Brief Answer: Practical solutions for your problem. Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for your query. I appreciate your efforts for medical consultation in so much distress. Important aspects of your query are: • 50 year old female • Known case of stress and anxiety. • Complaints of: severe anxiety and difficulty in finding private psychiatrist. It is difficult to get private psychiatrist in many areas. Although there may be some practical solution for your current situation: -Meet some general physician in your local area with your treatment history and explained them about your situation, as they can also write psychotropic medicine in many cases till the referral is necessary. -Same time register yourself with government treatment agency, as counseling and psychotherapy also help to many extent. Same time you will get psychiatrist treatment after some time through the process. -If these things do not work, then visit some nearby or distant area to meet psychiatrist and request for long follow up due to distance. Same time keep visiting government facility for help. Although medicines are necessary in some severe cases anxiety but same time following concurrent measures will also help you to some extent: -Decrease worrying by keeping yourself busy and distracted from worrisome thoughts by talking to family members or watching T.V. or counting back (100 to 0). -Healthy diet: Milk and fruits in diet. -Daily morning brisk walk -Do not use excessive caffeine (tea, coffee and cold drink) which increases anxiety. -Stop substance use like alcohol (If present in your case) -Breathing exercise, yoga and meditation (which you can learn from some nearby expert) I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. In case of any doubt, I will be available for follow ups. Wish you good health. Regards, http://bit.ly/Dr-Ashish-Mittal

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