Stress is bring back this DD

I am having a hard time dealing with anxiety lately. How does everyone settle their minds? I have 3 year old twins and after a few weeks of some very disturbing behavior and acting out, my husband and I suddenly pulled the kids out their daycare. Until January I worked from home 4 days a week and my husband was with them the day I went to the office. I now go in 3 days a week, leaving them in daycare for 2 days. I still believe they need to be there for the socialization. I’m thankful for having such a wonderful and understanding employer that has let me work from home again until we get them somewhere else. I’m also very lucky my husband has stepped up and dealt with this, protecting me from any added stress (it has gotten ugly). I was doing very well lately, better than ever. Now I’m so full of anxiety I can’t eat with out running to bathroom (I’m going at least 5-10 times a day). I’m always trying to not vomit. I know things are spiraling out of control. I have constant pain in my lower right quad and upper left and right under the rib cage and down the center stomach(If I eat or try to take a pill I will vomit). Had a CT a few months ago and never found anything. I know if I can’t control my anxiety, things are headed down hill. I don’t want to call my GI, because I don’t like her, she runs up my medical bills and in the end never has helped me. It was an ER surgeon that found my crohn’s and told me not to let her tell me it was IBS. I have been seeing my GYN and he didn’t understand how I could lose 22 pounds in 3 weeks and nothing was done after a neg ct scan, so he has been trying to help. I see him again in a couple weeks and may need to remind him that I need help with anxiety (we got caught up with the weight thing and we both forgot about it at the last apt). I guess I need help from all of you. How do you deal with stress? How do you just let it go? It seems the harder I try to move on the more I dwell on it and the sicker I become. Maybe I need some kind of anger management.. lol. Thanks for the whine session.

I like Vicky have an issue with anxiety too. First off its not a flare, its all the anxiety doing this to you. When my anxiety hits I am a pooping and puking fool.

Go see your family doc and ask about something like Xanax, Klonopin or Ativan. I take the lowest dose available of Xanax at the first hint of anxiety hitting and it works well to quiet my spirits. The Ativan that Vicky takes makes me extremely sleepy, but the Xanax just chills me out. Sometimes I have to lay down for a bit just to allow the Xanax to work (and calm down), but its pretty fast acting and does help alot.

Hugs!

Vicky that is hilarious the reactions we have to our anxiety meds. Ativan knocks me out for like 24 hours straight, but I don't even blink on the Xanax. Only chill out. LOL