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Nervous habits

Redsgal21
Redsgal21
Well my anxiety has kicked in full gear this evening. I really didn't think it would. Hopefully my trazodone works tonight. I've developed this awful habit of cracking my nuckles when my anxiety kicks in. I can't seem to stop it. Ugh.
Rigaud
Rigaud
I usually spend the evening pacing in expectation of something terrible. Luckily I missed out on the knuckle cracking too.
joneszy93
joneszy93
Sorry your anxiety has kicked Red :/ I hope your Trazodone helps soon. I crack my knuckles too, but don't know if it's anxiety related or not.
freenowfinally
freenowfinally
I had the lamictal rash and my back was burning and extremely hot. I was unable to get in to see the pdoc for two weeks. I tried ice cubes and that was a mess and didn't work. Then I though wet towels and I was re-wetting them and wringing them out every 10 minutes. I said heck just DO IT CHICKEN to myself! I jumped in the cold shower and cooled off and repeated it every half hour for the burning. Well what I'm getting at is the cold shower took away my anxiety too. That was a month ago my med have changed and I still take for or five cold showers a day because you lose a lot of weight too. I do hope you feel better and merry christmas
spacekat
spacekat
Good morning, Reds, how are you feeling today? Were you able to relax and get some sleep?
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
free you should call your pdoc, GP or go to emerg if you have a rash on Lamictal... They may well want to discontinue it

I grind my teeth in my sleep and still bite my nails...ugh... I hate these habits to... Big hug...xo
Redsgal21
Redsgal21
Spacekat,

I was able to calm down and take my trazodone. It helped put me to sleep. I woke up after a few hours because of night sweats that I get but managed to fall back to sleep. I was less anxious today and thanks for the kind words everyone.
spacekat
spacekat
Oh that's so good to hear! Sleep is SOOOO important. And good, solid sleep is hard to find. Glad to hear your trazadone worked!
theatrediva
theatrediva
I pick my cuticals until they belles when I have anxiety.
dobiedots
dobiedots
oh god, it's the worse. I grind my teeth and my eyes start to blink like crazy. It's so embarrassing.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
I grind my teeth to Dobes and I bite my nails
GildedLily
GildedLily
I tap my fingernails on something that will make a noise. Tabletop, glass counter, the car - it's the sound of tapping that I find soothing.
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