What now...

I've suffered from anxiety for only two month and I already cannot cope. There is no light at the end of the tunnel, I seriously can't cope anymore...

[Agora1]

Hi mk09, I was re-reading your post from 2 months ago. Has anything changed at all? The light is there at the end of the tunnel but until stressors are addressed in our life, the light will keep getting further away. You need to find an answer to your question, "What now"

We are all here to help you the best we can. xx

[Hidden]

Nothing is getting better, I honestly can't even cope anymore... I don't even want to be here

[tilge22 in reply to Hidden]

i have had anxiety for about 3 months now and i have bad days and good days but i honestly live for the good days because they DO come. What helps for me when i start to feel anxious (which is pretty much all the time) i either get up and go on a walk to clear my head or try and have a conversation with a friend, not even about anxiety but about something that will take my mind off it. I know this may not help but from one anxious person to another i dont want you to give up because ive thought the same and still do but we have to fight through it!

[Mrworrymaster]

Sure you can. Don't let anxiety beat you. I know when I was at my lowest point I felt exactly the same as you, so I completely understand. But, trust that there will be better days.

[Hidden]

Thank you both for the replies, however, it just gets to much sometimes you know. I don't tend to worry as much now even though I've been diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder, I just feel like somethings not right and I can't put my finger on it. Have any of you experienced this?

[tilge22 in reply to Hidden]

I know exactly what you mean, most of the time I just want to escape my own body and I find it hard to speak to friends and family because they can't possibly understand how it feels to constantly be anxious because for me anxiety is super physical and sometimes even painful it just sucks. But when I have good days it makes me so happy! I've been to the doctors had scans and everything and they all say I'm fine so I know it's anxiety, we just have to try and get through it even though it's so hard I still have hope for me and for you!

[Hidden]

There is! I was at the middle of the tunnel from February until this early August. Now I am at the end of the tunnel, not outside yet but definitely at the end of the tunnel.

Here's how to make you comfortable:

If you feel something's wrong in your body, imagine medical students who study Pathology. They develop health anxiety big time but is able to cope with it. I asked my doctor how they were able to brush it of he said, "We just don't have time for it although it was really scary."

Does that make you feel good?

Don't give up!

[Hidden]

Anxiety has been affecting my relationship with my boyfriend really badly. However, I don't worry anymore, I just feel like something isn't right between us etc, I'm on medication for anxiety. Are you on any sort of medication?

[tilge22 in reply to Hidden]

I was on beta blockers but they really didn't help much so I stopped taking them, so I'm just trying to go the natural root , apparently meditating and yoga helps a lot. I have the same problem with my boyfriend I find myself getting mad with him all the time over small things because I'm over anxious and wish he would understand how I feel but we can't expect them to actually understand I always have to tell myself!

[Hidden]

Thanks tilge22! I've been diagnosed with GAD, depression, attachment disorder and borderline personality disorder. However, I barely have experienced any physical symptoms of anxiety apart from one panic attack and a weight on my chest sometimes, I shake a lot too, however, I know I don't have health anxiety but I just feel like something isn't right

[Pearwig]

Dear mk09, You should make contact with your GP, who may give you medication to help you through this time in your life. I have been on antidepressants for over 10 years, and expect to be on them for the rest of my life. I do not feel ashamed of this, because bad stuff has happened to me. As a result, my brain has been irreversibly injured. Just as, if I had been hit by a car, my leg might have been permanently injured. You will get better!!! Pearwig.