Hi guys havent been on for awhile. Im on 40mg for about two years now and been doing we'll with the occasional anxiety here and there. Thursday I had a bad day with my vertigo which I also have and boom anxiety waves just poured on me. Now I feel like I'm starting from the beginning, so sad!
Oh no! Try not to let this episode get you down.
I've had a bit of a bad week too but I'm determined to keep fighting. As with other episodes in this past this one will pass too!
I've been advised by my Dr to start swimming, I've also been listening to mindfullness videos on YouTube which have been great!
Don't feel sad, it will pass! 😊
Thank you for your kind words! Its just so scary every single time I get anxiety I always start thinking, is this the time I'm not getting better am I going to the nut house this time? So stupid I know😬 thank you again for being kind😊
Hi - no your not going to the Nut House lol. I have had anxiety for years and years. Went on Prothiaden for 14 years which helped me massively, came off slowly with no side effects. 10 years later and with various family problems tucked under my belt it is hanging around again. I took early retirement due to too much stress which was pushing my blood pressure up too much. I don't think being at home does you any good though. You think too much and things escalate. I have panic attacks but keep them at bay with my emergency pack of Diazepam to take as and when needed. So far not taken any.
What I am finding to be helpful this time is cutting down on alcohol (which calms me at the time but raises anxiety next day) and mindfulness - especially the ones on you tube. They completely take your mind out of itself and give it a well deserved break. I also do a power walk or ride my bike for 30 mins each day; these too are great for releasing good endorphins and cooling that jumpy brain down. The vertigo is awful. My depression first manifested itself with dizziness, non stop from when I got up till I went to bed. That is why I went to the docs - she told me I was clinically depressed. The feeling I had was like I had just got off a boat and my legs felt like they were swaying and my eyes were dizzy. It was blooming horrible - so really feel this for you.
Your vertigo has kicked in the anxiety waves again but you can kick its butt out again. This is what I am doing without meds this time. Clearing the mind and distraction. I used to sketch about 30 years ago and loved it. So yesterday I bought myself a pad and new pencils and am going to start again coz it used to take me a couple of hours of sketching and I lost myself in it. Do you have any hobbies or do you shut your mind off in any way.
I remind myself now constantly two things I have recently read.
1. It is biologically impossible to panic when the body is relaxed.
2. The best form of medication is meditation.
Chin up chuck - yes it is back and yes you can send it packing. Honest.
So no - we won't be meeting up at the nut house lol
Thank you for that! Not only made me feel better but actually laugh. Sometimes especially late at night or early mornings I feel so horrible and have massive Anxiety. I worry I'm Not going to come out of it this time or off to the loony bin. Lol but for now I went to docs got on a 4 day dose of meclizine and I'm hoping it starts to work soon and takes the anxietywith it😀
It is a start - but you can truly get shut of it - yes laugh is what it is all about - though seems hard at the time - late at night and early mornings I get - me too - so I get up open the window wide and do stretching exercises for 10 mins - unreal how it relaxes you - please try it - slow bending to the floor to touch your toes and hold it - unravels your whole body.