Hey, I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety about 4 years ago, tried a few different meds, currently on citalopram. Been really good until now. My mind is constantly reminding me of all the mistakes I made years ago. Feel like I'm back to square one, all this suddenly happened after a really heavy night drinking, as I don't usually drink. Any thoughts? Thanks
if you can avoid alcohol because it competes with the good chemicals in the brain. So it's more likely to make you more depressed and anxious.
here's a suggestion to help you:
go to YouTube and search for:
"Letting go of the past-How to get over the past in minutes"
"How to forgive yourself- How to stop feeling guilty "
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There are others for this and for anxiety, depression, sleep,etc
Use earbuds for the best effect.
Hope this helps!
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Alcohol or any drug other than those prescribed will make you feel worse. There's many forums in other websites I've read that talk about this subject how alcohol has made their Anxiety worse and now have additional symptoms. Paranoia, hallucinations, nightmares, cant sleep, agitated, extremely depressed and anxious. Alcohol induced anxiety occurs afterwards drinking alcohol. Best wishes and Hope you stay away from beer. It's not for self medicating it won't help you.
Thank you for your reply, I just hope it goes this week, and then I can try and get back to some sort of normality. Thank you
Really appreciate your reply, I'm just hoping this feeing goes this week so I can get back to some sort of normality and get a decent sleep. Will check out the video. Thank you
You're welcome. And the meditations on YouTube are really great when you're lying down maybe getting ready to sleep. They're very calming.
I listened to that first I listed because I needed to deal with past mistakes,and it's really good! 🙂
Hi,
Sorry to hear you've hit a rough path.
I've suffered depression / general anxiety / low self esteem issues for years and this last completely of years my worries have tended to focus on the heath anxiety side. Like you, my mind is constantly either in the past or worrying about the future and i've beat myself up alot over it many time as i feel like i have good phases and then one tiny little thing sets me back again.
But there's a technique my therapist has been getting me to try and thats this:
Scan the room for 5 objections and describe them in as much detail as possible. Then listen for 4 sounds, again describe what you here. Then feel 3 things...what does that object feel like, is it soft/hard etc. Then find 2 senses either exploring taste or smell. Finally take 1 deep breath in and out and repeat this. Try doing this as a daily expertise.
The point of this is to try and bring your mind back to the present, to the now. If you find you forgeting, don't be hard on yourself. When you remember, try it then. I found having an object i can keep with me and use as a reminder when my mind drifts off also helps.
But please, don't feel bad. These things take time, if it were a quick fix this forum wouldn't exist :-) You've done the right thing by reaching out rather than stewing on it alone.
Best wishes
Really appreciate your advice
Hi David I suffer from health anexity too,torture is an understatement I drunk alcohol last night too and now I'm overthinking everything touching my muscle and examining moles thinking there ad normal and that I'm dying only now that I'm coming g down from it all
I was spent the last two days trying to piece together parts of the night I couldn't remember, and my mind was filling the gaps with stuff I know I didn't do , but the mind makes them so real, now I have a constant sicky feeling in my stomach, but I'm fine when I go to work. This has never happened to me before after a night out, maybe I drunk a lot more than I should have done . Thanks for your reply