Morning Anxiety

[Joimom16]

Hiya, is there anyone suffering from morning Anxiety....mine started 6 months after my daughter was born....I have postpartum Anxiety and Generalized Anxiety Disorder....I will ask my doc for ways I can manage it....Anyone else have suggestions???? Thanks in advance!

[Vbee]

This is my worst time! Best thing is to get up and be active straight away. Have a shower, go for a walk, have a cup of tea, pu t a load of washing on, weed the garden - anything that engages you and pulls your thoughts away from how awful you feel. It is because of the cortisol in your system which peaks at about 4am and dissipates during the day. To reduce the cortisol do a meditation or relation session during the day and try not to eat too much processed food and cut sugar out completely. Good luck - i feel your "pain" . I used to be driving my kids to school sobbing the whole way just because of the morning anxiety and sadness but by afternoon i was the life of the party !! 😘

[Joimom16 in reply to Vbee]

Thank you...I have noticed when I get up moving I feel better! It's so annoying lol

[Vbee in reply to Joimom16]

I know!! Have a look at a book called DARE response by Barry McDonagh. It is amazing how it teaches you to approach anxiety in a completely different way. Once you buy the book (i got mine on amazon kindle) you can then join the facebook forums and they are so fantastic as the vibe is so much more positive than here - everybody is intent on helping themselves and recovering rather than continually repeating their symptoms. Cannot recommend it highly enough!! Best $ you can spend. 👍

[Renesia]

Hi am Renesia and am recovering fr anxiety.i had a really hard.am really tired of these feelings.

[Drene]

Hi joimom16, I too have postpartum anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder. Started a MTH after giving birth. I am still struggling today. Can you help me understand the head feeling. I can't even deal with the sun it affects me some how. In my head I get like twitches and a little ache here and there. I get tightness and just weird feelings in my head. I get palpitations too, I am thinking to try magnesium. Hope you will reply I love your positivity.

[Joimom16 in reply to Drene]

Good morning...I hope you are feeling better. It has been two years since this post and omggggg I must say I had to do some research. Two years ago is when my anxiety started... I didnt know how to deal with it until I became a member of this site. It has helped me tremendously. I started doing yoga and keeping myself busy. I also take medicine. But through it all I managed to get my college degree in Psychology and that was AMAZING. The more you keep busy the better it will be. The head feeling is just the brains way of trying to calm down. I still get the head feeling and depersonalization too....One thing for sure is that you will get use to having anxiety and will be able to control it yourself. There will be days that the anxiety tries to defeat you and you will cry. But guess what that cry will help you feel much better!

[Agora1 in reply to Joimom16]

Hi Joimom16, it's hard to believe two years have gone by.

I see Congratulations are due in getting your college degree in

Psychology x

So happy for you. Hope life continues to treat you kind and

when it doesn't, it's okay to cry. Hugs, Agora1 xx

[Arlene99 in reply to Agora1]

Hi Agora, I was wondering how things are going with you, I have not been on the forum to much as I was feeling so much better, but it’s a great place to come when u hit a pothole in the road. But I do hope things are well with u, please let me know how u are coping xx

[Agora1 in reply to Arlene99]

Hi Arlene99, I'm doing good, thanks for asking x

My b/p is great since my cardiologist changed the time

of day I take it. It's amazing what a difference it made.

As much as I miss seeing some of the people I've met through

the last 4 years (this August), it's always nice to hear the reason

being they are doing better

We're always here, I'm always here (I'm totally addicted now) lol...

Even if there are no "potholes" in your journey, stop by from time

to time and bring me a smile. xx

[Arlene99 in reply to Agora1]

Good to hear things are going well Agora, I will defo pop by from time to time, as I know I’m in no way cured of the dreaded anxiety, but trying to live with it & not let it control me. Take Care for now xx

[Arlene99 in reply to Agora1]

Hi Agora, I saw that u had replied to someone’s post regarding palpitations. What I have been experiencing today is like a fluttering but it seems to be on the right hand side of my chest....the more I focus on it the more it happens. I’m due to have an echocardiogram on Thursday to rule out angina, just would value ur thots on this matter x

[Agora1 in reply to Arlene99]

Hi Arlene, I've experienced flutters at times in different areas of the

body. My knees, stomach and even upper chest. I've always thought

of it as an exaggerated nervous reaction to overusing those muscles.

Sometimes I'm able to go back and remember doing something that

may have promoted that fluttering. With the right upper chest, it usually

happens for me after I've been using the broom sweeping off the snow

from the porch. As I relax later, the fluttering will start up.

It doesn't sound like anything serious. See what happens with your echo on

Thursday. I'm due for one in a couple months myself. Good Luck let us

know how you do. xx

[Arlene99 in reply to Agora1]

Thanks so much for responding Agora. Now that u have said that, I have been knitting non-stop, because I find that distracts me from my anxiety & thinking my right arm/chest is the part that moves all the time when I’m knitting......do u think that’s a possibility. Ive never had an echo before, but they said they would arrange for me to have one to rule out angina being a possible cause of my chest pain.....which I might add has now subsided 😘😘

[Agora1 in reply to Arlene99]

Absolutely Arlene can be caused from knitting... See, once we

dissect the pain we feel and find a reason, the pain goes away.

Knit away my friend. It's good to keep busy with something productive xx

[Arlene99 in reply to Agora1]

Thanks Agora much appreciated. Im off on a bus trip today, so I’m hoping my anxiety does not rear it’s ugly head.....trying hard to be positive.....can’t do my knitting on the bus ha ha. Hope ur coping well and having good days too. I can’t remember where u said that lived, I’m in Glasgow xx

[Agora1 in reply to Arlene99]

Chicago here Hope your day is going well Breathe xx

[Arlene99 in reply to Agora1]

Can’t believe that ur at the other end of the world, but we’re able to support each other in this way.....ain’t the internet very useful. I had a gd day today....weather was beautiful. Feeling a bit stressed now about this echo tomorrow, don’t know whether to cancel or not. Hope u had a gd day too x

[Agora1 in reply to Arlene99]

Oh Arlene, don't cancel. I've had them many times and there's nothing

to it. I'm glad your day went well today. Let me know how it went tomorrow. xx

[Arlene99 in reply to Agora1]

Just what I needed to hear this morning Agora .....a wee bit of encouragement from u, thanks for that. It’s 06.30 here & my appt is at 08.10 & I’ve been up since 05.00, I have to go myself I wish I had someone to come with me.....but I appreciate ur support all those miles away. I sitting here trying so hard to calm myself down. Will let u know how it goes later x

[Agora1 in reply to Arlene99]

xx I'm with you in spirit

[Arlene99 in reply to Agora1]

I went for the scan....I was a total nervous wreck, but everything is normal and nothing to worry about other than getting the anxiety controlled again. I also got a phone call today from counsellor as I have been waiting on CBT appt for a few months now, they have a cancellation next Monday so I am going there. Will keep u posted on my progress x

[Agora1 in reply to Arlene99]

A big smile sent your way Arlene. I'm so proud of you and happy that you have

this behind you now with good news besides x

It's funny how things happen for the best. Good Luck with your CBT appt on Monday. Thanks for updating me. I care. xx

[Arlene99 in reply to Agora1]

Thanks so much for ur support....it means a lot to me. Take care for now 😊😊

[Joimom16]

Hello agora....thank you! It's been very hard as I have also been diagnosed with the fear of people (Anthropophobia) I just take it one day at a time, and come here for support! 💕💕💕