Bad bad bad anxiety this morni...

Bad bad bad anxiety this morning. Im so sick of this 😞😞

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Im so sick too of this anxiety 😢

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I am so upset over it. I even took my meds and my mind still goes and works me up bad 😞 I honestly don't know what to do anymore

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I feel like im losing my mind

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I don't think i even know what it feels like not to be anxious. Sure, I can put on a fake smile like anyone else, but deep down not really happy and always worried.

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Well when I take my meds I start to feel okay but they really don't take effect for about an hour after I take them. And I get nervous to take them. I get shaky and everything just because I don't like using pills but if I don't I seriously think im going to die

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I know some people rely on pills but have you looked into CBT ? It's good therapy that has results and they will get you off the pills and find the root cause of your anxiety and challenge your thoughts in order for you to cope better with anxiety or in some causes elimante your anxiety (that is of its caused by something, rather than just generalised anxiety).

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I had it in the early hours of the morning and I start my new job today and needed the sleep lol. I feel like you every time, especially when I have a few days of peace and quite and then anxiety appears again. It makes me think what's the point in trying to live my life because I feel like I can't or that I'm going to die soon, so there is no point in trying. Just remember the feelings pass though, that few days of joy comes back, much like depression it eventually passes, it does require a lot of positivity and just taking all the hardship you are handed. Do something you enjoy, what's your hobbies ? Try them out or find new hobbies and interest that make you feel happy and excited to learn. Do a little meditation, burn some incense, listen to some mellow meditation music and focus on your breathing and just reaming in the moment and letting all thoughts come and go, don't fixate on them your mind just let them all flood in with entertaining them. Just focus on the Aroma and the music and feel the relaxation flood over you. Oh and also remember that during your bad time with anxiety, thousands of others around the world are having the same feelings at the exact same time as you, maybe feeling like you are not alone in your time of need might bring you a little solace.

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Thanks for the awesome comment DMcghie! I haven't looked into anything other than the pills I take. I deal with a lot of things through out my day. The jaw pain from me clenching down on my teeth hard the chest pains the muscle pains. And my stomach has been a big issues and therefore I am not eating enough and not giving my body what it needs. I do feel hungry at times but when I start to eat I get sick. There's just so many thoughts through out my day and my anxiety has consumed me. Every day it is something new. Something new wrong with me. Then I sit there and dwell on it. I am glad I found this site. I go on and realize that I am not alone and people suffer everyday with the same problems. Its an awful feeling and a nasty thing and I hope everyone finds their peace with it. It makes me sad to think that anyone could feel this way. I try hard every single day to just put my mind at ease with everything and then get shoot back down with the anxiety kicks in again. I have been told many times by doctors and even the Er that there is nothing seriously wrong with me and that most of my anxiety is causing me to feel the way I do or to think something is wrong. It is so scary in my mind tho. I just feel stuck. I feel like my world has gone black. I look forward to night time because I feel somewhat at peace with myself and know its almost time to go to bed. But I think getting through the day is the hardest part of it all. I will be looking into other things and am going to talk to my doctor because I cannot live like this and I refuse to give up.

[DMcghie in reply to Hidden]

Yeah you defo should look into CBT. Therapy usually doesn't work but CBT is relatively new and is making strides for people with depression and anxiety, especially generalised anxiety which is what you have by the sounds of it, as do I.

I'm starting to get better now, you eventually get to a point or find methods in which you cope better with anxiety, most days I'm oaky now but sometimes I'm low and generally it's my palpitations that trigger my attacks, if I got rid of them i would virtually have no anxiety, well I would be it would just be me feeling low which I would trade for the fear the of a coming heart attack due to the rapid heartbeat and palpitations and constant weird pains all over my body.

CBT is great for it though because the psychiatric doctors challenge every thought you have and challenge you to think why you have that thought process and usually they pull up things you where doing sub consciously and can get your head to think in a different way, which obviously helps anxiety because somewhere in our lives we have had this abstract thought pattern that's caused us all this anxiety and we don't know why but it remains a triggers without us knowing it. If we elimante this way we think, we can revert our mind into going back to normal.

They will also get you off the pills slowly. I never went down the pills root but my ex girlfriend did and they virtually destroyed her, the pills keep you at a status que so you do feel better when you are on them, but as soon as your not on them the anxiety comes back worse. You then rely on them and it makes matters worse be user your coping mechanism is gone and is replaced for chemical dependency.

CBT will help you though, it will slowly but surly get you off the pills and back on the right track in life.

As for the stomach issues, I would suggest trying to get a balanced diet, I know it's hard when you have anxiety but try to get as much nutrition as possible and even some exercise, doesn't need to be intense, just go out a walk in the evening after dinner, enjoy all the smells and sounds of nature, maybe throw on some music you like and just get a brisk walk on the go, this will slowly build up your health and stop you feeling run down, not to mention excercise for some reason suppresses anxiety, it also uses up all that excess adrenaline that's always flooding your body. So not only are you improving your health but your are using up all that adrenaline that's making your feel panicky for a good use.

Oh and take multi vitamins. I have GERD due to anxiety so I've got heart burn a lot due to it, anxiety unfortunately causes stomach acid level to drop and gives you some horrible feelings, not to mention every panic attack or anxiety attack/ stress uses up a severe amount nutrients and mineral in your body, so the supplement will give back some that is lost during your anxiety and this will make you feel less crappy feeling.

Hope all will be well with you and you always have a community to come and talk to when feeling at your lowest. Just remember anxiety will never go away, but we can live with it and reduce it, it's not a death sentence, even though it feel like it. We can take life back and show this disorder that we are the real masters of our life, not it.