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Been up and down all day

Brockster
Brockster

Today has been a weird day. My anxiety level has been up and down all day... I got up feeling okay, then I thought I was feeling anxious, but I think I was probably misinterpreting signals from my body. Anyway, thinking I was anxious got me feeling kind of anxious. I was able to sit with that and work, and the distraction of work made the feelings go away. Then I was getting ready to start my IOP program and the anxiety started going back up. I took some propranolol, which I haven't taken in a long time and tried to relax my neck and shoulders which have been killing me and that's kind of a trigger. The anxiety would go away for a while and then it would come back... I didn't eat lunch because I wasn't really hungry, but I did eat a protein bar later in the afternoon. Now I'm hungry, but I'm worried I won't be able to eat and I'm feeling sort of anxious about that and... blah!!!!!


I'm going to try and go for a short run to see if that helps get some endorphins going and settles my mind... follow that up with some deep breathing and trying to relax. It's probably just been what "normal" people would consider a weird kind of day and leave it at that. But I've been just all over the place with this.

pinkglitter0330
pinkglitter0330
Do you take anything for your anxiety? My anxiety has been up and down for a while now but I think it has something to do with the time of the year too. It gets to the point that I start trembling. I hope you feel better!
hyperpgal
hyperpgal
on days like that (like my day today) I feel like it is always there--but the distraction of work goes both ways. it can overwhelm us and rise up...and then it can distract it and we barely notice its there...also if you are like me, when work gets busy I forget to drink water--and that alone can make your feel anxious...
Brockster
Brockster
I did my run and, while not awesome, it was a good run because I did it. And I did, in fact, feel much better when I finished. I'm actually feeling kind of normal now. Did a little chore that I'd been meaning to do and now it'll be have some food, take a hot shower and watch a movie.

And yeah, I take a couple of things for my anxiety... have for ages now, but I think what I had been doing wasn't enough to keep up with the crazy of the world, so I'm having to up my game to get back on top of this anxiety and start making some good headway in getting a better handle on how to manage it going forward.
KristinM2
KristinM2
i just took 10 mg of propranolol fir the first time and I'm nervous about it, but really hope it helps with the severe physical symptoms of anxiety I have been experiencing!
arfie
arfie
Well done, Brockster. Steadying support while you work all that into sustainable habit.

My own anxiety rapid cycles on vicious circles, also. Mind fuckus maximus, even when I am able to stay on top of it and hold an even keel throughout the day. I can think of a kajillion places I'd rather be putting that energy, but life is as life is. Not as I would have it. For sure, managing my anxiety doesn't waste as much energy as fighting it and wishing the Cosmos would get with **my** program.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Distract and Do!

Hurrah for you!
Brockster
Brockster
So true arfie. As frustrating as it is that no one got the memo that I would prefer not to be anxious for no reason, being anxious about that doesn't seem to do much good. Or, as they say, we play the hand we're dealt. I mean, I'd rather be on the beach in Kauai right now... but that's just not happening either, and I'm only crying a little bit about that ; )

And Mid, yeah... I've lately been learning the sometimes subtle distinctions between distracting and stuffing, and when to use distraction to throw a stick in the spokes of my mind when it decides to spin on unhelpful thinking.
arfie
arfie
I just hate it when the Cosmos forgets to ask my opinion before it rearranges my world. Thank those same Cosmos for giving me the imagination to be able to visualize myself on that beach in Kauai. That particular imagining is especially important to me since the Cosmos gave me a saltwater allergy on top of time and budgetary constraints. There are plenty of freshwater compensations in the world, but it is still a drag that I don't get to experience the many wonders of the salty seas.

Yo. . . Cosmos. . . Can you send me a cure for saltwater allergy? Just hoping. . .

I study allot on those subtle diffs between distracting and stuffing (evasion?), too. I tend to stay busy enough to make the diffs important. Workaholic league.
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