I need to turn off my nerves

[MerylSqueak]

I have had a tough year and have a tougher one coming up. It's all doable. I just need to keep my head in the game and persevere. I'm finding that a physical feeling of nerves, almost like panic is constantly with me. I would say its like butterflies in my tummy but its in my chest. I wake up with it in the morning and it stays all day.

It's not rational. It's not necessary. It's not helpful. It's just stopping me from properly doing what I need to do.

I finished work before my holiday exhausted and was hoping the holiday would rejuvenate me. The holiday was great but I couldn't relax fully and enjoy it and I've come back feeling just the same.

I exercise, I eat well, I don't drink, I have time off, I take magnesium and calcium (separately), I take ashwaganda. I gave hobbies and friends. It's just this feeling overshadows everything.

I hate meditating, so please don't suggest that.

It just feels like I need to turn off some kind of chemical switch that's got stuck on.

Do I need to see a GP? What would I ask for? I'm 50, so menopause may be at play but I know that as soon as the things ( think exams -it's not quite that but don't want to say more) I have to do are complete, I won't feel this way so I don't really think it's that.

What should I do?

What should you do?

Listen to your anxiety. It's there for a purpose; to draw your attention to things that are too important to ignore. Because you're not acknowledging it, it's talking louder and louder, which is setting off a mild flight or fight reaction in your body (the butterflies). If you continue to ignore it, it'll starting shrieking.

Have a look at this video, I think you'll find it really useful;

Have you had your bloods done? Have you had your thyroid checked. I suddenly started feeling anxious over real silly things, it got so bad I started to become paralysed with fear. Turned out my thyroid is going off on one, and was hyper.

Thank you for your replies.

@Eyesopenwideawake that's exactly how it feels- like I'm on high alert sll the time. I don't need to be, and what I have on my plate I have to finish whether i am anxious or not.

@anunlikelyseahorse thank you I didn't know that.