I don't have any great words of wisdom for you. I just wanted to let you know that I understand where you're coming from. I'm a nurse and I just lost my job due to medical side effects of a medication. But that job caused me such anxiety that I would have done anything to get out of going to work each weekend. And that included suicidal ideation. So now I'm out of a job. I don't know whether to jump up and down and yell yippee!, or crawl under a rock and cry.

The only thing that I can recommend is that you ask your pdoc for clonazepam.....It's the only thing that worked for me........I feel for you as I know what anxiety is like. It's not very nice to say the least.....There will be other meds for anxiety but that is the one that works for me.

Anxieties are the toughest in my book. They are such a generalized phenom. They can pop up without warning or obvious cause.

Lots of reaching out works best for me. Allot of times just being able to put an anxiety into words will help me get them in check.

hugs and hopes, becky.

Thanks everyone for your responses to my problem. It helps to know I'm not the only one with this problem. Too bad there isn't a quick fix for it. Juzmebaka, I do tate clonazepam and it does help some, but I had to take 2 yesterday just to get through my shift. Plus I take it morning and night.

Cammiecat, I'm sorry you lost your job.

arfie, I am seeing a tdoc and so far it hasn't helped much. I will continue to see her though and maybe we will be able to come up with some solution.

I am relating to your issue because I have to go into the office starting tomorrow morning. I have been working from home up until now. I am anxious and anxiety ridden. I have a lot of work to do today to prepare also. Right now though I am taking time out for me to wake up before I set my goals for the day.

It seems we all suffer from anxiety with not really any solutions except popping benzos. My tdoc says to breath deep breathes if I get overly anxious. That helps for about 5 seconds.

i give you alot of credit despite the anxiety,good for you,rather than be paralyzed by it. your doing it!!!play mind games with yourself and break down the hours into something more bearble,reward yourself for staying.i think your doing a great job.i also was forced to stop working as a nurse and now waiting for disability which i feel for myself is a cope out i should be able to work. you go girl!!

I feel for you. It has got to be tough working when you dread every minute of it. I wish I had a great suggestion for you but I don't, The only thing I can say is to talk to your pdoc and see if there is another anti-anxiety medicine you could take, Good luck and good for you to go back to work! I wish I had the confidence in myself to do the same.

focusing on work and work alone my nhelp and interacting in a way that doesnt make the custumer upset but interested my help you throught the day i get the same thing but i work in a differnet envirment i have the able to get into work with pshyical active maybe if you as to stock selfs that would help because then your not in one spot at all times standing there is hard to do but if you cant adjust to what you are doing just find a way to get your mind into what you do anyilze people that come throught anything to change your mind set because the worse part of anienty is to have the thought constant lly there then it never leaves i would try to make your intersted in work something that is out of what is normal and make it into something that is abnormal with scaring off people

I totally understand.
I worked part time in a high end Department store, until it closed due to bankruptcy ( haven't worked since...do need more money !)

All I can suggest, is talk to HR , and see if they will let you take short breaks when you start feeling stress.

The ADA rules , say your employer does have to make reasonable accomodations for your disability.

You will need a letter from your Pdoc confirming your need for short breaks .

If you are a cashier, this might not work...maybe change your work position to stocking the floors ?

Well, I survived another day at work. Thanks everyone for their respnses to my problem of anxiety.

dancingd made the same suggestion I was going to offer, regarding switching positions.

Is it the interaction with people that gives you anxiety?

I'd rather deal with deep depression than anxiety, it's horrible. I wake up some nights/mornings with a stiff jaw and bloody fingernail imprints from clenching my jaw and fists.

Bravo for getting through another day, I hope it gets better for you :)

I used to have it as well and it's horrible..
I went to a seminar on anxiety and the pdoc who specialized in it said the first thing he asked all his patients was how much caffeine they drank...
Be careful of benzo's sweetie.. .they can over time have an opposite effect if your body starts asking for more... anxiety =another pill..
I'm glad you got through the day..x

I only had really horrid, dreading getting up in the morning anxiety once. It concerned driving my daughter to figure skating. And it occurred for two years, including the summer when she wasn't skating. I had anxiety that fall was coming!

Sounds so simple. I finally back tracked to when it started - it was when I had lithium psychosis and had to drive her in the dark in the winter on country roads - and I couldn't even punch in a phone number I was so uncoordinated from the overdose of lithium. I could not steer and do the gas/brakes at the same time. My 12 year old daughter steered, and it did the pedals. Seriously. Pretty stupid and dangerous situation, no wonder it triggered bad anxiety.

When I realized I was long gone from that stage, that I was not even on lithium anymore after that, and it would never happen again, the anxiety disappeared and never came back.

Some may or may not agree with this, but my pdoc told me he believes anxiety is related to PTSD. If you deal with the issue that happened, it helps to relieve the anxiety. It worked for me.

Of course, if your life is highly complex, or if you have an anxious personality by nature, figuring out what is triggering you could be very difficult.

I am glad you made it through another day, but very hard having to go through that every day. I hope you can either talk to your employer, or see your way through the issue, and what is provoking the anxiety, if it is even possible.

I will talk to my tdoc about it on Thursday. Maybe it is PTSD. I was in an abusive marriage for a long time and sometimes I wonder if that isn't some of my anxiety problem. I never had it before I was married.

I haven't told my employer that I'm on disabillity yet , but plan to soon because I worry about them working me too many hours. I have 7 more trial months left and don't want to use them and get kicked off disability.

Angela, that sounds terrible what you went through, I'm glad you were able to work through it.