Anxious all the time!!!

[NewUserx]

I feel like my anxiety never goes away does anyone else feel like this?

Ever since my first panic attack abroad 6 month ago I have never felt relaxed.

I feel like I am always on edge.

My heart feels like it’s racing all the time.

I seem to struggle to get my breathe a lot.

My hands are always shaking.

I just can’t relax we went away for the weekend and I had at least 2 panic attacks but suffered terrible sensations all the time we were there.

I hate feeling like this..does anyone else always feel on edge?

[Jeff1943]

Yes of course others feel all those things, NewUserx, that's anxiety disorder. May I suggest you are falling in the trap of paying too much attention to your symptoms and not focussing on the cause: anxiety disorder due to over sensitised nerves which in turn is caused by the fear hormones you are releasing into your system.

If only you could stop producing fear hormones constantly you could break the vicious circle of anxiety causing symptoms causing more anxiety causing more symptoms etc.

These bad feelings aren't nice, we"ve all had them, but they aren't going to make you drop dead or make you rnd up in a wheelchair or send you mad. Anxiety does not have the power to do that, you have already experienced the worst anxiety can do, as BeeVee said recently there is no number 11 on the dial for turning up the volume on anxiety.

Oh yes you can! I know what you're thinking: you couldn't possibly stop yourself from feeling fearful. You do it by accepting all the symptoms calmly fir the time being knowing full well they are not 'terminal', just a bit of a nuisance which if you can 'accept' for long enough will go away. That's the story.

[marsbarr]

Yes, i am where you are and i hate it. It has been like this for about 2 months. Just comes out of the blue . I want it to stop. I try everything.

[Trees2357]

Yes. I've had this for Almost 5 years and it's worse because I'm afraid of it.

[NewUserx in reply to Trees2357]

I know its horrible people keep telling me to concentrate on what causes my fear and try and sort that but I don’t know what my fear is, these attacks just keep on happening I can’t even relax anymore.

[Hidden in reply to NewUserx]

try to see a doctor and give u medication it can help u to relax

[NewUserx in reply to Hidden]

Yeah I think I’m going too. Just don’t like the sound of the side effects but I think it’s time for help now.

[Hidden in reply to NewUserx]

yeah side effects are sucks i tried first 2 weeks are the worse im taking off the medication now

[Cforte]

Yes, me. Fighting it all the time is wearing me down. I have medication but refuse to take it...yet. I am going ton try CBT counseling first. So far I've been able to cope with and control my anxiety, but yes, I am still very much "on the edge" all day and all night and can have a panic attack at anytime.

[NewUserx in reply to Cforte]

It really sucks doesn’t it. I get so worried about going anywhere incase I have an attack in public I also feel so weak lately it’s a horrible feeling