TW: self-harm

I’ve been going to therapy for almost a year now. I’ve learned multiple ways of coping with my anxiety, setting boundaries, and understanding my own emotions and feelings. I slowly started learning how to not feel out of control when my anxiety levels are higher and it has been incredible. 
However, the last couple of months I felt like my anxiety has had a higher baseline. I swear some days there is a buzz that never goes away. It has even gotten to the point where the thought of cutting has slipped into my thoughts now and then (it’s been 2 years this week since the last time, and I have no desire to cut again so I’m good y’all 🙏 ). But the fact that I had, when it’s been months since the last time I thought about  it, was a little scary. 
It made me realize that even though I could manage and deal with my anxiety much more effectively on a day to day basis, that doesn’t mean my underlying anxiety level would go away or not increase. I had been debating about asking my therapist about medication. I was worried that I didn’t have a high enough level of anxiety for me to need medication, that I still have anxiety because I’m not doing enough to “get over it,” and even that I may not actually have anxiety at all. 
Then this last weekend, I couldn’t enjoy taking one single day off from school work (I’m in grad school) to hang out with friends. I kept nearly crying and had shortness of breath all day. The night before I was laying in bed sobbing while my girlfriend just held me until I feel asleep. I was finally fed-up with dealing it with it almost every single day since as long as I can remember. So when I had my therapy session today, I let my therapist know that I thought medication would be helpful for me, and she agreed!! It made me feel like I haven’t been making up what I’ve been feeling or exaggerating it which was such a relief. I have a meeting next week to connect with a psychiatrist and hopefully figure out some medication soon! 
If you have actually read this far and have any advice/tips/comments about starting medication I’d love to hear them. I mainly wanted to share here because reading through posts on this sub helped me feel comfortable enough asking my therapist about medication. I hope this will maybe help others do the same

TLDR: I started going to therapy, learned some good coping skills, but still experienced a baseline anxiety. I frequently doubt if I have anxiety or just worry about things, but I finally asked my therapist about medication and she agreed that it would be helpful!