I'm 32M and I've had a lot of anxiety ever sense I was in my early/mid twenties at least. Its prevented me from doing a lot of things, even getting a job. It has hurt me for so long and has prevented me from reaching out to friends and I feel it has pulled me away from my family and I'm just so.. Sick of it. 

I finally got an appointment and I was prescribed some low dose anti-anxiety meds. She wanted to prescribe me some anti-depressants but I showed concern about side effects and said its mostly anxiety I feel, the depression has been more of a recent development so she suggested we try to anti-anxiety first and then we'll look into the rest.

I've been trying to make a lot of positive changes in my life even if it meant making some big tough choices (life changing ones, but I don't know if its for the better)

I came out to my family and friends a couple weeks before Christmas, hoping it would help my anxiety. It made me feel better around the people I know, but I still feel so anxious about things. Last year I also lost a lot of weight (I weighed 240 lbs, now I weigh 155) and have been working out and doing cardio. I'm in better shape than ever. I even joined a gym that just opened up. It was a little scary and I haven't went to workout yet, but I went down there and took a tour and joined.

For a little while I've talked about meeting some friends from my past (mostly high school) and reconnecting with people. Well I decided to stop talking about it and do it. I was feeling particularly down and felt like I was having a crisis, so I messaged an openly gay friend (I've never spoken to another gay guy in person that also knew I was gay so this was huge for me) from high school to meet somewhere so we could talk and catch up and I felt so much better after and hope my friendship continues to grow. 

Now I feel so stressed about my hair. I have receding/thinning and buzzing just doesn't look great on me so its a whole new can of worms that's actually gotten worse to the point it keeps me up at night for that reason alone.

This sub has made me feel better, I haven't posted before and I've only commented once or twice, but it does help hearing from people that share the way I feel.