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[quote=Anonymous]Kinda hard to answer this without some lifestyle information. Do you exercise? Do you drink caffeine? alcohol? Do you use cannabis (which can cause significant anxiety both during and after your trip) or other drugs? How are your relationships? Have you recently experienced a significant loss or life change?

Anxiety isn't a problem, it's a symptom. Your system is telling you there are tigers ready to attack. What are they? While meds (and, for a time, other drugs) can turn the volume down, eventually you'll need to address the underlying cause(s) of your anxiety, ideally changing what you can and developing new coping skills to help you handle what you can't change.

All anti-anxiety meds, including SSRIs, have their place and purpose, but it's not a one-size-fits-all situation. Someone with a habit of ruminating may need a longer course of treatment with SSRIs while they work on their self-regulation and deprogramming, whereas someone who is anxious because they recently experience a traumatic situation might just need a short course of low-dose benzos or sleep meds, with the expectation that other processes will kick in to support healing

If you want to provide more info, that would help us better answer your question.[/quote]

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