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...
Chasingskies just had a great post about memory loss, with lots of great replies. It made me feel like I am not alone with that.
But I have another symptom, which may just be "me," or might be due to my ADD or maybe to the anxiety.
Sometimes I find that I transpose words, or use the wrong words for things, and it takes my mind a minute or two to catch up. For example, I might be talking about our car, and I might say, "I have to take the microwave to the dealer for an oil change," and then a second later I will say, "I meant 'car.'"
My wife usually knows what I am saying, but sometimes my kids look at me like I am crazy. I laugh about it, but frankly I think that sometimes there is more to it than just my ADD.
Sometimes, in the middle of a conversation, I have to stop for a second to think of the right word to say (even a very simple word), or in the middle of a conversation when someone is talking, I start to think of something else very intently, and then discover that I didn't hear what the person said at all.
Again, this might all be due to my ADD, maybe not. I have been treated for the ADD, but all the meds "weird" me out, so I choose to be free of the meds for ADD and just deal with it.
But I wonder if anyone else who suffers anxiety has any similar symptoms; perhaps it is not all ADD, but also tied into the anxiety?
But I have another symptom, which may just be "me," or might be due to my ADD or maybe to the anxiety.
Sometimes I find that I transpose words, or use the wrong words for things, and it takes my mind a minute or two to catch up. For example, I might be talking about our car, and I might say, "I have to take the microwave to the dealer for an oil change," and then a second later I will say, "I meant 'car.'"
My wife usually knows what I am saying, but sometimes my kids look at me like I am crazy. I laugh about it, but frankly I think that sometimes there is more to it than just my ADD.
Sometimes, in the middle of a conversation, I have to stop for a second to think of the right word to say (even a very simple word), or in the middle of a conversation when someone is talking, I start to think of something else very intently, and then discover that I didn't hear what the person said at all.
Again, this might all be due to my ADD, maybe not. I have been treated for the ADD, but all the meds "weird" me out, so I choose to be free of the meds for ADD and just deal with it.
But I wonder if anyone else who suffers anxiety has any similar symptoms; perhaps it is not all ADD, but also tied into the anxiety?
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
:) Dee
I hvae only been here in PA about 2 1/2 months and I cannot remember the kids name I worked with at my last job and it is driving me NUTS! I don't need to know it, really don't care what it is, but was talking about my mangers to hubby last night and couldn't remember this kids name. STILL DRIVING ME NUTS!
So I am with you on this one dear!