well, somehow being a scaredycat works for you.

when it no longer does, you will accept it and be like everyone else.

I HAVE TERRIBLE ANXIETYANDTHINK OF MY LOVED ONES DYING AS I AM ALSO AGORAPHOBIC ITS PART OF OUR ILLNESS AND NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING A SCARDEY CAT !!! GOODLUCK!!

I do this also. I worry about my parents, my nieces and nephews, friends, my husband, anyone and everything. Since I do this also, I can honestly say it is terrible living with this much worry. I have seen therapists for the past 10 years for this, some helpful and some not so helpful, so I still struggle with these worries everyday. My husband is a truck driver and he works 12 hours a day so I worry about him all day until he comes home. I wish I could tell you how to stop but Im still trying to find that solution myself. I just wanted you to know you are not alone and Im sorry you go through this also.

Worrying will only make things worse and you really cannot change what will happen in the future.Leave all your worries to our father in Heaven that is why he sent his son to us so that we would not worry. We will all die someday and if you worry about it, it will drive you nuts.So pray and believe and all will be well. if we believe in Jesus and our heavenly Father and you die and there is a God then you have eternal life (AND YOU WILL BE WITH ALL YOUR LOVED ONES THAT BELIEVED) and if you do not believe and there is a God then you just lost your life. (AND IF THERE IS NO GOD THEN YOU HAVE LOST NOTHING )so please leave all your worries in Gods hands and walk away. All you are doing is making yourself sick worrying.
God Bless you with all that you need and keep you and your family safe.
Cathy

Your constant worrying is part of your anxiety. I have this problem too, I constantly worry about something happening to my kids. As for what happened to the lady that lived 5 miles from you, who wouldn't be scared?! i think maybe you need to talk to your doc about your meds, it is possible you are not on the right meds for you. The right meds can do wonders.

IM like that too- its really a part of the human condition- try to remember that worry is faith that something bad will happen- try to turn it around in your mind. Sometimes meds we take make it worse. I quit meds, quit stimulents although i sometimes slip... and just put everything in Gods hands. He is the one in control and we must trust him. Dont be hard on yourself and remember you are not alone-God bless you.

Hey, sweetness! I have anxiety too and recently upped my Wellbutrin dose and it really increased my anxiety. I contacted my meds doc and he said that it was a possible side effect of Wellbutrin. We brought it down again and I'm feeling less anxious. You'll be in my thoughts & prayers!

Thanks for all the great advice as for the stupid advice whatever....

Spend more time thinking about everything positive.
The love of your 4 kids.
The fact that you have a good husband, and a roof over your head.
Check the batteries in the smoke alarms, so you can put that thought to rest.
Maybe read the bible and pray before you go to sleep.

The only fear, is fear itself.
Straight from the bible.

Yea i'm like that. apparently the feeling of "impending doom" is quite common with anxiety sufferers.

Your anxiety sounds exactly like my mom's. The main culprit is the chemical imbalance...the rest is being in that habit of worrying. It does become a very hard habit to break - pretty much an obsession of sorts. It takes a long time to get out of that, but it CAN happen!

Maybe you're not on the right med for you, or at least one that doesn't work by itself?

Erin

It's called catastrophizing! We anxiety folks don't have enough seratonin in our brains flowing naturally to keep us calm. I take antidepressants for it, and it helps alot. Even tho, if I hear a siren or see an accident and even "think" my grown kids are within a 5 mile radius, I'm calling them on my cell! And my youngest just became a sheriff, aaahhh! Eons ago, my hubby worked nights. I use to practice putting the clip in the mini ruger before I'd go to bed, just in case. I hated when I heard a plane go overhead...don't know why, just did. It tooks years for me to go on a trip that was more than a few miles away from home. I just "knew" something would happen. And when I finally found the cajones to go on a mini vacation that meant I would be out of my "secure" range, I would try and think of a million excuses why not to go. I still am cautious about stuff. I have three smoke detectors, one in the garage. All carbon minoxide ones. I have two fire distinguishers. I never leave the dryer on when I leave the house. I make sure my curling iron is unplugged, even if it means backtracking miles back home to check. But I've gotten better. Good thing with gas prices so high! ha. I used to have those dollar tree door alarms. Easy to install. The thing with anxiety is that we exist on adrenalin. The person who would even dare to invade our space might not realize that he/she is gonna deal with someone who's mindset on overkill! ha! Right?

Maybe you should switch to a serotonin based medication instead

it sounds to me like you have the obsession part of OCD. i have ocd and i worry about those type of things all the time to, about bad things happening to me and others. its just a matter of being able to control it. you might want to try therapy with the medication it might help. hope things get better!

Niky, me too... I have the obsessions too, and I do think Lisa Ann might need to "pick the anxiety apart" and try another treatment.

I am surprised to hear so many people using Wellbutrin to treat anxiety. It has never helped me - I only take it to counteract the sexual side effects of my anxiety med.

I take Paxil and it has helped more than others I've tried. I can now function without making people around me completely nuts.

My favorite book on the obsession subject is "Imp of the Mind". Until I read it, I had no idea what was going on in my head, and med professionals didn't pick up on it either. I was diagnosed with things that I now know didn't get to the crux of the problem at all.

People I know with anxiety just cannot "get over it" on their own. Telling them to do so just makes it worse. (Just ask my husband.)

-Julie