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Posted 9/27/2010 3:05 PM (GMT 0)
So I wake up feeling pretty pain free. Off to a good start I think. Couple hours later, still fairly pain free. Haven't even put on the pain patches. So of course... I have to have ANXIETY!!! Nice strong ANXIETY!! LOVE IT!! My heart is racey, I'm on edge, feel like something is wrong when there isn't. I KNOW there's nothing wrong so I'm sure it's anxiety.  That's one thing I don't have a med for.  I think about asking for xanax but do I really need it?? I'm gonna try and deal with it via relaxation but still.. I've got lots to do. Sure would be nice to be able to get lots done. I never do. Getting things done (ie: getting ready for vacation) would take the stress off me (vacation stress..lol. I know there's 100 other kinds of stress..lol). I've started packing a week ago. I HAVE to pack organized so it takes me a while (I'm obsessed with it). Last time I waited till last minute and that about did me in, so this time I got a head start. I'm about 98% done.  Guess I need to take an hour and relax my mind and get rid of this anxiety so I can just GET IT DONE!! eyes
Posted 9/27/2010 3:19 PM (GMT 0)
Sometimes when anxious, a cup of hot coffee or tea helps to take my jitters away. Sometimes, just having someone talk to me to take my mind off of my breathing helps too.

Maybe you are anxious that the pain will return?
Posted 9/27/2010 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
When you get symptoms that you've have before, realize it's anxiety.  You sound like you are doing that already.  Then, "dismiss" the feeling as anxiety and focus on something besides the symproms.  It takes practice but can be done. 

 

I used to have high anxiety and was on Valium for a while but it was changing my personality so I stopped it.  I realized that anxiety is really just fear.  That's why I have that scripture in my signature.  This has helped me a lot.  Nope, fear will not run my life.  When anxiety tries to raise it's ugly head, I recognize it, dismiss it, and get busy.  I haven't had Valium since 1979 by doing this!  yeah

 

Posted 9/27/2010 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
Any kind of big change (even a short one like a vacation) can bring on anxiety for me too. I'm leaving for Disney World this Saturday, and I'm hoping the anxiety bug will pass me by this time. :-) Plane ride, being away from home, worrying about all of my health problems, pain, sleeping in a strange bed, overstimulation, even just a change in schedules can bring it on when I'm dealing with a vacation. And the preparation is also really stressful for a control freak like me. Wouldn't it be nice to just be able to throw a few things in a backpack and be set to go? wink I know for me, having so many health issues makes it more difficult to travel; I have to carry a mini-pharmacy with me, including a heating pad, ear plugs, lots of meds, etc. rolleyes

I hope your anxiety goes down to a comfortable level. I always find that progressive relaxation helps. If you have trouble sleeping and don't have a prescription sleep med or any conditions/medications that prevent you from using it, you might consider benadryl at night. It has the same ingredients that you find in some OTC sleep aids. I find it somewhat helpful.

Have a wonderful vacation, and remember (as I will try to, too), it's just anxiety, and it can't hurt you. :-)

Hugs - Austen
Posted 9/27/2010 4:47 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Mrs. Mike I hope your anxiety gets better so that you can have a wonderful vacation. Try not to worry about tomorrow and just concentrate on today. Praying for you and Gentle Hugs
Shirley

Austen, Have fun at Disney World, I was there with my oldest son many years ago. So much to see and lots of walking. If you are walking make sure you have very comfortable shoes. I ended up with huge blisters. All in all though the blisters were worth the memories.
Gentle Hugs
Shirley
Posted 9/27/2010 5:16 PM (GMT 0)
Austen, I'll be 3 hours from you, arriving on Sunday..lol. We LOVE Florida!!

Yep, I definitely recognize it as anxiety. I used to think my world was crashing around me once a week until I realized what it was. Now I treat it like a symptom and I deal with it ~some~ better. At least my husband doesn't suffer anymore...lol.

I made it thru today and it has passed. Got my packing finished so that probably helped. I just can't believe how it affects me when it hits. But then again, that goes for all the fibro symptoms. They all knock you down a peg or 3. I'm heading to my moms (4 hour drive) tomorrow because I have TONS of stuff I don't want anymore. I am going tomorrow just to get that stress off my shoulders. I could go after vaca but I just know getting that "stupid worry" and stress off my shoulders before vaca will help be enjoy vaca a lot more. Plus it will put my husband in a better mood having the guest room cleaned out. Hubby is a clean freak!! My mom can't travel here cuz of my dad so I got to drive..again!! My dad is lookig forward to our mini visit so that makes me feel better too.


OK, enough procrastinating. House is just about clean, car loaded, I'm doin' good. Just have to finish.

Oh and Sherrine, I'm gonna put that scripture in my phone. I think it will help. Just added some relaxation music to my phone to make it portable to take with me. Thanks everyone!
Posted 9/27/2010 5:35 PM (GMT 0)
Hey, Austen, you're going to be in my neck of the woods this weekend!  I'm one hour drive from my home to Epcot.  Don't "worry" about your health!  Just plan on having a great time...and you will!  Adrenalin kicks in at places like that so just totally enjoy yourself.

 

Sherrine

Posted 9/27/2010 6:16 PM (GMT 0)
Glad the anxiety passed, i hope you got your packing done. Packing can be alot of stress specialy with health concerns. Florida is awesome enjoy your trip !!
Posted 9/27/2010 6:27 PM (GMT 0)
I'm glad it passed, Mrs.Mike, and you are feeling better. I love the scripture Sherrine has in her signature, too. It has always been a powerful help to me when I'm having anxiety. Have a wonderful trip!!

Sherrine, I didn't realize how close you live to the big DW. I better not tell my daughter or she will want to move in with you. devil

It amuses me how many of us will be in Florida this weekend. Any other travelers headed that way? I'm going to try to just leave all of my cares behind and enjoy myself.

Hugs - Austen
Posted 9/27/2010 6:28 PM (GMT 0)
OMG! This post is SOOO me! I am having such problems with anxiety and fear...oy! Just thinking about traveling throws me into a tailspin!! I have Ativan but I'm refusing to take it...I am on this kick, just trying to heal myself through mind/body techniques, meditation, Tai Chi and psychotherapy, which is probably helping more than anything else. I have four grandsons which I haven't seen in a year because I cannot get myself to travel...it's not just a fear of flying, but of leaving home...can't really explain it...just thinking about it causes the anxiety and you know what that and stress does to us. Anyway, I'm working on it with my therapist. I am planning a trip out west to see the kids in February and, fingers crossed, I'll succeed in doing so. Our youngest grandson will be turning 1 then, and hopefully we will get all our three sons together with the grandsons and DILs...fingers crossed!
Miriam
Posted 9/27/2010 10:55 PM (GMT 0)
OH Miriam, I hope you all make it together. More power to you flying. I won't do it. We are driving... 16 hours!! I'll have my heating pad (I can use it in the car), pain patches, ultram... bring it on!! :-) we'll travel over 2 days. And with all this, the one thing that I am MOST worried about is my husband staying in a good mood. Last trip my daighter caught a nasty cough RIGHT before we left. She was up all night HACKING!! I didn't get any sleep but that was par for the course for me. My husband on the other hand was MISERABLE!! He came SOOOO close turning around to head back home. I said "Fine, we can go home cuz of a cough but YOU can be the one to tell your mother we aren't coming for Christmas and Olivia's birthday!!" Next thing I knew, we got on 75 SOUTH (home would have been north). I text his dad and said "Well, he's still not talking but I guess we are coming. We hit the 75 south..." What GRUMPS men can be when they miss a little sleep. I lose sleep all the time, mostly cuz I'm in too much pain to sleep. The kicker of that coughing trip, I KNEW she'd be coughing and I bought him ear plugs and he refused to use them (we were in a hotel room with 2 sleeping areas but it was all open, main floor with an open loft above. I'll kick him in the pants this time if he tries to pull that stunt again!!
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