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Anxiety support, Hand hold or chit chat come say hi #2

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Fairydust26 · 12/03/2018 20:56

Hi everyone this is part 2 as the original thread is full up! But as the title says this thread is support for all that are struggling and could do with a handhold and a chit chat so come and say hello😊.

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Iblinkedandiamold · 18/09/2018 20:08

I just feel a little sad and disappointed. I don't understand how he could send a message telling me he loves me last week to a long rant about not wanting anything to do with me.
Everyone keeps telling me he'll come back around but I have my doubts.
Still if it had happened a few months ago I probably wouldn't be here.
I am going to take my last sleeping pill tonight. I've had them since Feb. I think I should be okay then as long as he/she(gf) doesn't contact me again.

wtf2015 · 18/09/2018 23:01

Hey can I join? My anxiety is shocking at the moment. I've been off venlafaxine for 6 months and was doling so well until work stress and kid stress and relationship stress tipped me over the edge.

Embracethechaos · 19/09/2018 10:14

I'm so glad bubs asleep now. She had a lie after her early morning feed so my dh picked her up as she woke up just before he was leaving for work whereas usually she's awake when he's getting ready and we have the morning as a family. This morning after she finished her feed she was in a bad mood and took her an hour to go to sleep. At some point this morning when I was changing a nappy I heard dogs barking. It's a regular thing but it really set me off. I'm always worried my dogs escaped and got into a fight. I was busy so couldn't check on my dog but saw out the window the reactive labrodor that lives down our road setting off the noisy one's opposite. I love dogs but my dog is quiet and has pinned other dogs twice and neighbours dogs sound just like the squeeling my dog caused on a daily basis. I keep my dog on lead and to pavements but even so in my area there are dogs off lead by a busy road. The thing that surprised me was my physical reaction to the noise, racing heart then feeling a but faint carrying baby so worrying about stairs. I haven't been like that since before meds but I am glad I'm feeling things. Yesterday I felt strongest love towards my baby when singing to her. When I was pregnant before meds I actually felt dizzy and worried about walking down stairs as I was anemic as well as anxious. Both were treated with medication at a similar time so it's hard to know what was caused by phisical and what's mental.

Embracethechaos · 19/09/2018 10:17
  • delete 'on a daily basis' he only pinned dogs twice as I keep him under control. First time was off lead on a walk, second time he escaped our garden and got the neighbours visiting dog. Both dogs were OK.
HowToCureNaturally · 19/09/2018 12:07

Hello All,
It is really hard to cope up anxiety, But you people can give a try one natural remedy for effective relief

Lavender oil tends to generate a calming and relaxing effect on the body. It restores the nervous system’s peace. Lavender oil will help you get rid of panic attacks, tension, sleeplessness, irritability, restlessness and nervous stomach.

How to use?
Mix a few drops of lavender essential oil in warm water and inhale it with the steam.
You can take the capsules of lavender oil.

erinaceus · 21/09/2018 05:16

Lavender oil is a good suggestion actually, I have some somewhere.

Hi folks, sorry for butting in, massive anxiety spike this week due to work stress and also I am restarting therapy next week which I am beyond anxious about. I feel as if I had just gotten myself on an even keel and it's all kicked off again this month! Am seeing my brother this weekend, and then a friend on Monday, which should help, am also Very Glad it is Friday.

erinaceus · 21/09/2018 05:17

(Sorry for not replying to others' posts, needed to rant today mostly!)

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Fairydust26 · 21/09/2018 19:12

Hello to our new posters how’s everyone doing this evening?.

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BippityBoppity87 · 21/09/2018 19:43

I'm a lot better today. My dosage has been upped to 100mg sertraline. Although they never told me they were going to do that Hmm wasn't until I got my prescription today. So 6 weeks in, still very much up and down.

I'm quite anxious about going up a dose as the first time I went on sertraline it sent me a bit hyper, to the point I was wanting to paint my living room at 2 in the morning because I couldn't sleep and spending money like it was going out of fashion. Lasted about a week, although I didn't think anything was wrong at the time, then crashed. Worried it's going to happen again.

erinaceus · 21/09/2018 20:04

Much better now that the work week is over, I have a three-day weekend this weekend - good timing! (I planned to take Monday off a while back so that I could catch up with a friend.)

erinaceus · 21/09/2018 20:05

Thank you for asking!

BippityBoppity87 · 21/09/2018 20:09

That's good erinaceus I was hoping my in laws would take my son tonight just to give me a bit restbite, but they're working tomorrow, which is understandable. Do you work full time? I reduced my days to two days for about a month as I wasn't coping very well.

erinaceus · 21/09/2018 20:22

At the moment yes although I am trialing 80% hours from November to the end of the year. I want to see if that helps me, I might just end up doing all of the work in four days instead of feeling better overall.

erinaceus · 21/09/2018 20:23

I don't want to reduce my hours further. I don't have kids and I am passionate about my job when what happens this week isn't going on...it's temporary, should settle down in a couple of weeks...

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Fairydust26 · 21/09/2018 20:55

BippityBoppity87 I’m thinking I may have to up my dose to 100mg as well however it’s something I really don’t want to do as I would like to come of them eventually.. but I’m very up and down at the moment with anxiety which sucks!☹️

erinaceus enjoy your three day weekend!😊.

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BippityBoppity87 · 21/09/2018 21:02

Fairydust26 I'm quite anxious about it. I thought if they did up the dose, it may have been to maybe 75mg as I still haven't quite got over the side effects, nausea and not being able to sleep, even though I take it in the morning.

I was hoping I would be prescribed more sleeping pills as I'm relying on nytol at the moment, which isn't doing much. I never took my prescribed sleeping pills everyday, which I was advised not to. Maybe once or twice a week if I knew I had to be up early the next day for a 10 hour shift, so I'm dreading my 5am wake up in the next couple of days as I know I'll probably only get about 2 hours sleep, as per usual.

Stilllivinginazoo · 22/09/2018 20:15

Can I join please?

BippityBoppity87 · 22/09/2018 20:20

Hi Stilllivinginazoo Smile How are you doing this evening?

I started watching strictly and had to turn it off after about an hour as it was a bit too cheesy for me! I only watched it to see Dr Ranj

Stilllivinginazoo · 22/09/2018 20:39

Thanks for letting me join
I have suffered anxiety and panic attacks for over thirty years(since my early teens) back then no help,just suck it up n get on with it.i couldn't
Had some ads over the years.had children but can't cope holidays etc
My son collapsed at school last week.test come back ok.gp says he has panic attacks/palpitations.i feel such a failure
He was refer cahms yesterday and school have put support in place for next two weeks.i feel overwhelmed and guilt as he's on edge of where I started and I couldn't bear watch him fall down the abyss I'm stuck in

BippityBoppity87 · 22/09/2018 20:50

Oh no, that sounds awful for you Flowers Your poor son as well. I've suffered from anxiety for years and like you, I just 'got in with it' no matter how deliberating it was. It's part of my depression though.

Are you taking anything for it?

Stilllivinginazoo · 22/09/2018 21:50

Took citalopram successfully for few years then start get crippling migraines and visual disturbances and pills were to blame
Tried Prozac and sertraline but I just got so strung out had stop just under 4weeks on each as I was verging suicidal and agitated and couldn't cope anymore so had stop them
Just started CBT

BippityBoppity87 · 22/09/2018 22:02

I've tried citalopram before a few years ago, didn't get on with it at all. Long story short, it sent me sky high and not remembering about 6 hours of what had happened one day. Came off it myself and never went back to the gp.

Tried mirtazapine, which made my anxiety worse. Couldn't leave the house at one point and made me quite suicidal.

Now on sirtraline, which seems ok for now, apart from the sicky feeling and a few times I thought my head was going to explode.

I'm about to start CBT too. How are you getting on with it? I'd never had it before, so no idea what to expect.

Iblinkedandiamold · 22/09/2018 22:03

Don't feel like a failure stillliving. It a terrible thing to watch your child suffer and know what is a head of them.
Bippitybop I didn't know it was back. Must look it up. I love strictly.
I had a turn on Friday..yesterday. I thought I lost the keys for work. I always leave them in the car but I couldn't find. I thought I left them work. My heart was racing, skin cold, legs weak and I was on the verge of tears. Ran around the house looking for them.
I was running late by then so got back into the car to drive and there they were, right where I always leave them. Where I checked 4 times.
I had a lot of that Thursday and Friday. Looking for things that were right in front of me. I am stressed about college and upset about my DS. Life is shit at the moment and I am already dreading Christmas. (My favourite time of the year ususlly)

BippityBoppity87 · 22/09/2018 22:14

That would send my anxiety through the roof too Iblinkedandiamold I'm forever losing things. One being a ring, which almost 4 years down the line, I still can't find it, made worse by the fact it was given to me by my dm before she passed.

I don't usually watch strictly. It was entertaining for a bit, but my attention span is shocking and I get bored easily.

I was about to write something else just then, but my brain has decided to blank me Hmm

Stilllivinginazoo · 22/09/2018 22:17

Sorry you had such a rubbish week unlinked
Bippety early days but i am learning things about my thought process I wish I'd known in first few years...hard now it's deeply entrenched but I'm hopeful the invite will help me