Anxiety

[cdrozd]

33 year old and have been struggling with depression and anxiety since my early 20s. Last few weeks I have been struggle with my anxiety and feel like it’s all spinning out if control. Looking for advice different coping mechanism or medications to try. I feel like I’m going crazy

[Malumaf]

Personally I never thought this would work for me but it actually does, mediation podcasts help, especially for falling asleep, it just helps take your mind off of everything and just realize it’s ok to feel what you feel sometimes and you just gotta feel it and let it happen for a bit and it’ll let you go eventually

[cdrozd in reply to Malumaf]

So you have any podcast you would recommend? I have never tried that

[Malumaf in reply to cdrozd]

If you have an Apple product I recommend opening the podcast app and typing in mediation oasis podcast and the one I like has a like drawing of a woman on it and they have a mediation for everything from sleep, sos anxiety, renewal, stress, anything you can think of they have it, if you can’t find it I’ll see if there’s a link I can send

[KittenMam]

Do you know what triggered it?

[cdrozd in reply to KittenMam]

Really no idea. The other day at work I was sitting there checking in a patient then I felt that huge wave of adrenaline run through my body out of nowhere then the rapid heart beat and sweating. After it gets that bad it takes awhile for me to calm back down. I have have a RX of clonzepam I take if needed but sometimes that really doesn’t help much. After big episodes like that I feel myself having this internal battle for week/months of I just need to relax and breathe and stay positive vs I never going to get better. Which in turn makes me more anxious..... it’s such a vicious cycle I hate it

[SirGrits]

Hey cdrozd, I feel your pain. Once we realize what's going on with ourselves, as you've done since your 20's, we start to recognize the signs. And similar to addiction recovery and the loss of a loved one; it's never really over is it. Hang in there, keep up the self awareness.

Have you considered seeing a therapist?

For me, when I feel my anxiety amping up I have go back to journaling my thoughts and analyze them critically.

[cdrozd in reply to SirGrits]

Yes I actually do both but seems which definitely helps. Although once I get fixated on my anxiety it seems to Spiral.