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Please help with reoccurrence of anxiety

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@yanks950

So I had Covid a week ago from yesterday. But I have had Covid before and it’s just like a head cold that comes and goes quickly. I have not retested but I have been symptom free for multiple days which is what I told I need to be. I hope what your saying about Covid is true and that it is the cause of my severe increase in anxiety.

As far as the drinking I’m 36 so that is where me and my friends spend a lot of time. I understand I have to drink less but while I’m going through this I have been having 3 beers a night as a way to just get out of the house and be with people. I can’t come home from clinical all day and then be home all night feeling like crap. I normally go home from clinical and maybe take a nap which I wake up feeling horrible from and then try to go out for a little so I don’t go crazy.

I did talk to my psych but he said it was alcohol withdrawal when I first got Covid but it is 100% not as I have gone times without drinking. I need to talk to him again and possibly increase the propanol. I just know every night by 8ish I cry due to how crappy I feel all day for what seems like everyday.

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Susan, volunteer Mentor | @grammato3 | 3 days ago

@yanks950 While it's hard to say with 100% certainty what has led to your uptick in anxiety, as @naturegirl5 also indicated, Covid is likely contributing to your current situation at least in part.

You may hear the advice to "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" but while you're in the midst of a depressive episode, that's hard to do. As pointed out, it can be okay to lean into those feelings rather than try to suppress them and explore your rationale for what may be keeping you in this troth now for which you've asked for some guidance. Exercise, activity and healthy socialization can definitely help, although it may all sound overwhelming at this time. Would it help to make a list of some short term and long term goals?

That list may very well help, keeping in mind motivation for change needs to come from within. You've recognized you need to rest after a long day of clinical; that's a positive step to restoring your physical and mental fatigue. So score one in that step! You then recognize the need for socializing with people - another step forward. Then there's that fuzzy part of acknowledging the consequences of having those 3 beers but being aware of the negative implications of doing so, while perhaps attempting to rationalize it. Yet you've seen that complete withdrawal is hard way to go about breaking a habit.

Perhaps explore some things you may have the tools yourself to answer about how to alleviate the increased anxiety and depression you're feeling and ways to go about implementing change:

*Is increasing medication the most ideal way in this situation to cope with this cycle?
* Have you discussed with your psych that you're taking the meds while having these 3 or so beers as frequently as 5 nights/week?
*Would you consider addressing alternatives to having or craving alcohol? There are many such ways to seek and obtain such intervention, whether it's guidance with detox/withdrawal, devising a treatment plan with an appropriate provider, engaging in directed therapy.

When you talk to your psychiatrist, would you feel comfortable discussing any of the above?

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