Anxious Today

[Outdoorsman37]

My anxiety has been bad today. I've been dealing with this for months. I get rest, but it's usually vivid dreams. I've tried so many different things to try and calm down. It does help, but the anxiety comes again. I've been everywhere for help and they kept say anxiety. I just wish I could feel better soon.

 

[suzzeeb]

I know how you feel. I've always had it but since summer I've been in pretty bad shape with my anxiety. I wish I could sleep even with vivid dreams! I actually just had another doctor's appointment this morning because 2 nights last week I only could sleep about an hour and woke up with a racing heart and couldn't go back to sleep. I have constant pounding heart and feeling shaky. I have tried prozac recently but stopped after a week. This time he put me on something else, and I am going to try as hard as I can to keep taking it. I think it's my anxiety that keeps me from really giving medication a try, but I can't go on like this much longer.

They say exercise and healthy diet really helps, so maybe you could try that? I do relaxation and meditation, but so far that hasn't really been working yet for me. I think I let it go too long this episode to get a handle on it.

I hope you feel better soon.

 

[Outdoorsman37]

Hi, I was really struggling yesterday. I decided to go for a walk and did some fishing. Once I got back I took a hot bath. That helped me feel a lot better. I'm usually able to sleep, but I dream a lot.

I think my anxiety comes on strong when I start obsessing about how I'm feeling. I get a lot of symptoms from it like pounding heart, feeling restless, headaches, shaky, etc. I need to change my thoughts. Hope you feel better soon too!

 

[Cuchculan]

That is called inward thinking. You focus on things like your heart or your breathing or your pulse and after a while you begin have problems with these things. Going fishing was a massive distraction. Took your mind off of things. That is what you need to do more of.

 

[suzzeeb]

Fishing would be an awesome distraction! I love fishing. I live in Washington state so it's dreary, dark, and raining every day right now. I would normally try to go to the park for a walk with my dog, but right now I have nothing to distract me at all. All I do is think about how bad I'm doing and how I'm getting worse and on and on, and now with Covid I don't want to be out in the stores or mall too much either, so I feel trapped. At least last winter I was picking up my grandson from preschool and had him for a few hours while my daughter was at work, but I don't even have that now so just sit at home cleaning (which there isn't much to do with just 2 of us) waiting for my husband to come home to make dinner. This year is the perfect storm for anxiety!

 

[Outdoorsman37]

Fishing would be an awesome distraction! I love fishing. I live in Washington state so it's dreary, dark, and raining every day right now. I would normally try to go to the park for a walk with my dog, but right now I have nothing to distract me at all. All I do is think about how bad I'm doing and how I'm getting worse and on and on, and now with Covid I don't want to be out in the stores or mall too much either, so I feel trapped. At least last winter I was picking up my grandson from preschool and had him for a few hours while my daughter was at work, but I don't even have that now so just sit at home cleaning (which there isn't much to do with just 2 of us) waiting for my husband to come home to make dinner. This year is the perfect storm for anxiety!

I'm from the Northeast. It has been cloudy and chilly here lately. We did have a hot and dry summer for once though. Covid has made things a little tough here too with being cautious. Distractions work good sometimes with anxiety. I seem to have the worst time at night. I dream and wake up a lot. My dreams are really vivid and I never had that before. I have no idea what started it. I actually remember having out of nowhere anxiety attacks. I've been to doctors and psychiatrists and it's just anxiety. It's crazy how anxiety can make you feel. I think I worry that maybe they missed something and that makes it worse for me.

 

[DenimBlue]

I have the same thing. For a decade I tried to conquer it with diet, exercise, meditation etc. Finally my doctor suggested I may just be wired with a jacked up nervous system. I was prescribed Venlafaxine. It worked great. I still have anxiety but it is not so acute.

 

[Outdoorsman37]

I have the same thing. For a decade I tried to conquer it with diet, exercise, meditation etc. Finally my doctor suggested I may just be wired with a jacked up nervous system. I was prescribed Venlafaxine. It worked great. I still have anxiety but it is not so acute.

I'm glad you found something that works. Lately mine has been really acting up again. I've tried everything including meds and it still comes unexpectedly.