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Anxiety
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Hi and welcome to the community,
The physical symptoms of an anxiety disorder are truly horrific and can be very debilitating. I was once where you are right now, bed bound, fearful and unable to perform the most basic of tasks.
What helped me the most, was the understanding that the symptoms I was experiencing were perfectly normal and a result of increased adrenaline.
I highly recommend reading any of the books by Dr Claire Weekes as they have helped a great many people.
Rest assured that you can and will recover fully, don’t be too hard on yourself, it took time for you to get so unwell, it will take time to recover, but you will.
to the forum Thankyou so much for your reply it so good to speak to people who understand how I’m feeling
A Thankyou to catsmother for inviting me to this site
Hi @Candycane welcome! I get terrible anxiety too, which has caused me a variety of physical symptoms that have incapacitated me at times.
I'm doing slightly better with it at the moment. I find being distracted helps me but somedays are harder than others.
You are doing the right thing by taking medication and engaging in therapy (I do both as well).
I agree with @Catsmother, @mist has given great advice!
I'm doing slightly better with it at the moment. I find being distracted helps me but somedays are harder than others.
You are doing the right thing by taking medication and engaging in therapy (I do both as well).
I agree with @Catsmother, @mist has given great advice!
Thankyou for your reply I’m really struggling and gets me down to feel terrible all day everyday is awful I do try so little bits but still the distraction doesn’t really help me one of my major worries is that there something other than anxiety wrong with me which doesn’t help at all
Welcome! I too have anxiety. I'm sorry to hear yours is so severe. I hope being here will be helpful for you.
This is very common. It’s sometimes hard for us to believe that “anxiety” can be all that is wrong, but make no mistake about it, a full blown anxiety disorder can be extremely debilitating.
It’s important to note the difference between chronic anxiety and simply feeling anxious. We all get anxious from time to time, it’s to be expected and many things cause it, and it’s perfectly normal and healthy.
It becomes problematic when your fight or flight response kicks in when it’s not supposed to, by that I mean your body is releasing adrenaline when it isn’t supposed to.
The symptoms you are experiencing are a normal and healthy response to increased levels of Adrenalin.
The key to combating your physical anxiety symptoms is to recognise this fact and do nothing.
Allow your body to be anxious and have it’s moment in the spotlight and pay it no mind, try not to afford it too much attention and go about your business as best you can in the process and your symptoms will soon pass.
I highly recommend reading any of the books by Dr Claire Weekes as these have helped many people.
Try not to fight yourself too much, you need time to recover, give yourself that time.
Thankyou most you are very helpful I try deal with the symptoms and try live with them but haven’t mastered how to do that yet I try push myself to do more things than I’m doing but feel so terrible that I hate moving I have increased my dose of medication yesterday as instructions from my nurse so I know these next two weeks are gonna be hard but hopefully I will feel a little better wen the increased dose has kicked in sending u some hugs
Thankyou butterfly 88 I hope so to it’s so nice to talk to people who understand how your feeling
Hope that you're liking the forum so far @Candycane 
@Candycane big hugs
Spent 50yrs of my life working as a Mental Health Councilor in Prisons ( I did the Suicide Watch 10pm till 8am ) Had that many death threats it was un-true ( but laughed them off ) Then I retired and one of the prisoners was released and hunted me down . Attacked both my wife and my-self one night while we were in bed . Since then I have not left the house ( can not even put the bin out as Panic Attacks get my every move .) He wanted to kill me just because I stopped him for taking his own life 26yrs before .
So as an ex councilor ( that thought he knew every way for people to cope ) are now a victim .
My biggest problem is I can give advice ( but never listen to my own advice )
The only advantage is that I know the medications and both there good and bad sides .
Read the instructions / or have them read to you !!
Never google their down sides ( you will scare your-self more ) ( so much false info out there )
Always take the recommended dose ( your Dc or Councilor will monitor this and change if needed )
When taking a new or stronger medication Do not expect miracles as 99.9% of them take time to work and for your body to adjust to .
Do 1 positive thing per day ( easier said than done ) but you can even if its just something simple that you used to do before .
We do not live in the 60's-70's so the stigma of Mental issues have long gone !
Tell people how you feel , keep your friends up-to-date with your progress ( never shy away from help )
On a final note to this post
While I worked I used to say to any one I was Counciloring " Try and have an Anxiety or panic Attack right now " and if they were not already in one then Not One single person ( and I'm talking 1,000's over the yrs could have a real one !! )
Distraction works xxx
Oak
So as an ex councilor ( that thought he knew every way for people to cope ) are now a victim .
My biggest problem is I can give advice ( but never listen to my own advice )
The only advantage is that I know the medications and both there good and bad sides .
Read the instructions / or have them read to you !!
Never google their down sides ( you will scare your-self more ) ( so much false info out there )
Always take the recommended dose ( your Dc or Councilor will monitor this and change if needed )
When taking a new or stronger medication Do not expect miracles as 99.9% of them take time to work and for your body to adjust to .
Do 1 positive thing per day ( easier said than done ) but you can even if its just something simple that you used to do before .
We do not live in the 60's-70's so the stigma of Mental issues have long gone !
Tell people how you feel , keep your friends up-to-date with your progress ( never shy away from help )
On a final note to this post
While I worked I used to say to any one I was Counciloring " Try and have an Anxiety or panic Attack right now " and if they were not already in one then Not One single person ( and I'm talking 1,000's over the yrs could have a real one !! )
Distraction works xxx
Oak
