Posted by JESSsMom on November 18, 2003, at 20:39:26
In reply to Me too!, posted by Waterlily on November 16, 2003, at 15:20:06
Waterlily,
Yes, after suffering from terrible anxiety for almost 14 years (the worst being over the last five years), my pdoc and I agree that there is definitely an obsessive component to anxiety.
Someone with terrible GAD is compulsive regarding their thoughts. I fought an OCD diagnosfor a long time b/c I am a chronic worrier vs. a germophobic/handwasher, etc. I now see the correlation between GAD and compulsive thinking.
So, along with the Xanax I have to take, my pdoc and I are combatting the obsessive component to my GAD. A new strategy for me that just might work (keeping fingers crossed).
Regards,
JM
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