@dorothy1914 You initially wrote that your experienced anxiety came out of nowhere. I thought the same when I first experienced intense anxiety and panic attacks over 40 years ago. With time and a good psychiatrist who also provided psychotherapy I learned that the anxiety I experienced was due to my marriage and my husband. I was able to finally manage the anxiety with the psychiatrist I've already mentioned who worked with me to not only find a medication that worked but also listened to me.

@dorothy1914 You wrote in a later post that your husband is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. This is a devastating diagnosis and surely alters how you and your husband thought your senior years would look like. Is there a Caregivers Support Group you can attend where you can talk about your own experiences and fears and listen when others share theirs? You may have a lot in common with others who are living with a spouse with Parkinson disease. Or do you see a mental health therapist? In my experience the combination of a mental health therapist who you feel a connection to (as I did with my former psychiatrist) and medication that works for you after you've made it through the initial side effects (I had that too, by the way) is a helpful way to address anxiety. With a therapist you will also learn coping skills to get you through periods of intense anxiety.

Do you have thoughts or comments about my suggestions?