[.Brittany.]

I don't know who else to reach out to at this point. I'm at a lost.

This past week, I have been struggling with severe anxiety. I am still taking my meds daily and haven't changed anything in my life. I have slowly felt my anxiety building up over the past week. Yesterday I completely broke and had a complete meltdown. Today, I woke up panicking and crying at 6:15 this morning and was supposed to be at work at 7 am. I ended up calling in at 6:30 bawling my eyes out to my coworker trying to explain what was going on. All I could get out was "I'm so sorry for the short notice, but I can't come in, I need a personal day".

I have spent today watching Disney movies, but I have still been crying every 10 minutes. I called in tonight for my shift tomorrow. I got maybe two words out to her before I started bawling. I told her there was no way I could come in. She then asked me if I was alone and safe. I lied to her, I am alone, but I am safe. I have some strategies to help me stay safe. I found my Ativan tonight, so I'm hoping it might help a bit.

At this point I don't know why I'm feeling the way I'm feeling. I wish the thoughts could just go away. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to be able to go back to work? Or even to be able to function.