I have extreme anxiety and i'm always uncomfortable even around my family. i'm worried to get on medicines because i have atrial fibrillation. what should i do?

See below: You note problems caused by anxiety. A combination of medication and non-medication treatments are available for anxiety disorders that can be tailored to work with your atrial fibrillation treatment.

Therapy will help: You may benefit from therapy to address your anxiety. However talk to your doctor about your anxiety to see if your it is related to your atrial fibrillation. Your anxiety can still be treated with medication despite having atrial fibrillation.

Atrial fib anxiety: Unfortunately atrial fib can cause significant anxiety symptoms in and of itself and should be evaluated and treated by a cardiologist. Also, antidepressants such as ssris that are usually recommended to treat anxiety can cause atrial fib! benzodiazepines would help and not cause it but can cause dependence. Treat the atrial fib first!