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[21pilot73]

I feel out of control. Like I can’t control my thoughts I hate my life and what this is doing to my daughter especially she has bipolar I feel like I’m losing my mind I’m scared of everything this anxiety is out of control in my obsessive thoughts just keep coming and coming

[Weelon]

What kind of thoughts are you having? Some thoughts are not real, don’t believe everything you hear. Try & distract yourself.

[ShadowChat]

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Please check out the following crisis resources from the NIH: nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help — there’s no reason to suffer through all of this by yourself! There are people who can help.

[Daveacr1959]

I know how you feel. For the first time in 61 years this happened to me, when I had to battle a rare cancer. While still dealing with my life long anxiety disorder. I know I sound like a broken record, but I will give you what I have been using for 50 years. Get 45-60 minutes of daily cardio exercise to produce endorphins that battle your anxiety and depression. Know that tough times don’t last and you can make it. You have family that loves you and sacrificed to raise you, so we owe it to them to get through the hard times . Your daughter needs you and I know you want to pull it together for her. Sometimes if the excercise and sleep doesn’t work, people need medicine and a counselor. I am in remission 18 months, but I guess I can’t get the fear of reoccurrence from my subconscious mind. They had to put me on blood pressure medicine, and I didn’t need it before the illness. Stress related. I am here for you, as much as I need you for me. We will do our best, all we can do is our best. We have to rid ourselves of the stinking thinking. Swimming laps has been great for me. Burns off steam and stress and calms me down and helps me sleep. But if you don’t have a gym I can tell you many things you can do at home for exercise. Some of us are like the hamster who needs the treadmill.

[Married1978]

It sounds like maybe you're ruminating. I have a *** of a time with it. For me, the longer I do it the worse my anxiety gets, and it's unbearabl le. It helps for me is talking to my therapist and with cognitive behavior therapy to test my thoughts. Don't believe these thoughts. I also let my psychiatrist know so she can adjust my meds as needed.I can't say it takes all of those away but sometimes it helps to have a therapist practice repeated. I only started therapy after a visit to psyche wears 3 years ago . I really did not know bipolar could do this to me. I thought I was the only person having trouble with ruminating. Well we aren't. There are many of us.

I think maybe family therapy also? A therapist can help your daughter understand bipolar and how to control it with medications and therapy.

I hope you can find peace again (staying out of your head more) . I know there is help out there. First we have to accept that we have it and we aren't doing well on our own. Reading articles articles about bipolar and treatments. It was very difficult for me, but I finally did it for my family. My adult children did not want me caring for their children until I got control. I feel I'm getting better at recognizing symptoms and seeking help before it gets bad

[m_stok1]

I had also gone through a similar situation. I'm a working woman, and I work more than 9 hours a day. And I need to travel 2 hrs to my office. But everything was going well and smoothly. My parents were taking care of my children as my husband was also working out of town. But two months ago my manager took a leave of six months, and I had an immense workload and pressure. Somehow I tried to manage but things went wrong when I started to feel some type of emotions. It was like I just forget everything. I'm not able to concentrate on my work or rather at home. I felt lost! And the most terrible thing was I stopped taking care of my children. I tried hard but nothing was changing. By seeing this situation my family insisted me to consult a psychiatrist or a counselor. But I was even not ready for that. My father finally compelled me and took me to a counselor. The consultant asked me a set of ten questions. And I was surprised that her questions were the correct problems of my life. She told me that this is an anxiety disorder and needs to take anxiety therapy immediately (cognitivebehaviourtherapyto.... The therapy includes a set of morning exercises and a tablet of acidity. Now I'm feeling far better. So, in my opinion, you should also attend one. Because your daughter really needs your care and support.

[NimmzJoey87]

I feel you should seek professional help soon. Take care