Anxiety flare up

[buggermewhatnext]

Hi just posting for some solidarity.
Im having a flare up of my
anxiety. Can go a while with it being manageable then something sparks it all off again. It’s mainly social anxiety I get and I’m sick of it. So very draining I have to try and remind myself that this too shall pass but it’s so awful when I’m the thick of it all.

Can totally relate. Ive suffered with anxiety and OCD for decades. When your in the middle of an episode it does feel never-ending. Totally get it. Sending hugs. X

Thanks Ilovedogs1.. am 5 days in to this episode if it - it’s flooring me - had to act all ok yesterday but all I wanted to was cry. What helps you ?

I've been like this for about 3 weeks as well. Having shopping delivered so I don't have to go out and face the world. Been miserable as well, the long dark days are no help.
I live on my own, but yesterday I drove down to my daughters, had a lovely day with my grandchildren and will going back home later today. I'm so glad I made the effort and feel better for it. Once the new year arrives I'm determined to make myself go out more often, eat more healthily and do more generally. Mind you I'm late 70s so it won't be anything too taxing.

Do you have any medication for it? Ive got propanolol, an as and when I need it medication. It doesnt stop it but it makes it manageable and takes the edge of it. I've really needed it over Christmas, keep wildly flaring from one thjng to another to feel anxious about. I'm exhausted. Sending love to you, it's so hard.

Mine is definitely also triggered through social media. I want to quit it in 2026, possibly from tomorrow though. Have you tried?

I take fluoxotine but it’s not doing anything any longer :-( it’s like smarties now. Part of this has been triggered up myself agreeing to attend a trip that I just know will trigger off my
social anxiety! Now I need to stop people pleasing and man up say no. Which won’t be easy for me… I do need to force myself out of my comfort zone as it does help but for smaller things at least to begin with.
will ask for propanol and other meds. Exercise helps so I need to focus on that. Solidarity to any one going through it as I really think you can’t comment till
you have

Hi I’m new on here I suffer from severe anxiety have done for years I’m 56 on Saturday and I was around 19 when got diagnosed with anxiety and depression
I get awful sad in December and this last week I’ve had a terrible cold a phobia of a blocked nose I know sounds silly but Thursday jan 1st I had an horrendous anxiety attack with it and since I’ve been on edge worse in the morning can’t settle not eating and feeling I may need to run it’s a terrible flare up of anxiety again I’m on propranolol and 20mg citalopram to help keep it under control but this one thing a common cold has set it off again wobbly legs high alert scanning in case somethings gone wrong health wise
i I was so relived to find this forum and other members have same issues many years I’ve thought it’s just me strange ☀️

Do you take vitamin D supplements OP? It’s recommended we all take it from October to March in the UK. Deficiency can really bring on slumps in depression or anxiety so I’d pick some up just in case.

Hi no I’ve never tried vitamin D never thought of it thank you x
will look for some

Fellow anxious person here with OCD too. Currently struggling myself. Have been since the start of December. Can’t work out if it’s the time of year or what’s caused it but I’ve gone from one state of panic to another. I’m on my third catastrophic loop and this one is extreme. Currently stuck n a horrible ruminating and checking cycle. Trying to stop but it’s not so easy. Sending you a big hug, you are not alone 🤗

Hi namethatbauble
im sorry you are also suffering with panic also its so awful and deliberating i too can’t relax and get anxious over what are the slightest things
i do find winter the worst especially January so dark and miserable you feel there’s no one about
I ruminate too and cannot switch off my mind then that fuels the panic more
im sending you big hugs too

Hi nice to hear from a few other anxiety sufferers make me feel less alone with it all.
Gossygossy1970 Im a similar age to you & also have had anxiety on and off all
my life. I just keep telling myself that it will ease which it does always.
Currently going through a real bad time with anxiety and now rumination negative thoughts on repeat - im playing back all horrible comments that I have had directed at me through my life . Utterly draining the whole thing.
Going to try new meds as soon as I can get appt with doc. Ssri don’t work for me so praying for an alternative.
will give the vitamin d a try I think
solidarity to you all my fellow sufferers

Good morning buggermewhatnext isn’t it dreadful these anxious feelings
yes I ruminate too then it fuels my anxiety more
I’ve just woken up my stomach churning has if impending doom I find mornings are the worst it’s when I am terrified if something is going to occur soon
i I am in bed my body in fear and so exhausted
has the day wore on yesterday I felt easier and by evening I was calm and thought oh back to normal nope back to square 1 has wake terrified and impending doom
I hope you get a drs appointment to find alternative medication I find propranolol does take the edge of it for me but not a solution
January is the worse month dark long nights it gives you more time to churn over things
im feeling quite shaky writing this due to the morning anxiety like you say it’s so draining and you long to return to normal
thinking of you

Gossygossy1970
I also get the terrible feeling of doom every single morning. I have absolutely no idea why though. It's so hard to explain the feeling unless you suffer from it yourself.
I've read it's the cortisol in your body that rises as you start to wake up, ours may well be rising too fast. Once I'm up it's not quite so bad and by the afternoon has gone completely. It's not as though I've anything to worry about, I'm retired so not worried about a job or anything. I do find if I can get myself to go out it helps.

I suffer with anxiety too . When I’ve struggled to leave the house , I go and people watch ! I can’t bring myself to meet up friends in social groups but I can sit on a bench in a busy area and just people watch . I have to sit where there’s no one behind me ie a wall behind the bench and I can sit there for hours . Make me feel less lonely and I don’t have to talk to anyone . It really helps me with my cabin fever of the home .

I’m glad I’m not alone feeling like this
I’ve just woke up after a very poor sleep to churning stomach abs dread has if something bad will happen
I’m great at night then repeat in the morning
I didn’t go to sleep until 4 am despite trying final dropped off and woke at 8.45am stomach churning and terrified
I’m off to the hairdressers at midday it’s only a short stroll but even that is making my heart race when suffering from anxiety
my appetite has gone also takes me until tea time to eat anything proper for butterflies in my stomach

Well here I am again. Slept very well then woke up to anxiety In stomach always that area! Not as bad as it can be but there none the less. Bloody cortisol ! I know it will ease as the day goes on but would be nice for once to not have it at all like most of the population. I get on with it as I know others have it way way worse it different ways. This must be my cross to bear. Today though Im on to the docs to try something other that ssri s as for me they are like smarties.
Solidarity to you all

Buggermewhatnext me too I woke feeling really anxious I get these butterflies in my stomach and feeling of shear dread not been out of bed long I was terrified of getting up incase something happened
it’s the most deliberating feeling I was ok last night prior to bed and felt normal and full circle anxiety again on waking
it’s good to have found this forum has I thought it was just me who was weird I couldn’t understand these scary feelings
hugs to you too
hope your doctors appointment goes ok I’m on citalopram

Gossygossy1970 yes those butterflies first thing are the pits it’s definitely not just you . As predicted am as chilled as anything right now ! Always am in the evenings.
Contacted doc asking for drug review so just got to ask for alternative to ssri
medication. Is anyone else of anything other than ssri’s?
Now just hoping anxiety is calmer first thing tomorrow-I live in hope !

Buggermewhatnext hope you are ok today
my anxiety is up and down today I feel anxious now slightest thing starts panic it’s particularly bad today for some reason
theres nothing worse than the feeling of impending doom
I’ve managed to clean the bedroom and now drying sheets trying to distract me from butterflies in my stomach
some days are worse than others

Woke on edge yet again I go to bed feeling fine then morning anxiety kicks in and I’m feeling really scared butterflies in my stomach it takes me ages to get from out of bed incase something happens and anxiety or panic attacks resume it’s so deliberating
im off my food with it to?

Hi all. I've been having a rough couple of weeks mentally, it's ramped up as times gone on. Hoping it is the time of year but it feels horrible.

I'm an anxious person anyway so I'm kind if used to that. But I'm struggling with existential panic.. I don't know if this is the same as the dread feeling you've been describing?

I take sertraline anyway and have increased earlier in the week so hoping it helps soon.
Propranolol... if I go to the Dr I may ask about this, but I'm slightly worried about things that mess with your heart, which I'd what it does from what I've read? I'd hate to inadvertently put myself at risk!

Hi. How is everyone on this thread doing?
Also having a bit of a setback with my OCD and anxiety atm.

Am still on my rocky road at the moment . Have small periods of calm and relaxation which im thankful for all the more.
Today has been vile but this evening felt a lot better. Strangely I am sleeping pretty well. One tip that’s been helping me
lavender oil strong stuff. Hope we are all
hanging in there

I use lavender most nights, I find it helps also. X

I am so sick of being an anxious person, it seems that there's always something that sets me off!! At the moment it's my health that's on my mind but if the current issues calm down I know it will be something else that triggers it. It seems relentless.

How do you use the lavender oil? I am keen to try anything natural.