What started it?

[Isaack]

If I may ask what started your anxiety ?

[HearYou]

Was hit by semi-truck. Anxiety is part of my PTSD.

[Isaack in reply to HearYou]

Man. That sounds awful,but I'm glad your okay and alive!! When was this ?

[HearYou in reply to Isaack]

Thanks. Really not important. Been years.

I have a NY ass who adds his feeble sarcasm to every reply I give tonight because his MD won't RX Xanax, and mine does, so that's all I'll say.

I'll just report him to ADAA if he keeps it up.

[Isaack in reply to HearYou]

Yeah hope it works out!

[blackcat64013]

Workplace bulling long ago but still suffering although much better now

[Isaack in reply to blackcat64013]

Glad your getting better!! How do you handle your anxiety?

[blackcat64013 in reply to Isaack]

I have a monthly chat with my health support team ( doctor - physical and psychiatrist - mental wellbeing) then do some self help activities like playing sport /walking daily, improving sleep hygiene, progressive muscle relaxation and yoga stretches. Meditation doesn't seem to work for me.

The most helpful thing when anxiety and panic sets in is urge surfing - the act of acknowledging to myself that it is there, knowing it will build up like a wave in sea, then washes over you and then I will come back to a calm sea. If you need a safety net carry a card with a picture of a surfer on a wave as a reminder in your pocket.

[Isaack in reply to blackcat64013]

Thank you so much for the knowledge. I want to try everything I can to beat this monstor. Except medication

[Usagold]

Well...anxiety is actually fearful, negative thinking or apprehensive behavior, which most of us learned when we were young, but I think you mean what stressful event caused us to develop problematic anxiety with physical symptoms. I had a bout of anxiety, daily panic attacks, after my father died 20 years ago, took Celexa, and recovered fairly quickly. Had a major anxiety breakdown in 2015 during a very stressful time. I started having symptoms-- exhaustion, nervous stomach and heart symptoms... had CBT with a phone counsellor & eventually (after a year) got better without meds. A few weeks after my mother died this year in March, I started having nocturnal panic attacks and thought I was dying every time. It's been rough! I felt so bad I stopped going places for a while. Have had many symptoms, mostly heart related. I'm talking to a counsellor every other week, no meds other than beta blocker. Thankfully, my nerves seem to be calming down. What started your symptoms? And what are they?

[Isaack in reply to Usagold]

Wow. You went through so much. I'm sorry to hear about all of that. I hope you get better. Hopefully you will overcome this anxiety once again. What started mine was weed. It was the second time using it and then all of the sudden I panicked and my heart beat so fast and I went to the er and then here I am.

[HearYou in reply to Isaack]

Isaack,

Darryl corrected my situation. I'm going to shut down my laptop while I'm still ahead. I wanted to apologize again for having to cut my reply short. It happened 17 years ago. My anxiety is basically is a part of a PTSD . Look forward to "talking" with you another time. ok?

[Isaack in reply to HearYou]

No you are absolutely fine!! I hope everything goes well.

[Usagold in reply to Isaack]

No more weed, Isaac, here's your sign that you don't need it! I believe that your anxiety (tendency to worry & jump to the worst conclusion) was already there, and smoking just caused you to feel strange and out of control and you panicked. Something else (in my case it was stress from death of relative) would've eventually brought the problem to the surface. Now, you and I need to to learn from these difficult situations, which have alerted us to our faulty thought processes. We can overcome this anxiety!

[Isaack in reply to Usagold]

Your situation was an unfortunate tragety. I put myself in this situation. Thanks tho, I learned my lesson. And I guess I have to deal with it. Hopefully it gets better. I hope you can find hope and get rid of this anxiety. Anxiety truly sucks.

[TrippyMcGuire762]

Stress of uni and work, combined with heavy caffeine consumption (4-5 cans of energy drink on average daily), for a long duration to cope with my schedule, throw in witnessing a kid get his head bashed in with a baseball bat, and you get me at the point I'm at now.

[Isaack in reply to TrippyMcGuire762]

What? How is that kid? And man, sorry for that. I hope you don't drink coffee as often. Have you managed to get better as time passes?

[TrippyMcGuire762 in reply to Isaack]

Kid's learning to rewalk last I heard. Gave up caffeine after my first panic attack. Its only been 5 months since I was diagnosed so its still kinda a rollercoaster. I have a few posts on here about how things are going .

[Beliebermika]

STRESS, WORRY AND FEAR STARED MY ANXIETY

[DeeM3]

I grew up with a very anxious father whom would loudly verbalize his fears. That started it. Triggers as an adult included losing our son right before birth, heart issues during pregnancies, and having the stresses of raising children with a husband with ADHD and trying to work also.

[Isaack in reply to DeeM3]

I'm sorry to hear about your son. How is your physical health rightnow, are you good?

[Isaack]

Sorry I was confused, how did it go? Did you get the meds?

[Isaack]

What do you mean?

[Wyominganxiety]

Couldn't honestly say... had a stressful life but it actually seems like I just woke up and everything was different

[Isaack in reply to Wyominganxiety]

That's awful. I have always thought anxiety is caused by something

[Wyominganxiety in reply to Isaack]

Maybe alot of things caused it, I had my first son at 15 he's now going to be 18 graduating and joined the marine corps. My second son was born 3 months early so with flight for life and all that very stressful. My daughter I was not given enough of a spinal and felt some if the c section. My husband cheated on me with my best friend, my father in law committed suicide at 76. My now fiance of 8 years left me on Christmas 2 yrs ago so with all that blah ya I'm sure it helped spark something...

[Isaack in reply to Wyominganxiety]

How has it been

[Wyominganxiety in reply to Isaack]

I now have agoraphobia and severe panic disorder.. I have had it for almost 7 yrs. I'm on meds now but still have a very hard time..