Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.
I mean on meds I’ll usually get mild paranoia and I’ll frequently get anxiety but at times I can’t differentiate between the two.
Maybe it’s a little bit of both?
But either way it gets in my way and cripples me.
Idk what anxiety is in thought form but i can tell the physical effects of anxiety.
I subscribe to the concept of psychotic anxiety
Your not alone @Wave
I have been stuck between a benzo and AP PRN with no idea what to take
Do you think it’s feeding off each other?
Think it does that sometimes
Sometimes I’ll experience both sort of in sequence. For instance, when all the neighbors are out (and they ALWAYS are), it makes me mega paranoid, and if I need to go out (“make an appearance”) soon as I do a near-crippling anxiety takes over. I walk fast to wherever I’m going and back, and put all the locks on.
Paranoia to me is a conviction that someone is out to get get me or harm me in someway.
Whereas anxiety is a feeling something bad might happen , someone doesn’t like me but I know it’s not true or it might be true but I can’t say 100 percent.
I’m not sure I get paranoid.
Yep i subscribe to that as well. Its on the script of mine for prn Seraqoul for “psychotic anxiety”.
Paranoia and Anxiety easily merge i reckon with us lot.
I have issues distinguishing between the two. Guess I’m not alone!
For me paranoia is a thought anxiety is a feeling
I have issues with this too. I can’t differentiate either a lot of the time.
I am trying to find the sweet spot on a new med with a short half life. If I take too much at once I can’t stay awake. If I take a smaller dose and space it out too much. I get overwhelmed an hour before the next dose that something really bad is gonna happen. It’s driving me crazy and I don’t know what to call it to get the right help. 
Yes @Joker I think lots of time they feed off each other
To me, anxiety is what happens as a result of paranoia. The paranoia comes first. Anxiety follows. Usually anyway. Not always.
Yes many times I’ll get anxious without paranoia but other times I’ll feel paranoid then I’ll get anxiety
I just suffer from anxiety. My paranoia is mostly under control.
But anxiety affects my thinking in other ways and it’s distressing. Anxiety makes me worry needlessly.
Yeah I do a lot of worrying @everhopeful
Last night I had a panic attack, first one in years. Lasted about 2 hours. Totally separate from paranoia. Really sucked.
I have a hard time telling the difference between paranoia and OCD obsessive thoughts. My pdoc will sometimes say I’m having paranoia when I thought it was OCD. I never have really thought I was paranoid. But I guess it’s just something I don’t see clearly.
Yeah I have severe OCD and my psychiatrist thinks that a lot of my paranoia stems from my OCD.
Yeah I guess that’s possible
Sorry @iconoclast_01
The feeling that “someone doesn’t like you” is paranoia not anxiety. Especially if you’re convinced of it and theres no reason to feel that way.
Anxiety is a worried feeling where you are asking yourself “what if?” questions. Eg.'s: What if my car breaks down? What if I make a fool of myself on this blind date? What if I belch real loud during the important job interview?
Also, a lot of times, anxiety is accompanied by physical symptoms such as: sweating, shaking, foggy glasses, chest tightness and shortness of breath, heart palpitations, clammy, sweaty palms etc…
You can also get a “free floating anxiety” where your mind is just overwhelmed and lets out a silent scream of: I Got To Get Out Of Here!!!
A lot of times, paranoid and anxious thoughts and feelings go together and thats why they are hard to differentiate. @Daisy79