I have struggled with anxiety for almost my entire adult life. As others have said Therapy is a fantastic choice. It helped me a lot. But it always felt like wi

I have struggled with anxiety for almost my entire adult life. As others have said Therapy is a fantastic choice. It helped me a lot. But it always felt like with all the progress we made there was a bit of a hump that I could never get over. For years I stagnated not making progress with a therapist. To be clear I am not saying the therapist was not worth it, it helped keep the existing progress in check, but we had hit a wall. Then covid happened. I hit a point that I could no longer handle my anxiety on my own. Partially since I lost my outlets, but also just the added anxiety around covid. So I caved and finally talked to my doctor about medication. This was something I resisted for a while because I am not anti medicine by any means, but I am very cautious of being over medicated. But I did it, and honestly it was one of the best decisions I have made in a long time. Now it took a few tries to find the right medicine, we had one particularly bad experience. But we started on a very low dose for all of this. Just a week ago we added an antidepressant to the mix and... I feel like I did when I was 18/19. I feel like myself again that I never thought I would. A change that I just chalked up to "being an adult". I am getting enjoyment out of things that... I really missed. So I don't want to say you should dive head first into being medicated. But with what you are describing, it might be worth talking to your doctor about a very low dose of something just to help you while you talk to a therapist. Mental Health is horribly stigmatized, we need to take care of ourselves. On the note of therapy, don't be afraid to try a few therapists at first. It may take you a few tries to find someone you click with.