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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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absflo15
absflo15
Next week i need to travel 2 hours away from my city. I really don't feel like going, but I have to go due to my little boy getting surgery. I will have to stay 2 nights away from home, and I'm starting to really freak out, because being at home is like my comfort zone. Also my husband has been away for 2 and a half months already due to his job. He gets home in a week and i want him to find me in a better attitude when e gets here I don't want him to feel bad because i know he expects me to be better but truth is i'm not. I also started a new medication called topiramate for migranes. Taking medication freaks me out and the moment i take it my throat gets tight and i can't swallow, is this normal? Then i start getting the chest tightening its horrible! I don't know what to do anymore, I tell myself that everything is going to be fine and that I'll be ok but i just don't want to feel this way anymore. Any advice?
chelleleigh72
chelleleigh72
I take Topiramate and I don't have any problems so you may want to talk to you pharmacy and or doctor, it may be a side effect. It's just my opinion but I think you should be honest with your husband about how your really feeling. Otherwise you may feel worse for not being honest with him and that is the last thing you need is to pile on more bad feelings. I'm sorry that you have to go through your son's surgery alone. Is there anyone who can go with you? Have you tried meditation or keeping a journal, sometimes those things can be helpful. Good luck with your son. Hugs to you.
absflo15
absflo15
Thank you for your response. My husband will be here for our son's surgery thank God! I started topiramate today but still felt a headache. I read horrible reviews about it so that made me freak out a little. My head pains are weird I can't understand them. I honestly don't think it's a migrane but my neurologist diagnosed me with that, I got a ct scan without contrast and everything came out normal. I just need to be more positive and keep praying and having faith right? I don't know how to relax or medidate.
monael
monael
Meditation can help if you are able to let go. There are some easy guided meditations from ucla: http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22
they are short but effective. Find a comfortable place to sit and listen. Hope this helps.
bridgie101
bridgie101
Absflo - get your doctor to give you liquid medications instead of pills. A lot of people can't swallow pills, and when you're under duress all of your 'relax!' functions take a caning, making it even harder. Swallowing pills takes relaxation. :D Maybe you can take them in a lump of mashed potato instead.

As to the husband - you have to be cautious with hope and positive spins with other people, because they can very quickly become nooses around your neck and obligations to hold you to. My anxiety took the best part of 5 years to overcome. It doesn't happen overnight. :) This took a long time to happen to you, and it will take a long time to come back from . He needs to know this. :)
absflo15
absflo15
Thank you for the replies! I have to be honest and hope and faith is all i have left right now!
laurie32
laurie32
Just try to relax. Remember you got to do it for your son who need you to take him there. I hope everything work out ok for you and your son. Hugs.
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