Anxiety

[anx12345]

I'm so scared, I can't calm down my anxiety is threw the roof

What are you scared about? Are you in danger?

GP if it’s out of control.
More long term there are CBT techniques and lifestyle choices to help with it.

I've started antidepressants again and waiting on cbt and I'm scared when I feel weak I'm pass out and won't come around

@anx12345 you'll be fine. Honestly!
You've started medication again and you're hoping it's going to work straight away.......... and if it doesn't, then you don't know what to expect........ and then you spiral and get lost in the thoughts of 'what if??' ......... and then you panic a bit more ...... and before you know it, you're in the middle of a full-blown anxiety attack.
You are fine ! Honestly! You won't pass out - you probably feel weak because you're starting to panic? Take a moment to breathe ....... and believe that you're ok..... and that you're going to be ok.

Because you are going to be ok!

Deep breathe if you can.

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/guides-tools-and-activities/breathing-exercises-for-stress/

Thank you very much for such supportive words means a lot right now

@anx12345 my daughter suffers from anxiety 'through the roof ' like you sometimes (you are not alone!)
I'm convinced it's due to hormonal imbalance at certain times of the month, which leaves her unable to cope with previous trauma in her life. (I don't know if that's helpful or not ?)
But, what's important to know is that, whatever you feel, IT WILL PASS! Honestly - it will pass! And you will get through it! x

@ilovemyspace thank you but it's the waiting game isn't it, waiting for it to pass, then been ok then it coming back again, I'm suffering again this morning, then I go alright then I start again

my anxiety is sky high, just started CBT with the NHS. I know someone who is a mental health nurse and I told her i was struggling, she was not sympathetic at all. I feel so on my own with all these thoughts going around in my head

I'm the same at the moment hun, it's awful isn't it I'm constantly been and feel sick too which isn't helping me with the worry

Anti depressants will make you feel a bit worse before you feel better. At the start of mine my anxiety was so bad I could barely walk across the room. Waking up on the morning was the worst part of the day. I’m 2.5 years in now and I’m like a different person. Hang in there x

@anx12345 the hardest part for me was that noone understood, I used to get told "we all worry sometimes, it's normal" - worry is not in the same league as chronic anxiety. I've been using anxiety anonymous for a while now, it's great, and they just released a free app.
I hope you find something that helps, it's tough but you will get through it x

I get like I'm having a bad anxiety attack, I can't calm down, or il say I've had bad anxiety all day, and then they say what silly things are you thinking now then, I mean I've been bad with a bad stomach worked myself up that I've got stomach cancer, had an endoscopy done Monday, turns out I hadn't, but my stomach is stil bad, now think I've got bowel cancer, and all I get is I think you been very silly, there just no need to think like that, I said it's called health anxiety it's an illness, if I could stop it I would 😭 I feel so alone, I don't no sometimes if this is pain in my stomach or I'm thinking it, I've had scan and found nothing

Well the mind is a very powerful tool and if you have health anxiety it’s easy to focus on certain discomforts and then you find that’s all you think about. I’d be satisfied if I was told the investigations have come back clear. I’d be relieved x

The test wasn't completed all the way I withdrew she was only about 5 secs then it was completed but said everything was normal, but doesn't help with the pain and discomfort I keep having

@anx12345 It's so debilitating when you're living with constant fear and anxiety!
Do you feel like this all the time? Or are there days when you feel slightly more able to cope?

I can cope a lot better at night which I think is when my body is absolutely shattered from all the fight and flight I've done all day, I'm just worn out,

I just sit all day scan my body for little twinges and set myself off

@anx12345 And of course you're getting no respite from the constant worry and tension!

Apologies if this is a really simplistic idea! ..........but have you ever tried anything like music to relax and distract you?

I used to work in music therapy and know that it can work really well as a calming technique in lots of cases - classical music, pop, power ballads, jazz, blues, rock and roll ..... it doesn't matter what it is as long as you like the music. Just put it on and depending on the type of music, the louder the better!
And if you sing / hum / (screech?) along to it, all the better again!

I've noticed when I'm busy it's not as bad but then I think wow that pain or that sensation and bang it all comes back again!

I know the feeling!

But there's no instant remedy, no fix-it-all-at-once-and-I'm-cured solution.
It's a case of 'a work in progress' - which is frustrating because we all want a 'quick fix' to our problems/

Finding what works for a good few minutes/an hour or so, is a respite in itself.
And a short respite from the constant feelings of worry is a good beginning.
It can start to break you out of the spiral of worry - gradually and bit by bit.
It's a gradual and natural process, and you may not notice a difference for a while - and then you'll notice that you haven't worried for quite so long today - you start to feel a little bit lighter in yourself.

I wish there was a quick fix, I honestly do! x