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Anxiety hangover?

hyperpgal
hyperpgal

Does anyone else have anxiety hangovers??  Last week I had all these issues--and powered up, and tried to keep myself calm and present.  Now, everything is pretty much resolved--doc's office is working with my insurance to get those bills paid--they told me I was absolutely covered and to schedule a therapy appt.......the plumber came yesterday--I now have water---and I get to teach remotely til the 21st--but not LIVE!! so I don't have to learn the 50 different types of tech I'd need to be live...PHEW!  so yesterday after the plumber left I was just kind of numb---and today I am wiped out...stomach is acting up----I feel like crawling back into bed--I get like this after going through major stress....anyone else???

Community LeaderMid
Mid
It's normal to feel the "lack of anxiety" sensations.

Distract through doing is the best way to get through it.

Best wishes. Glad it worked out.
Italianmomma4ever
Italianmomma4ever
Yes I do too. You had a lot to deal with and worry about. But it sounds like you got it all under control. And now your exhausted having to go through it. Go relax and take a nap if you feel like it. Glad it all worked out for you. Stress can wipe you out and so can anxiety. I get it. Take care. Italianmomma4ever
GirlinCalif
GirlinCalif
Yes I get that, a lot actually. After I have been through a stressful thing, or a bunch of stressful things, I am wiped out tired afterward.

You should be feeling back to normal in a day or two.

So glad they are working on those doctor bills! That's great. Try to focus on all the good things that happened - they'll take care of the doctor bills, I can schedule my therapy appointment, I have water finally, remote teaching is going to work out well, etc... Try to focus on the good things.... while we have good things going on, right? LoL. Best wishes to you.
arfie
arfie
Posilutely.

The nurse practitioner who taught me to treat my episodes like cases of psychic flu held that as a recovery standard. It isn't wise to expect yourself to run marathons until you've been without symptoms for several days. Don't rush the convalescence.

Congrats on finding resolutions so quickly, but don't expect those resolutions to minimize the impact of what you have just been through.
Sunshinegirl0228
Sunshinegirl0228
Yes I feel a bit tired and exhausted after a lot of anxiety. It’s like I took it slow while the anxiety was high then I had to work back up to normal after the anxiety stopped.
Brockster
Brockster
1000% As my therapist puts it, fighting anxiety is exhausting. It's totally normal to expect to be wiped out after an episode. It's like you just ran a marathon while doing differential equations in your head or something. Go easy on yourself.
Frogsoup
Frogsoup
I feel like it takes so much energy and work to hold yourself together through the anxiety that once it's over you have no more energy left. That happens to me a lot. I just try my best to rest through it and not be too hard on myself (that is easier said than done though. I'm glad everything has gotten resolved for you though!
hyperpgal
hyperpgal
Thanks for responding everyone! I am taking the day off today! Not getting out of bed.....watching stupid tv---!! lol I have the anxiety flu......
arfie
arfie
The old saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure strikes me as an understatement. Prevention is priceless.
chriscg
chriscg
Whenever you go through a lot of anxiety or anything really stressful you're going to feel a let down when that anxiety or whatever stress it is goes away or eases up some. You had all of that Adrenalin and epinephrine going through your system. I always have anxiety, depression but I get very tired when my anxiety gets out of hand.
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