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...

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canyouseeme 04/19/2016

As f today, I can't poop without flax seed or fiber pills. I take Ativan and Effexor for depression and anxiety. Vitamin D for my deficiency. Depo Shot to cut off the suicidal thoughts associated with periods and phentermine so I stop ganing so much weight from the Depo shot. I sit in front of a sun lamp any day I don't leave the house or its cloudy. I take Flonase and Claritin for my allergies. This week I'm on a z pack. I have nail and skin issues so several creams and got my first set of contacts and I'm tired. I have so much medicine to take. I have so many beauty rituals. I got a second ear piercing and have to clean that 3 times a day and I just think can I have a day off? What would happen if I just took a day off from everything. All the maintenance that comes from me being me or the version of medicated therapy dependent me and the maintenance that comes from being a female. Being a female is hard time consuming work but having a whole bunch of minor medical issues is also a lot of work. I just want a breathe. I know I can't . I know but what if? Ya know. My problems aren't real problems but what if?

LittleSadie 04/19/2016

I know, some days it gets confusing: allergy pill, Klonopin, vitamins, more Klonopin, Ambien. I bought a pill organizer but then got worried I wouldn't know what was what, and even if I could fit it all in there, lol. (I also get the depo shot and I hate it). Don't stop taking care of yourself, though. Maybe you can simplify your beauty routine somehow?

csajourney 04/20/2016

Although I am male, I can still relate to the routines and rituals for self care. There are days that I don't even want to get out of bed, let alone to shower or put on underwear. Those are the days my anxiety is spiked so badly that I do not want to leave the house, talk to anyone, do anything. But, I do know that the medication is the one thing that should not be skipped. There is a reason the medications are prescribed for daily consumption/injection. It is to keep the levels balanced and while you may not see any grave consequences from missing a day, your body may still alter your functioning even though YOU cannot see it. I would personally NOT miss a day. How long does that take from your day?

As for the piercing and cleaning, you really don't want to risk infection for the five minutes it takes in that process, do you? If it is that much of a strain on your psyche, why not just clean twice or once a day and do not mud wrestle or bury your head in the sand. As for contacts, you can wear glasses for a day as long as you can see. Are the creams necessary every day "or else?" ... only YOU have that answer.

Life does not have to be an all or nothing thing but I would warn against decreasing or stopping medication without doctor's intervention. The meds take time to enter into the bloodstream and are dosed according to the needs of your mind, body and soul.

In short, consider going without underwear for a day but do not risk the important things in your life, like medication.

Hugs from a fellow anxiety sufferer.

bridgie101 04/23/2016

Well you can get away from depo provera and go onto cerazette for a start. No reason to take those shots, they are nasty.

Cerazette is a progestogen only contraceptive, very effective contraceptive and you don't have periods.

The weight gain and nausea associated with the depo won't need to be medicated then.

apart from that I wonder about OCD. How many beauty rituals have you developed?

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