Since I'm past my edit window - I sincerely thank you all for your great and helpful responses.
In a way, I guess I've heard most of them already. Part of me wished there was an easier way than diet + exercise + meditation + therapy + wait, wait and wait. Some magic pill, or maybe a powerful quote that could instantly short-circuit my anxiety loop. Having your brain second-guessing every other thought doesn't help in developing and keeping habits.
I've tried SSRI - they did help reduce the baseline, so panic attacks are mostly things of the past, and I have little bit more willpower (at the cost of the usual side effects I won't name).
I've tried diet and exercise before and didn't notice significant improvement in anxiety levels or cognitive abilities - but then again I was optimizing for weight loss, not for well-being, so maybe I should just try a different diet.
I'm having hard time getting myself to trust any other therapy than CBT and the only CBT practitioner in my town that I know about is a private, expensive doctor. I guess I have to get back to "Feeling Good" and try to self-CBT until I save up some money.
In a way, I guess I've heard most of them already. Part of me wished there was an easier way than diet + exercise + meditation + therapy + wait, wait and wait. Some magic pill, or maybe a powerful quote that could instantly short-circuit my anxiety loop. Having your brain second-guessing every other thought doesn't help in developing and keeping habits.
I've tried SSRI - they did help reduce the baseline, so panic attacks are mostly things of the past, and I have little bit more willpower (at the cost of the usual side effects I won't name).
I've tried diet and exercise before and didn't notice significant improvement in anxiety levels or cognitive abilities - but then again I was optimizing for weight loss, not for well-being, so maybe I should just try a different diet.
I'm having hard time getting myself to trust any other therapy than CBT and the only CBT practitioner in my town that I know about is a private, expensive doctor. I guess I have to get back to "Feeling Good" and try to self-CBT until I save up some money.