How to explain anxiety to your doctor?

Of course as someone suffering from anxiety at the moment most things are going to make you feel anxious including your first visit to the doctor to explain how you feel. When anxious your mind is always trying to look for the threat to pin the anxiety on and justify it - the anxiety cycle is just like throwing petrol on a fire. read more

One good solution to this problem is to present your doctor with a case summary instead of trying to verbally explain your symptoms. In general, a case summary is a concise description of your history of symptoms. The summary should be detailed but short enough that your doctor can read through it quickly. read more