Any physical symptom that connects directly to anxiety can be released fast naturally with gentle movement.

Make sure you are hydrated.

Best wishes.

I do drink a lot of water that's actually all i drink. Gentle movement? Fast naturally?

Hey there,

Sorry to hear you are experiencing these feelings at the moment. Have you spoken to your doctor about these physical symptoms or talking to a therapist at all? I think some professional advice might be a good idea, but additionally I find that breathing exercises help. One that I was taught is to breathe in for 3 hold for 3 and breathe out for 3 breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. I found the breathing and counting really calming, and also found baths and showers were comforting, also herbal teas, lavender oil on my pillow and gentle stretching. I found when I went on Prozac it does take a while to start working, do you have much info on or have you spoken to anyone about your medications?
As you believe in god, maybe when you wake up in the night you could say a quiet prayer, or write how you are feeling down, listen to some music or read?

I have also found exercise during the day such as walking or yoga really beneficial when dealing with waking up in the night.

I hope something here helps, sending you warm healing thoughts, you can get through this!

take care, Ophelia

I have gone into the ER due to my pains but they don't find anything. My doctor said it was skeletal inflammation, my blood work and EKG is normal. So my second thought is due to anxiety, but it's crazy how anxiety can make you feel real physical symptoms. I don't have a therapist here where I live aren't that many. I used to exercise a lot before but once I got anxiety I stopped it makes me feel scared everyone I try to go back to the gym. I used to a lot of weight training but now it's impossible for me. I have been drinking chamomile tea everyday for the past 2 weeks. I just try to stay calm at all times reassuring myself that I'll be ok!

Do you think that the symptoms might be a side effect from the medications? I think you should mention this to your doctor.

I've had those shocks-not the tightness though--they usually went from the back of my head across to the front-I had one night where they just went zooming through my entire body for hours--I've never been so scared. They did go away though, I went on meds---the anti-ds take up to 6 weeks to kick in. the benzos helped me the most in the short term.

... ' ' skeletal inflammation, my blood work and EKG is normal. So my second thought is due to anxiety, but it's crazy how anxiety can make you feel real physical symptoms. ' '

Here's the little I've learned from my own sometimes-unhappy experiences : Once one has anxiety, just about *anything* can get distorted. How about one version of hypochondriac? I've heard that word explained and it seemed to me . Well anxiety can make a person imagine things.

get well soon Absflo. . (((( A. ))))

welp--anxiety is part mental and part physical--our thoughts put us in fight or flight response over and over....our adrenals pump adrenaline throughout our systems over and over--that messes up the hormones and functions in our complete system. I think our systems can't keep up with the constant bombardment--our adrenals get tired--they don;t function correctly--you get the shakes when nothing particularly stressful is going on--you become exhausted--the endocrine system goes wonky--which messes up everything. alternatively sometimes anxiety symptoms are caused by other physical issues like being hyperthyroid, etc. I don't think you can separate the mind from the body.

Hey absfio,

I am a strong believer in the divine as well and anxiety will test one's faith to extreme. You can continue to progress with your faith or take a step back from it. When I began my battle with anxiety I would have these scary thoughts "what if what if what if" but these scary thoughts are from my everyday stresses including family friends and work etc. Why would a person with such a strong faith have these problems the answer is God is testing us. He is always there to pray to and if needed with help. I go to church every sunday and learn new things I never new about myself. The thing that you have to do is begin to journal your everyday stresses and write down your negative thoughts then with this counter it with a more positive thought.


NEGATIVE- What if I can't get over anxiety?
POSTIVE -What if I learn the tool to help me understand anxiety and learn to conquer them and with that I CAN help other people learn the tools i did to overcome them

These physical symptoms that you are having could be related to stress/anxiety I would look at Adventureguides 12 week program to help.

just remember To have setbacks you must've made progression.. don't ever give up for this will make you a better person and a stronger believer

God bless, Jared