Overwhelmed with anxiety

[maizeandblue]

Hello everyone,

I have been having a rough go at work and to complicate matters I need to fly across the country to give a presentation to meet the residency requirement of my doctoral program. This has made me full of anxiety. Between work and thinking of flying I have felt horrible the past 3 days. I fly out on Sunday (trying to at least) and was wondering what others do to help with their fear of flying. It wouldn't be as bad if it wasn't for the stress that work brought which more or less created a double whammy of anxiety for me. Any help is much appreciated.

[healthkarma]

How long is the flight? Some flights have the anti-anxiety films or audios to listen to, these may help.
Someone has told me that antihistamines can help you to relax on the flight... I am going to try next time :)
I absolutely get petrified before flights. I try to make sure I get plenty of sleep before flight and have some lemon balm or chamomile tea, it may not take the anxiety away but helps to cope with it a bit better.

[maizeandblue]

Thank you for the advise. It's a four hour flight. Longest I've been on personally. If it wasn't for being overwhelmed with work and other things I wouldn't feel so anxious...