Your counselor is right SadHub - get thee to a real doctor.

I am right there with you on the anxiety, and some days there is just no getting a handle on the evil anxiety beast short of pharmaceutical assistance (in my case, Xanax). My parents keep telling me it's not something I should be relying on, and implying I should avoid taking anything at all, but you know what? I am having problems coping and I refuse to feel badly because I can't meet the expectations of other people. If a stupid little pill that I take once every few days or even once every couple weeks helps me get through a mine field of triggers, then so be it.

Help yourself, and soon, both for yourself and for your children!

Sending you good thoughts, SadHub.


H: 44, Me: 45
Married: 20 y Together: 25 y
no kids
Walk away: 12/15
Asked for temp separation 12/25/15
PA confirmed 3/16 (apparently neither the first, nor the last PA he has had)
H filed for D 5/16