Is this anxiety?

[Shipsteerer]

I’m struggling to know what’s wrong with me.

Basically I seem to have a sense of dread quite a lot of the time. When I stop to think through it, nothing has changed in my life. The fizzing stomach feeling seems to be there a lot though. Like something awful is going to happen but it’s not clear what.

I function day to day - get my son to school, hold down a busy job - but I I’ve got awful brain fog at times, and I procrastinate, I can’t seem to make decisions easily. I hate it. Things seem like a massive effort.

Wtf is wrong with me?

It could be anxiety- the ability to function but the underlying hum of not being settled and something isn't right. It could be anxiety related to peri menopause/menopause depending on your age?

Do you wake up with it?

Thanks madamegazelle. Yes, I suppose it could be - I’m 51.

No idea if I’m still having periods as I’ve got a coil. No hot flushes though and not aware of any other symptoms unless achy joints counts.

Yes, my sleep’s rubbish at the moment. Im putting that down to wine though and needing the loo at 4am, then my brain is racing and I can’t get back to sleep so I read the news on my phone Basically doing all the stuff that’s not helpful.
And then repeating the next night.

Self sabotaging really.

Welcome to peri-menopause/menopause.

My first thought was peri. Maybe talk to GP about possible HRT, but magnesium and exercise will also help.

Achy joints count!

Yep, peri menopause.
How much are you drinking and how often ?

You may be experiencing symptoms of menopause. As another person suggested, could this be due to your alcohol intake?

www.menopausematters.co.uk/greenescore.php

Alcohol and caffeine both tend to exacerbate anxiety and they also affect my quality of sleep so it might be worth having a couple of weeks off them and seeing how you feel?