Today I am feeling kind of anxious and I cant shake it. Although my week has been pretty positive I have this overwhelming feeling of just anxiety. Not for any particular reason but I just am. Its preventing me from eating today, although over the last two weeks I have been eating on a daily basis. Well I guess I do know why, there is so much going on in my life right now. One, I am not happy where I live. I found that out last weekend after a year and a half of being so far away from home. From my family. My fiancé is going into surgery to remove spots from his intestine that look cancerous. His religious parents who has disowned him will be in town this evening and I do not in the least bit like or respect them. I started class again this week. I am thinking of leaving my management position until I finish my degree program. I have Xanax and while I really don't want to take it, it need to get some relief. I am afraid of how it will make me feel.
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If you have an overwhelming feeling of just anxiety for no particular reason, you may have GAD---Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Can you feel this general anxiety trying to fasten itself to some particular thing so that you will then have a phobia about that thing? i.e. fear of a doorknob, or a electrical outlet, electrical appliance, anything at all? Fear of a particular thing contains the general anxiety and makes it easier to avoid rather than a general fear.
I have GAD and I refuse to let it attach to anything except public speaking---I seem to have only partial control over that. But the point is I can feel the anxiety trying to attach itself to birds, fences, electricity, anything it wants, and I refuse to do that. I don't know why I don't have any chance to control it when it tries to attach to public speaking---I'm not even present when it does it!!!
The last thing I want is to acquire a phobia which now must be undone by desensitization---a slow process of gradual exposure to the very thing I'm afraid of. It's much easier to not acquire the phobia from the start.
That makes sense. I think its already tried to attach itself to the bathroom at my house but i have been forcing myself to use that bathroom instead of others
Hello and welcome. BonnieSue covered a great deal in her reply to you, so I'll just address the uncertainty you have about Xanax. If you have never taken it before, I can understand why you might be undecided.
If it was prescribed by your doctor to help you get through your current situation, you might want to call the doctor about your concern.
Xanax can be prescribed in various strengths, such as 1mg, .5mg, 1mg slow & continuous release over hours, etc.
Your anxiety situation is different from mine, so I can only share my experience. Xanax 1mg in the morning and Xanax 1mg an hour before bed has been beneficial to me. It eases my anxiety, and I have not noticed any negative side effects. And I do not drink alcohol. Your doctor and pharmacist probably have told you not to drink alcohol while taking Xanax.
If you decide to take Xanax, please don't stop taking it without consulting the prescribing doctor. There could be withdrawal effects. You doctor can instruct you how to discontinue Xanax safely.
Take care of yourself first, and you will be fine. It just isn't easy, particularly with all that is happening in your life at the moment. There is always someone here on at this venue for you.
I have rhe smallest dpes of xanax but i dont like taking meds as it is and i dont like meds that make me feel high. I wont even take benedryl or nyquil because i feel high.
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I feel like a failure. 
Not feeling the greatest 
I feel guilty for feeling happy 
Feeling overwhelmed 
Feeling Heartbroken...:'(
