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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sonjanicole5 03/31/2012

I have anxiety almost all day long...nausea, diarrhea, jelly legs, shaking, stomach ache, pounding heart, muscle aches....it will let up for a short while and then BOOM it comes back (probably because of intrusive negative thoughts). My bf and I broke up 2 weeks ago and I think that was the icing on the cake--this year has been hard with being unemployed and living with my parents, then getting a job in a city where I didn't know anyone, living alone, and having major family issues. And then we broke up. For the first couple days I was ok (well, I was devastated, but no anxiety or panic attacks) then one night I decided that I was going to be fine, that it was better we broke up and whatever happens next will be so much better. We'll learn from this and have a better relationship with him or my next one will be better. And then BAM I had a panic attack- heart racing, shaking, feeling out of my body, etc. I got up and moved around, took some melatonin, and was able to sleep. I'm very spiritual, and am afraid that this anxiety means something more. I keep having "what if" thoughts..."what if God is trying to tell me something with this anxiety?"

Since then (a week and a half ago) I've been having major anxiety. I can hardly sleep. Throughout the day sometimes it will go away, but it always comes back at night before I go to sleep and when I wake up in the morning. I feel like I don't know how this is going to ever end. I got some Happy Camper pills yesterday so I'll see if they make any difference.

I'm not sure what I'm looking for, but any support would be good!! I've been reading though old posts and have received so much help already. Has anyone been through a similar experience?

elisheva14 03/31/2012

I have never lived alone. I think I would have anxiety problems if I felt rejected by a bf. If someone even is nasty with me slightly I take it to heart. I can understand your situation. Sounds like a very stressful time. I don't know what Happy Camper Pills are, but I hope they help. I am also very spiritual. There are things I can suggest. When you are having trouble sleeping talk to G-d and beg for Help. Another thing is to say to yourself: This is all for the best. Keep repeating this. I hope this helps you. With time you will get better.

deleted_user 03/31/2012

It is a vicious cycle - everything feeds off each other. The anxiety causes the medical things, the medical things make the anxiety worse. And so it goes. What happy camper pills did you get? Have you seen your doctor? I have had a very bad year as well (deaths, loss of job, house, medical issues, etc.) and it finally came to a head. Heart palpitations and racing heart beat, digestive issues, headache, neuralgias, headaches, inability to sleep or even function, chest and body tremors, just scary stuff. I'm seeing a therapist and psychiatrist, and my family doc has been a godsend. I never thought I'd be taking all of the medicines I am taking, but I have no choice. I need to live and function, and it's not easy. But each day is starting to get a little easier. Good luck.

stillearning57 03/31/2012

I wonder if your anxiety is a result of loss. Some people start to have anxiety following a loss which I have experienced more than once. Recently though I've had the opposite happen and I think it's because I allowed myself to feel and express my feelings more than I ever had before. Don't be in too big a hurry to "get over" things. Sometime I wonder if shedding all the tears helps to keep anxiety from rearing it's ugly head. Just a thought.

sonjanicole5 04/02/2012

I think you hit the nail on the head "stilllearning"...I have been avoiding actually facing this loss because I know it will be painful to process it. And I was definitely in hurry to "get over" things as you said. I was just trying to find a way, any way, to avoid dealing with it.

And I think you are right about saying "this is all for the best" and other things like that...just repeating and repeating it until my mind is onto something else....this anxiety I'm feeling does not mean there is some scary, mysterious thing lurking in my future (that's what I've been feeling since the break-up...just this impending doom, a nagging feeling). It just means I have anxiety because my future is now uncertain and I haven't dealt with a major loss.

I don't know what kind of Happy Camper pills I got...there was only one kind at the store but I know the only ingredients are like 7 different kinds of herbs. I'm also taking a multi-vitamin. Seems to help until I start dwelling on an intrusive thought...but I am much better than before.

I just wish it would go away!!! grr...i'm sure we've all felt that way. But we simply have to deal with it and learn strategies so it doesn't affect us.

stillearning57 04/02/2012

It will go away when you're done dealing with it and you can learn strategies to help you deal with how it affects you. Take care.

deleted_user 04/02/2012

Read the power of now by tolle....a life changer.

cgreens 04/02/2012

Plenty of people around here for support, encouragement etc. I am glad you are looking trhough the posts, as you will find much information about things. It can be tough to sort through, but at least you know that you are not alone with this stuff. Many sufferers and to different degrees. One thing is for sure, we all want to continue to improve...as elisheva and others said, with time

Peace,

TJ

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