I’m diagnosed with schizophrenia and one of the worst aspects is the relentless anxiety - how do people cope aside from medication?
1 Like
Some antipsychotics help with anxiety others dont, the older ones as a rule make you more anxious. What medication are you on?
Have a relaxed life and attitude, sport, actvities, tell someone your problems, have fun, etc.
1 Like
Walking used to help me before my mobility issues
1 Like
A whole range of medication including clozapine which I don’t like! Take ten in total and think i’m over medicated…
1 Like
Some things I do to calm down are:
Put an ice pack on the back of your head. This will cool down your brain and reduce activity in your limbic system, where emotions happen.
Do a task with simple, clear steps. I like baking. I follow the recipe, and it’s easy enough that I don’t get frustrated, but it requires enough concentration that I don’t have room to think about other things. Cleaning also helps.
Engage your five senses. This will remind you what is real and what isn’t. Listen to soothing music. Smell something pleasant, like an essential oil. Suck on a hard candy. Look at pictures of things you enjoy. Feel something with an interesting texture, like a piece of Velcro or a stress ball.
Try to levitate something with your mind. You obviously won’t succeed, but it gets you to focus all of your attention on a single point outside your body, instead of on your thoughts. I like to use this on airplanes or in public places, because it doesn’t require you to move at all. It looks like you’re just daydreaming to observers.
2 Likes
I know it’s not healthy, but I smoke cigarettes.
these days the only real anxiety I get is from certain programs
Phil watches on t.v. many are murder and death.
And I worry a lot which keeps me from totally relaxing.
I use grounding excersizes. Such as looking around and finding as many of a certain object I can for example: I list as many green things as I can see
Or just describing the room I’m in extreme detail or just and item and describing it as much as I can.
2 Likes
It might sound silly, but one of the things that has really reduced my anxiety was the realisation that it’s okay to get scared.
Before, when I felt an anxiety attack coming on, I’d react with “oh no, I’m getting scared, I can’t be scared, what if someone sees, omg, stop being scared, what do I do, what do I do” and I’d freak myself out until I was really scared of being scared.
Then, I discovered that instead, I could think “Okay, I’m scared now. That’s okay. So what if someone sees? It’s okay to be scared, it will pass”
Remember that the feeling is temporary, and it’s okay to have it. Don’t panic trying to get it to go away as quickly as possible. Allow yourself to feel those feelings, and tell yourself it’s okay to have them.
1 Like
I can’t handle anxiety.
Mr Thoughtless takes over (he is a childish hebephrenic voice) and he makes me scream and shout gibberish, do silly gestures and grimaces, jump, run, sit and stand up.
It’s really terrible
Stay away from caffeine and take a Benadryl if it’s bad…I swear it takes the edge off.
Not quite medication but supplements :
Broccoli sprout extract
https://www.iherb.com/pr/Source-Naturals-Broccoli-Sprouts-Extract-60-Tablets/2456
L-theanine
https://www.iherb.com/pr/Doctor-s-Best-Suntheanine-L-Theanine-150-mg-90-Veggie-Caps/12959
Thank you everyone for good suggestions xxx
I usually talk a lot but it doesnt solve the problem for real.
To Exercise, to read…helps more but when i have lazyness and anxiaty at same time i dont know exactly to cope with it
This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.