How do you deal with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?

Never heard og gad. Perhaps if you clarify this issue, more people can give you advice, or, at least, some comforting words.

General anxiety disorder and its hell.

I used to be on 3 different anxiety medications. I chose to fight it myself. I was able to pinpoint a few things. First my anxiety would usually start around 7 PM. I learned to put my phone in the garage first. I realized that the anxiety would begin. It then turned into depression and then hurt and finally rage which was uncontrollable. At 7 Pm I would go upstairs, listen to meditation music, do a little light reading for an hour. After a while I no longer needed to do this because I could relax all on my own. It is possible to deal with anxiety without anxiety medication

I have Valium available use 30 in two months, don’t do much for me now. Good info though. Most of my anxiety is worrying about health and my current job I am not good at. 66 years old now . Had it since 16 think I’d be over by now. Missed a lot of life. Good life

I am 62 and due to all the medication I got off of I am getting to know my 24 year old daughter for the first time. Being forced into early retirement made a huge impact. Never thought I could retire at 62 but I did and we are living very comfortable

Yeah I had a job of 40 years in mgmt and at 60 they let me go. Couldn’t find a similar job because of age now driving a county dump truck. Hate it but keeps me a little busy and insurance for wife, she’s 65 and her company went under

I’ll bet your current job is a whole lot less stress than management. Been there

Yep

Not sure if inherited. My son had it when he was a kid the therapist pretty much said it’s learned. My mother alway would say she was dying guess I picked up on it and passed it on. When I had a job I was comfortable with I was happy. Now at 66 doing things like driving machinery n trucks I am not very good at do I am stressing, not getting sleep. You would know. I try but nothing seems to help. Meds don’t. Maybe it time to hang it up I have been working for 50 years

Reading all of this, I realize I am older than dirt. In two months I will be 89. My husband died almost two years ago. We were married for 59 years. I felt some of me died with him. We are having fires in California. The big one is close to me. We were under voluntary evacuation until yesterday afternoon. At my age I felt ill equipped to handle of this on my own, but I did it. Got the van packed with important papers, change of clothes, etc. Slept in my clothes in case we got the call at night. There was a lot of anxiety. But I did it and survived. Even at this advanced age I have started therapy. Don't know how many years are left but I decided I was worth it and trying to feel better about it. I do not take drugs.