Anxiety draining my brain

Hi Bik31 I also understand what your going through I got the norovirus in October 2012 that is when the anxiety begun for me then I was in hospital for 6 days with gastroentritis. I am not taking anti anxiety meds either I don't like turning to medication for everything but I have been having CBT therapy I did for approx 3 months on and off which did help talking about it all, discussing how to improve it and it did help I used to be petrifed to go to my local shopping centre that is where I was feeling very unwell before the affects of the norovirus came in and it took me about 1.5 years to go back there on a Saturday it wasn't for long but I started by going in the centre for a coffee with my parents going out for tea was something to look forward too so maybe try CBT therapy. It NOT in your head trust me on that millions of people suffer from anxiety daily so your not in this alone if you ever want to talk I am on Skype I am always looking for others suffering the same as me we could always talk as others don't necessarily understand what we are going through.

I pray that your anxiety eventually goes away nearly 2 years later I still get very bad panic attacks from the slighest of things sometimes even if my IBS flares up its awful please think about therapy it doesn't work on all and maybe see a therapist it isn't for everyone but it does help to talk about it either to your parents, siblings or somebody you trust

I agree with Orion. Tell them all. I went through months of anxiety and never told any of my family. I believe this made my anxiety worse, by always trying to hide it. When it happened a couple years later, I told all my family. It felt great to get it off my chest. Now I have so much support. Much better than the first bout, where I felt alone and isolated.