DOES ANYBODY ELSE FEEL LIKE GETTING OLDER & DEALING W/ NEW ACHES & PAINS MAKES YOUR ANXIETY LEVELS GO UP ?*

[TriggerPoint]

I Just Turned 61.

I Worked All My Life In The Construction Industry. Now ? My Mind Feels No Different Than It Did When I Was 20 !* [ besides dealing with an anxiety disorder & ptsd & on disability from being burned badly in an explosion ].

I Can Function Just Like Everybody Else. I Mean It Didn't Cripple Me or Anything Like That, But, It's Almost Like The Very Day I Turned 60 ? EVERYTHING Has Been Coming Out Physically Saying, "You Are Getting Old" ! I Feel & Notice Every Ache & Pain From My Hard Labor In My Past & It's Showing Up With VENGEANCE !*

Over The Past Year ? I Am Looking At A Table Full Of Meds For This & That Thinking, " How'ed I Get Here In A Year ?" No REAL Bad Physical Problems Have Been Nailed Down, But I'm Like, " Why Am I On ALL These Pills Then" ?* I Even Started Back Having Those FULL BLOWN Anxiety Attacks Again. [ and we all know that sux ]

The Battle ? My Mind Says Get Up ! Get Out ! Walk ! DO SOMETHING ! Yet My Body Says OUCH ! I Have Found That This Raises My Anxiety Levels Greatly ! I'm Like, "Why Am I Sitting Here Wasting Away ?"... Life's Not Gonna Live It For Me ! Then When I Do Make Myself Get Out It's Like I'm Dreading To Do It. & As We ALL Know, Dread Is A Form Of Fear & That Raises Anxiety Levels & It's More Like A Chore Now Than A Simple Function In A Day.

Is It Aging ? Is It All These Drugs ? I Don't Know.

Thanks & Bless You !

[ Merry Christmas ]

TriggerPoint

[Agora1]

TriggerPoint, your post reminded me of my uncle who lived on a second floor

apartment for 60 years with my aunt. One Christmas, looking very concerned,

he expressed his worry about not being the man he was last year who could do

that flight of stairs w/o a hitch. He was 93, the year he told me that. He continued

to live many years after that just with some adjustments. It happens x

Merry Christmas!

[TriggerPoint in reply to Agora1]

Thanks !*

[hypercat54]

Tell me about it! I was always active and busy working full time all my life but when I turned 60 I noticed all the aches and pains and little things going wrong for the first time. I have to have around 5/6 meds per month and even though I feel 18 in my head I feel more like 81 in my body.

It definitely does make my mental health problems feel a lot worse. Getting old isn't for sissies that's for sure! x

[TriggerPoint in reply to hypercat54]

You Feel Me ! Thanks !

What Really Pisses Me Off Though Is Realizing That My Dad, Mom, Grandfather Ect..... At My Age LIVED & Done Whatever They Wanted. [ ? ] But ? I Don't Remember Them Being On All These Meds Either... Makes Me Wonder....

[Agora1 in reply to TriggerPoint]

You are so right. My mother worked until she was 70 and during that

time did all the holidays with a growing family. She had no anxiety and

lived life to the fullest. Is that the culprit?? Anxiety?

[hypercat54 in reply to TriggerPoint]

Well both of my parents were on meds but don't know about grandparents. I think maybe you just remember that they weren't on anything and that they did what they wanted rather than it being the exact truth? Memory is a funny thing.

I only ever remember 1 granny coz the others died before I was born. Maybe this was due to lack of meds? x

[fauxartist]

YES....

[notlrac]

I'm only in my 40's and I feel this way a bit. Yes, mentally, it seems like I'm 20! Or like I was just 20 yesterday, like I shouldn't be the age I am. I've been dealing with diabetes for 20 years, taking insulin for 10. I've been seeing therapists and mental health professionals since I was in 3rd grade. Everywhere I go, I have to take my insulin. If I travel, i need to haul my CPAP machine with me. There is no spontaneity anymore. Hasn't been for awhile. And I worry about getting cancer constantly. I take a boatload of meds, too. I look at my Dad, and he's 76, and been smoking since he was 10. He never worries about anything, especially not his health. He just wakes up each day, and lives his life. Don't know how I didn't end up inheriting that perspective, but I wish I did.

[TriggerPoint in reply to notlrac]

I KNOW How It Feels....

Bless You~*

[gerg]

If every time the dog barked you threw it a treat, you would have a dog that constantly barks.

This is my philosophy of our bodies and meds. I do take medication for serious issues, but I am cautious about anything more. Some medications that I have taken had worse side effects than the original condition. I listen to my doctors, but I make it clear that I don’t want any medication that I can live without. Giving in to pain begets more pain. It isn’t easy sometimes but it is easier the next time.

Kind of like immersion therapy.

[TriggerPoint in reply to gerg]

Thanks. I HATE Being Dependent On Meds !* I Read ALL About Them Too. Side Effects & The Whole Nine Yards. These Are The One's Right Now:

Xanax Oral celecoxib Oral tizanidine Oral omeprazole Oral Paxil Oral Hyzaar Oral bisoprolol fumarate Oral nifedipine Oral .

What Do They ALL Have In Common ?

Tiredness, Weakness, Loss Of Energy, Sinus Problems Ect...Ect....

I Wondered Many Times If ALL Of The Meds Are Causing My Get Up & Go, To Be Gone & Went !* And MOST Of ALL Of Them Just Can't Be Stopped. It's Dangerous ! PLUS The Interactions Of These Meds Must Be "Closely Monitored" By A Doctor Because Of The Possibility Of Liver & Kidney Damage ! Outa ALL These Docs I've Ben Seeing Over The Past Year ? NOBODY Is Closely Monitoring ANYTHING !* Why Does That Bother Me ?

Well, When I Cared For My Mother Before She Passed Over, She Was On ALLOT Of Meds That Required The SAME Monitoring. She Was In Rehab For Falling & They Called Me & Told Me They Had To Take Her To The Hospital For Pneumonia. I Was Told That What Would Take Her Out Would Be Her Lungs. Well ? Two Days Later They Called & Said The Pneumonia Had Cleared Up !* But They Wanted Her To Stay A Few More Days. TWO Days Later ? My Mom Had Died From What ? KIDNEY FAILURE !*