is a reason behind this length. About a month ago I got off my anxiety medication that I was put on back in 2012. It was a very low dose but my doctor didn't renew it and I waited a few days thinking it would get renewed. During that time, I actually felt OK so then I was wondering if I should just get off the medication altogether. A few weeks went by and I was feeling fine still. And then I got the COVID vaccination and my anxiety started to worsen. I had fears for this vaccine. And these fears did not go away so I decided to call my doctor and see if she can renew my anxiety prescription. So she did and now it's been two weeks back on it but after being on it for 11 years, getting of