Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I got out of the hospital almost two months ago now. I have an apartment which I pay rent for still but have been staying with my parents. I went to my apartment to get something last night and just felt...scared. Scared that someone was in there and going to get me. That panic isn't new. It hits me a lot in different places. Wondering whether that package is a bomb. If my peanut butter is poisoned. My diagnosis is schizoaffective disorder (bipolar subtype) and panic disorder. Last night when I was going to bed I just felt this wave of panic. Couldn't breathe. Someone was going to attack me. I FELT something crawling on my ceiling. We can't find an antipsychotic to help much so I just take xanax to help with the panic (well I take invega and a bunch of other meds too). I took 1.5 mg of xanax and eventually got to sleep. I hate this. My family is half the time really supportive but the other half is like I should just get over it. Anyone else need to vent?
"I'm not going to tell you to get over it, I'm going to help you get through it."
I hope by the time you read this post, that you are doing better. I hope your doctors can find the right combination to help you overcome a lot of this fear. Keep posting and letting us support you. Hugs GB
I wish you well