I just come on here every now and again because I know how bad those first few years are I had some pretty dark times and there's alot of people on here who are there right now hopefully they will read this and see that you can get out of that dark place and into somewhere better but yeah I always have to find stuff to do the more time you spend not doing anything the more time you have to think but as long as you know it's not something bad and it is anxiety that helps abit but definitely the distractions have been a massive help for me and got me through many bad times and I hope you can get off the meds and get to a point where you can do it yourself and not have to rely on other things but deffo try a few distractions because anything that stops you thinking about it seems to stop it from happening I hope I've been of some help to you and good luck hun
Hi shaZ, I would definitely try another sort of medication you have nothing to loose, for me personally I was feeling worse and it was definitely the mirtialpine I feel good again this morning, try sertraline, for the past 2 days now I've had energy and smiling them miralpine R no good and they have a sedative in, let me no , my doctor told me to stop taking Mirtz and start straight on sertraline, good luck let me no xx
Hey Sarah I took my 15 mg mirt lngt I felt oK. Couldn't sleep till 3am tho and Ive just woke thinking I can't breathe like am in a sauna and dizzy and upset stomach. I feel so awful and scared but I'm guessing it's from upping my tablet. These things really don't seem to help just make me worse . I feel scared to stand up as my hearts racing from anxity thinking I can't breath. I heard that they can make u worse first week or two. Might have to try ride it out. I'm very tempt to try stop them and take the sertraline like as i can't cope with much more hassle from Stuoid meds. I am getting morning anxity every day but total I've woke up out my sleep feeling like I can't breath and shaking now. Hope it passes soon. Felt so much postive lngt now I feel down hearted.
That's how I was all the time it's awful and takes over ur life , have u tried cbt yet I'm in the process of having it , what may also help is go on utube and type in anixity meditation and there is one of waves and a man gentle talking u through breathing it help me , put ur earplugs in and listen to it , the key to all this anixity is learning to control your breathing , hope you feel better later xx
I manage to control things a little I got some fresh air and just tried to relax. I think it's from upping back my tabelt :-/ as i feel a little off like I did when I started them and for some reason when I alter my dose I upsets my stomach and my sleep pattern for a week or so. Strange but i guess linked to anxitey. I've been getting worse for months it's got me house bound pretty much and constant worry on wake up dreading the day a head. I'm fine on evenings and night it's morning is the worst I wake up not knowing what's hit me on theee tabelts and it takes me ages to adapt like a non stop hang over I feel like I have the flu constantly. I keep telling the docs but no one seems to belive me and they say oh it's just anxity keep off any groups etc I feel like saying the groups are people with experience of these Dam pills and issues. A part of me is gutted as it'd took me 3 long hard months to get down to half a tablet on my reduction as it seems I'm sensitive to them and any change in dose seems to knock me off a couple of weeks. Wish I never ever took anything qnd leant to cope my self. Yes Ive tried cbt it was good but due to ending up slightly atrophic from things with anxity I stopped going but am on the waiting list at the moment.
I tired mindfulness a little it helped my breathing as cbt and docs keep saying am breathing all wrong. Too shallow qnd short from the shoulders. They say I need to calm down and relax and deeper breaths out. I try but it's hard to change something I do so often for 32 years ha. I know what they mean tho correct breathing is massively important. Oh I love waves and rain fall noises at night so i shall try it on wake up too. They say in the morning get up and try do something but I struggle since I've took theee tabelts morning is a constant issue for me. One doc thinks I don't need tabelts and just belive in my self and cbt but in scared that am stuck on these things now as I can't handle the wd at the moment am so low qnd fed up I'm out of my normal strength. I am very tempt to try the serts but scared too
It's a visious circle I struggle ever day , I will let u no how I get on over the nxt couple weeks on sertraline, I suffer with depression also so need the tabs to balance the chemicals out , 32 your so young for it to to affecting your life so much , xx
Oh I've had anxiety since I was a kid just never knew what it was. I've always found sport my release.. But part few months struggle to leave My bed due to my heart racing with anxity and the thoughts start. Feel brighter today I am learning to fear the emotion left. I do feel my mood is low and I think thsts not helping so maybe I do need tablets to lift Me and help me, guess that's what they are there for. I've always suffered in silence until recently I'm not scared to talk about things now and I opened my eyes to how many others Suffer. I want to travel Europe and eat foods from around the globe haha I can't Do it like this, my own mind stopping me ha. I guess it will just take us time and once we see that it can't hurt us just drag us down we just need to try be more positive I guess. Imagine for every negative thought we had a positive one that would be unreal haha I feel we do kind of control our own mind just certain moods effect us as we are only human after all. I'm going to listen to music more often as I notice my self singing random songs all the time and it stops me thinkkng silly thoughts instead I sing out of tune ha.
yes keep me posted on things lass and I shall keep checking in too, good to see us all fighting same battle together. We can get through it as with life i feel we have no choice but to plod on so might as well try be happy ha :-)
Fingers crossed hey we will get through this soon, and it's good to share stories, last sept I got married and had a full house of family stay for a couple weeks then went on honeymoon, if It was now I wouldn't of coped, a couple of weeks ago my husband thought it would be a goo idea to take me to Las Vegas for a week to relax , don't no how I even got on the plane it was hard work and didn't help but bless my husband for trying xx
Shez, you really need to ask yourself whether the meds are helping you are not. What the pros and cons are and whether you can cope with the cons. If the answer is no which I believe it is. Why settle for something that is destroying you rather than helping you feel better. The doctor needs to be made aware of how you are feeling. You have got a life ahead of you but all that is happening at the moment is that you feel all messed up by the meds you are taking. Ask for help - it's what your doctor is there for.
Hey gwen I have no idea what working and what's not. My poor head is fried. Am so up and down.. I feel the tabelts are taking away the adrenaline and constant butterflies in my tummy. They don't help my ocd thinking thats me who battles that my self. I belive it's power of my mind qnd jusr learning to see them for what they are just my worst fears trying to scare me. The meds make me feel awful qnd the head aches dry mouth spasms and zaps eating crap and feeling groggy like flu feeling Is not what I was like before I took these a year ago. I just used to get anxity attacks every so often qnd ocd thoughts Started. But tbis anxity the past 6 moaths is constant every day. Am waking up with anxity qnd dread and gloom every morning. Some days am waking up catching my breath like am choking like today it was awful but I reminded calm and me mam stayed with me to calm me down. She's the only one I talk to really as she's suffered the same. I keep calling the docs when things get too much and all they keep saying is calm down its anxitey take tabelts bla bla bla await cbt. One nice doc I spoke to twice this year was the only reasurrance I got and the one who thinks it shouldn't be on meds. He belives my own belief and keeping active and exercising like I used to do is the best option for me. I seem to notice change in my body too much latley qnd home in and obsess of sensations so all the side effects off these mirtazapine are making me go insane haha it's like blimey worst thing you can give me is anything like this. But i feel everyday is a battle qnd I ain't got the strength to try come off them again as the wd even at 2mg reduction every 3 weeks is even too much. I'm really all out off ideas. I know a large part of the problem is my anxity issue but I feel floored at the moment like no matter what I do or say my body won't stop being anxiois and up tight. I try to self talk like I used to but it just ain't enough anymore. My mam is supporting me through it as she sees me suffering upset everyday qnd we just lots me nana the start of the year so I feel awful adding more pressure and worry. I have always been the stength of my family the one that always know the right words to help folk. So I hate thm seeing me so weak but it's hard not to feel so weak at the moment. I've have gave up figthing anxity now I just accept every anixty attack and brush my self down and face the next one. managed to get up and out today a little but back resting now as I feel tired and can feel Mr anxity knocking at me door trying to get in. Relaxing with my sports on trends to chill Me out. I just don't know what else to do my life is destroyed but not over I'm thankful im breathing I guess. I'm usually this bubbly happy talkative motivated ambitious funny lass full of jokes and stuff now I have no idea who I am but this boring negative recluse whos pushed everyone away to try fight things solo. Gosh what a rant. I just have no idea how to fix my problem I'm hoping cbt have ideas and help me. But for now I'm trying to just get through each day. I have my own clothing label and it's taking off but at the moment my life's on hold as i can't plan anything. Never experienced anything like it that's why I keep blaming these frigging tablets. I hate taking pain killers never mind anything like this.
Wow Sarah my dream is to move to the usa I love everything about the place esp Cali. I hope that my clothing label keeps Going well so one day I can move there when am stronger. I have A few celebs wanting my items haha but I keep putting it off incase things get too much for me qnd the way I am ar the moment I need less areas etc
So did u go to Vegas then? Loads I know have been and they are like "shez it's like your dream place" ya missing out. I have never been abroad but I do have a surf van that I work on to try travel around one day. I've planned my trip around Europe but ar the moment I won't leave me city
It sucks having so much u want to do but feel stuck in one place.