Was on here alot about a month or so back and really fount the strength to try and over come my anxiety. The last few weeks I managed to get it under control abit better. I have anxiety that we are all going to die.. even though I was better in myself thru keeping busy in the day i wud still find myself waking up in the night completely swetting, mainly my legs? The past few days has just got out of hand again I'm feeling so sick my belly actually hurts. I carnt sleep. I carnt eat. My legs r already swetting and normally that happens in the night when I wake up. I keep crying. My whole body feels heavy, shakey probably because I'm petrified. I'm now exhausted but really carnt control my thoughts my breathing is so heavy. I'm so mad at myself now as I never went to concealing because I just thort i cud make myself better! Does anybody have any tips or anything to help it's nighttime that's bad for me
i know the feelin ... its like ur living in fear of your life... its so scary.. i been like it for 4 months.. go and get some reassurance from your doctor and he may put u in some meds to calm you down... anxiety is so scary and when u cant control it , aadly it controls you.. it has done with me... i hooe you feel better soon ... x
Thanks for ur reply. I did go to the doctors and I was on citalopam I was also meant to get counceling but I never botherd to sort it. I tried so hard at keeping it under control and it helped the past few weeks but now I've just took a million steps backwards. I'm living in fear so much I carnt even think ahead as I honestly see no future. My bodies a mess but I already carnt stop swetting and no I'm not going to sleep at all tonight.. I just don't no what to do with myself.. I've also had this sort of anxiety 4 months now before it was social anxiety. It changed after having my son
Wow..night time is bad for me too. Thats when all the horrible thoughts come to me as well. It is weird that your legs are sweating....Do you have any anxiety medication (I do- and it doesn't help much).
Just keep telling yourself that your fears are not rationale and that we are all not going to die...well we are eventually...but try to put off thinking about it.
I do know the feeling of wanting to go somewhere to escape what you are feeling and having no where to get away from OURSELVES and our thoughts...this happens to me often...usually for me when I try falling asleep. Usually when I wake up in the middle of the night...I fall back asleep fairly easily.
same here kcbx... its just so bad when your lying awake all night terrified... i done it for 4 months scared i was dying... still scared now... doc put me on sertraline but i didnt like the sweats they gave me... well like a temperature... i sweat every night also.. and that scares the hell out of me... its just so so scary so i understand where ur at xx
It sounds it's about time you get that counseling you mention in your answer to jassy's comment. Suppressing the anxiety with either medication or rational control won't solve the cause of it.
Are there any obstacles in getting counseling?
i am waitin to start cbt i hear its fab linda... go through your doctor kcbx... are u in england? x
That's great jassy; CBT is the best, accompanied by breathing exercises it will solve most anxiety problems.
I'm in The Netherlands, treatment is about the same overhere, unfortunately; in most cases people get meds first, though counseling and relaxation/breathing therapy is the way to go if you really want to solve the core issue and not want to be dependent on meds for probably the rest of your life (if they work at all).
i dont want to rely on meds... i want to be able to control my thoughts and feelings without it... its terrifyin but i want to give it a go... i have heard all fab feed back so we shall see what happens... i just want this anxiety to stop its so cruel xx
u in england kcbx?
I'm on sertraline too, 50mg per day first week I only took half the tablet for 5 days cos I was,scared, now I've been 1 week on full 50mg, Dr is keeping me on this dose for another 2 weeks, but I always wake uo early full of anxiety and doom, I feel suicidle, the only thing that helps is diazipam, , but Dr said she wont give ne anymore, evening most days are ok, as Long as I've worn by self out walking all day, or going to the gym, otherwise I do have problems at night. I just hope one day ill be back to normal. I know most of the tine its ny thoughts that trigger the anxiety, but I cant understand why as soon as I open my eyes in the morning it hits me straight away?
thats because when you wake up in the morning its the first thing you think about... so your body goes into flight or fright straightaway... same with me... i can never sleep through the night... anxiety does that to you though , its very hard to control it and sadly usually takes control of you... you ought to try cbt... i am waiting to start it.. its supposed to be very good.
I'm on the waiting list for cbt, I just don't understand how it will help? I guess ill have to just try it! Its an absolutely
Nasty illness, that take sober your life and destroys who you are. All the best to everyone suffering. I hope someone can tell us a success story soon and give us some hope 😏
Please see an endocrinologist. A go isnt trained in hormonal balances.
Its about control. You feel you cant control anything and its the fear of the future. You take each day and accept little challenges to make u stronger
It's definitely a fear for the future I'm so tired and drained today as I had a bad night. Im from England. I was on citalopam and I didn't want to rely on them either I didn't have no side effects and I'm not too sure if they helped or not. I was only on the for 1 month but I always herd bad things and people saying u end up relying on them so when the doctor pescribed me more I never went and got any. I then focused on helped my self and I started to get some where so I never rang to sort out counceling bur then out of no where it's just hit me bad again.. I fear the future and with all thsee terrorist attacks and things just make me worse. It's hard for me because people want to escape to a different country and some where still in the world yet my body feels I need to get off this planet and of corse that's never going to happen I just sound crazy and it's things I carnt get over.
hello
you have just described myself as i was 6 months ago,im totaly different now , your not alone and you will get there,
go see your doc and print your story out and let him read it, get help to fight it dont do it alone, not everyone can , educate yourself with anxiety and panic attacks, learn how they start and work, you will then become not so scared of them , panic attacks are exactly that nothing else, you wont die from them, it's your brain that needs the training, research research research, not your conditions symptoms but how to control them , read about the adrenalin and how it works to make you anxiuos, once you know more you will start to treat most symptoms like a headache, they come and go but wont kill you. be in control it's not easy but with knowledge and help it makes it so much better. adrenalin rush will make you nausea and you may have it all day, yet i can bet if you find the energy to talk or take your mind of it , it will subside, problem is nausea then starts you pressing your tummy so hard it hurts and then your convinced you have something else, so dont press it's all about controling your mind , you will have no intrest in most things cant settle to watch tv , most days hate it if someone calls, and it even makes you ill just waiting for someone to arrive, sometimes you may even go outside and cry thinking why me why me, and times you will fall onto your bed crying thinking i cant go on, well guess what you can and will, we all have it thats why i can describe it to you, and yes i still have my bad days but i have so many good ones and the bad ones are not so bad.there is hope for all of us. your not alone.
The terrotidt attacks are notmal 5o fear ad u dont know where they will attack nrxt if any placec at all. I thought this too as I went Egypt in Dec 2014 and now look what happened. I went to turkey in May and saw the Syrians on the streets but after they were flooding to there. Natural disasters will happen but I just pray.
Hi, can I ask how did you get better? Did u take medication, like antidepressants, my anxiet y can last all day if it wasn't for diazipam, then I feel suicidal, thank u
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yes diazipam helps but so will others and i dont see why docs cant put you on proparnolol, i got so much better from the 4th to 8 weeks, now i can go out and do most things, i started on 50mg sertraline and now on 100mg and 40mg propranolol, after the 4th week the evenings started to get better first and i was actually looking forward to 5pm onwards and my eating at night started to improve, i lost 2 stone at the start all within 1 month, now i have gained it all back on lol.morning were the worst i wa so ill i couldn't beleive it was anxiety, i know you have it tough many on here do but hang in there, help from us, docs, and yourself will give you the strengh to continue, any questions please ask , take care