Man I hate this cycle. Floored by my meds so turn to coffee but for me that is basically anxiety in a cup.
Really upset cos the landlord refuses to fix my windows and it is about 25 degrees C in my flat. Not eligible for council housing so worried if I make a fuss I will be evicted and homeless.
Could you try half glass of wine. Just a thought
I feel lousy today also
I live in vicious circle
Reminds me of a guy in aa sharing the other night
He used to drink so much alcohol he would have to take cocaine to get him out of a blackout, they call it a whiteoutâŚthen the Coke would start making him feel uneasy heâd drink more alcohol and itâd make stuff even worse.
Iâd just ride it out if I were him
I had paranoia when I got home from cinema
I had mouthful of red wine
I can handle drink and not get addicted
I never get drunk now I only drink sip wine when I feel crap
From what I remember you drink a lot of coffee jimbob, I used to as well, but cutting down to the right amount was easy. Coffee is one of those few things you can easily cut down. Find the happy medium.
Have taken a little bit of quetiapine to hopefully take the edge off. Have thrown out my coffee. Tea only from now on.
think I will just have to write off the hours of sedation caused by my morning meds - combatting with caffeine doesnât work for me.
What do you folks do for sedation?
I drink coffee but donât overdo it. Sorry if Iâm not helpful . Drink slow, let that caffeine sink in
Cocaineeee! Just kidding. Iâm a coffee addict. Green tea also helps, black tea as well. But they all have caffeine.
What do you folks do for sedation?
L-theanine.
Not funnyâŚ
Jk it was funny
Just wanted to give you a taste of your own medicine 
I use meds to sedate me. I remember the first time trying Trazodone, it completely knocked me out. Then I would drink loads of energy drinks to wake up. It was a vicious cycle. But I broke out of it. Just dealt with the sedation until I got used to the meds and now Iâm less tired. Completely washed coffee out of my system. My liver thanked me later. 
Feeling a bit better now.
This whole brexit referendum â â â â is freakin me out. The news is just worrying. Have deleted my Facebook and news apps - they are just full of doom.
Ps my music now happens to be a song about being homeless. Is this an omen? Not sure. I see significance in things.
No itâs not an omen
That stuff happens to me a lot
Thanks ttp - this sort of things happens to me also.
Often I try and let outside stuff decide my fate. Like I will be watching a penalty in soccer and I will say to myself âRight, if he scores this I wonât be made homelessâ then hope he scores. When he does score I feel slightly reassured.
Pretty weird eh?
Sounds like how I think sometimes - Could be OCD
Yeah I have real problems with obsessionality. Some meds kinda help but not much.
Itâs okay. I do that too. Just the other day we had chinese and before I opened my fortune cookie I thought to myself, âRemember it doesnât mean anything!â.
Then I opened it and it said something about never having to worry about income again. Like is that a joke or what? Lol.
Anyway, you donât think thereâs enough sufficient reason to think youâd have to worry about becoming homeless do you?
Suppose I am like the stock markets - I hate insecurity. Problem is life by its nature is full of insecurity. I just need to learn how to cope.
A big problem I have is that when I do have a problem I obsess about the worst possible outcome - in this case homelessness. I worry till I make myself ill.
Thing is I worry so hard because for some reason my brain thinks if I worry and punish myself enough the bad things wonât happen - I wonât become homeless.
It is as if my brain has learnt there is something protective about this catastrophising and it wonât stop.
i was made homeless and i ended up in one of the nicest council house in the nicest areas i could have hoped for, its not all bad, i mean they wonât let you go homeless and the only person that can go homeless is yourself really but idk why anyone would ever want to do that.
Thanks @asgoodasitgets - was just having an off moment.