How to combat stress?

Walk a few miles a day if you can

Physical exercise sets you on a mission,

and then it changes you into a force to

be reckoned with. There is a learning

curve to it, but if you can give it a few

weeks, you will turn this around.

This is not a death sentence

Fortunately, slightly stressed is ok. I would be concerned if you considered yourself highly or overly stressed. A bit of stress is supposedly healthy.

Certainly medication isn't a wise option to explore yet, taking regular medication will not mend or correct the stress, but possibly help you deal with this stress and possibly form a chemical dependency. For the relatively low stress, I'd say it wasn't worth enduring the week or so of side effects when going on, and stopping SSRIs.

Change can be a cause of stress for most people, I certainly understand how you might feel as I equally struggle with the slightest change. The best thing to do is trust in your ability to adapt to these changes, I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to worry, but worry cannot alter anything it simply just makes us feel... stressed.

So, try your best to declutter your mind, reject any negative thoughts and avoid focusing on worries and potential problems. You will be just fine and can cope with any changes thrown your way, even if they're really scary, just trust yourself and deal with those events as they happen, take each day as it comes.

If change is an issue because you, like me, need to know every eventuality and prepared to act in each possible outcome, do try to break this cycle as it can be tiring with all this heavy thinking. It's a tough battle and I'm still doing it myself, I wish you all the best and have absolute faith that you'll do just fine :)