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COVID and Anxiety
Anxiety Support / by blueLion58
Last post
 October 5th, 2021
...See more It has been about 6 years since I had the level of anxiety I am currently experiencing. My husband and I went on our first trip together in over a year at the beginning of August. We both had colds. I had tested negative for COVID and our PCP determined my husband had bronchitis. We visited many friends and family members in order to catch up on lost visits due to the pandemic. Everyone we visited had been vaccinated. A few days after leaving the first household they got cold symptoms and tested positive. After that at least one person in each household got COVID. I couldn’t wait to get back home. Instead of being the wonderful trip I imagined it was a nightmare. We stayed in a hotel the last night and I had a full blown panic attack during the night. We went to get tested first thing in the AM the day after we got home. I tested negative and my husband tested positive. We set up separate bedrooms and quarantined 14 days per our PCP. I really worried about my husband because his coughing was so bad. He did get the antibody infusion the same day we got tested. A co-worker’s husband died from COVID while we were on vacation so that was a trigger for me. I tend to worry BIG time about health concerns. I had terrible anxiety during our whole quarantine. Several of the relatives were really mad about getting sick and acted like we planned to make them sick. One relative even demanded the name of our PCP so she could call him to complain that he did not have my husband tested. The funny thing is this relative never got sick but she was really mad about other family members getting exposed. The anxiety is still here, though much less, and makes me have no appetite and mornings are horrible. It is really difficult to get up and get going. I thought the anxiety would completely go away once we were better. Has anyone else had this experience? I was working a full-time job and a per diem RN job, plus doing lots of other things. I have since quit the per diem job because every time I thought about going back it would make me panic. I wonder if getting COVID was just the last straw of me doing too much? Even though I tested negative I lost my sense of taste and smell so my doctor said I most likely had it. I just want to get back to feeling more like me. I have GAD that is usually pretty well controlled. My doctor increased my Zoloft two weeks ago and I do think it is helping. I am also doing meditation, trying to take walks, using a tapping app, and seeing a therapist. I would love to hear your thoughts or similar experiences. Thanks
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Anxiety
50 & Over Community / by blueLion58
Last post
 October 20th, 2021
...See more My husband and I had COVID a month ago. I have had bad anxiety ever since. Anyone else experiencing this and what are you doing to try to reduce it? I don’t understand why I am having anxiety instead of relief that we had rather mild cases and it is now in the past. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!
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