So I also suffer from severe anxiety and today has been hellish. I couldn’t do anything besides lie on the bed and try to sleep.
I hate this feeling. I don’t know why it exists?? It doesn’t do anything besides make me feel sick and incapacitated. F u c k!
Anxiety or paranoia?
Sometimes i can’t distinguish them
It’s not paranoia! It’s anxiety. It feels like I’m sick to my stomach. I get dizzy and feel like I’m dying.
Do you have anxiety attacks also?
The other day i had one, without apparent reason
I get anxious sometimes. It is dangerous if I get terribly anxious when I am behind the wheel. No one will tell me what to do about it. Trump the help I get . . .
Yes. But that’s different anxiety. The one that I have today is very severe. I feel absolutely sick!
Oh I’m sorry, speedy.
What can you do to distract yourself?
I can’t do anything while I have it. But it’s getting better now.
What have you been up to today Om??
Ok. Maybe listen to your favourite music
or turn on the tv for company and distraction.
I went to the supermarket with my mother.
And for coffee. Voices were accompanying me,
but not terribly
I’m expecting my espressomachine any day now. I’m happy about that.
It’s raining here today, much needed rain. It’s been a hot summer.
How did it go at the supermarket?
Wow espresso machine. Great news.
It had a lot of people. But i was calm.
No problem. I saw some beautiful ladies there.
I kept my ■■■■ together. Lol
Anxiety and panic attacks are due to your amygdala going out of control, that is part of your brain.
Don’t you have a PRN benzo for when it gets really bad?
I have terrible anxiety too sometimes so bad I drink wine. Pleased with self didn’t have wine today
Today I gave feet and legs massage
I also look out the back window at the trees
I also try get off the bed even if it’s to walk to another room
Lying on the bed too much your anxiety will increase
Just take it step by step
Both alcohol and Benzos work on GABA receptors in the brain, that is why they are both good for anxiety and calm you down, but you can develop dependency with both.
GABA (Gamma-aminobutyric acid) is the nervous systems natural inhibitory neurotransmitter, it slows down and calms the nervous system, that is why alcohol and benzos work so well to ease anxiety.
I refuse to get on benzos due to the dependency. I know if I’d start eating them I would never quit. I have too much anxiety. Any relief would make me dependant. Alcohol worsens my anxiety! Otherwise I would be a drunkard!
If you take benzos occasionally, like no more than once every 10 days you won’t become dependent on them. It’s only if you take them everyday for weeks or months.
I’ve been prescribed 1mg Ativan pills PRN for the last 15 years, never abused them, never became dependent on them. If you don’t have the will power to use them responsibly then yeah, you should probably avoid them.
I’m on clonazepam now for sleep because I am having the worse insomnia fort he last many months. I’m probably going to become dependent on it but I don’t care, I need to sleep and nothing else really works, I’ve tried a lot of other medications first. If my ability to sleep naturally comes back I’ll just slowly wean myself off the clonazepam. Benzo dependency is no joke but lots of people successfully come of them, you just have to take it slow. I read the general rule is a 10% reduction of your previous dose every 4 weeks until you get down to a tiny amount, then you quit. Probably still have some withdrawal effects but using that plan many people successfully quit them after being dependent on them
Anyone who has experienced anxiety knows how rough it can be. You have my deepest sympathy. I hope you get better.
Thank you crimby!!
I hope you get your sleep settled! It sucks to be an insomniac! I have these issues myself. Have you tried melatonin?? It works for some!