Anxiety

[Chris1295]

5 days ago my anxiety started again, it’s been a year since it stopped and I felt perfectly normal for that whole year. Today I woke up with the feeling of dread, sadness, tiredness and no hope, it’s terrible, I remember feeling this last time also. Is this normal for anxiety. I do not take meds and never have iv alway just suffered thru, it’s terrible. Please respond

[Agora1]

Hi Chris, so many things can bring up anxiety at a moment's notice and if we give into

it, can last for a while. That's nothing bad, it's life. If you had anxiety stop for a year,

then you are one of the blessed ones. Most of us feel anxiety each and every day.

Maybe moments at a time we will forget but for the most part it greets us each day.

Learning to accept anxiety as a part of who we are is important as well as learning to

let it go. I would suggest having some "me time" where you can concentrate on yourself.

Meditation, breathing whatever may help reduce your anxious thoughts. This will pass

if you don't focus on it. Take care, you've got this Chris xx

[Chris1295 in reply to Agora1]

When I go Thru these months on anxiety , it’s an all day everyday thing, I wake up having hot flashes, all day I’m over things, Derealization and depersonalization are effecting me, nothing help I’m stuck in my head, Why does it last so long and why does it get so bad. And then one day it’ll just stop after all day everyday suffering for months

[Agora1 in reply to Chris1295]

First thing you must do Chris is take inventory of your life at the moment.

What is different or what is happening that prompts the anxiety level to rise?

There is usually a reason behind this. Once you realize what may be triggering

the heightened anxiety symptoms, then you need to work on getting control

of the situation. Either by medication or seeing a professional. Some anxieties

are situational and there is no answer at the moment. In those instances, we

need to learn how to accept something we cannot change. We cannot always

have control over stressful events however there are always answers as in how

we can tolerate them.

I personally use meditation and breathing as my 2 main methods to keep my

situational anxiety in check. I accept it as not being life threatening but life

changing for a while. I know that eventually it will pass. With using methods

to lower stress, it must be done every day multiple times a day to keep both

the mind and the body in check. Have you seen your doctor recently for this

issue (hot flashes) etc? We always need to rule out any physical issues that

may need to be addressed.

It's okay that you don't take meds but you can do something rather than

suffer through it. I also refer to YouTube which has a lot of credible information

regarding anxiety, DP/DR videos. I hope this helps some. xx

[Want2BHappy3]

That's happened to me, don't be Afraid of Medication it can help you get through it. It took some changing meds and doctors several times, no side effects. Better than suffering. You probably won't have to be in Medication the rest of your life. Anxiety has in the pass been so bad I had considered suicide.

[TheBlackdog]

Yes this is the same for me though I have had meds for over 10 years. I wonder if the medication works for me but I have been like you good for a year with no issues. It's been the best year for years. Suddenly a few days ago I had the same thing happen. I noticed I was feeling a bit down in my kids school playground concerned about her friendships, then I gir upset at the kitchen table because everything I try to feed them is complained about recently, so I suppose I felt like a rubbish mum. The normal feelings for any parent at times.

I went to bed and sobbed for a bit. Had some pain in the left of my temple, dizzy and heavy eyed. Some tingling in my body, my hands red hot at night for some reason.

At least you have the option to start taking meds if you wanted too. I'm already on them and its come back! What I have done is taken some time off work to look after my mind and trying to ignore it all by keeping myself busy. Today however I am really knackered, eyes are tired and just want to close. I decided to give in to it today and rest on the sofa in my pyjamas!

Sometimes you just gotta stop. It's a sign to listen to my mind and body x