Has anyone here ever notice that thier anxiety runs on a cycle?

[Pandanae]

I've been writing down and recording the nights that my anxiety feels overwhelming and seems to be at its worst. I've noticed a pattern. My anxiety seems to be at its worst at the end of every other month. I can a go month or two with things almost being normal, but USUALLY by the end of the third month around the same day I'll have a bad episode where the anxiety just takes over, or feels overwhelming. Anyone else notice thier anxiety has a pattern? I also notoced that I'm sometimes more emotional or feeling more depressed than normal a few days before the anxiety starts.

 

[Jonathan123]

I've been writing down and recording the nights that my anxiety feels overwhelming and seems to be at its worst. I've noticed a pattern. My anxiety seems to be at its worst at the end of every other month. I can a go month or two with things almost being normal, but USUALLY by the end of the third month around the same day I'll have a bad episode where the anxiety just takes over, or feels overwhelming. Anyone else notice thier anxiety has a pattern? I also notoced that I'm sometimes more emotional or feeling more depressed than normal a few days before the anxiety starts.

It's what I call the 'YO YO effect', up one day down another. I think that if we anticipate that it will return at a certain time it will. It is mainly about 'triggers'. Something begins the episode of anxiety. It is all very subtle and we so often can't find the cause.
In women the menstrual cycle can play a big part in the pain of anxiety sufferers. Most women have some emotional problems at that time, although mostly mild. But in anxiety everything is exaggerated. I have not noticed a pattern in those I have spoken to over the years, but it may be so. Has anyone else had this experience?