Anxiety symptoms morphing?

Hi Beth and Welcome!!!

I tell you this anxiety gets to be stressful with all the body symptoms, don't they? So many of us on here have these issues too and it is a good thing to learn some different techniques to help you control the way you feel in general. Some of these include, Relaxation, Breathing Exercises, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), General Exercise, Healthy Eating Habits, etc. Sometimes it even takes some meds prescribed by your physician to help get you over the worst of it.

From the way you speak about your life, it is no wonder you are stressed out and feeling anxiety. It is hard to be a full time caregiver/mother and a military wife. I think that most of us would feel the same in your shoes. My late brother was a special needs child and was the sweetest child God ever made in our eyes but the worry involved took its toll over the years.

Please go see your physician about your problems you are facing now. I have the same symptoms that you have and they have been better through the techniques described above and by getting the meds straightened out for me. As far as your breathing goes, you really should try to use the Breathing and Relaxtion Exercises that you can find at the top of our page under Anxiety-Panic Resources. Click on that and scroll down the thread to the post by "wen" and there are the links. You will also find a link to a free online CBT therapy called MoodGYM which goes over so much that will start making you feel better :)

Nice to meet you! Bless you and your family.

Hi Beth,

Welcome to healingwell, I'm so glad you have joined in with us. I can relate to your "morphing" symptoms!! Anxiety is a tricky beast and will get you wherever you are weakest..try and identify when anxiety is "shape-shifting" and keep track of it. I try and journal the new things anxiety throws at me so when the cycle repeats I am prepared.

The good thing is once you have been through something (shaking/nausea) you know that it is part of your anxiety and next time it comes along you can say "ahh - here comes my anxiety monster again"..it sounds a bit silly, but it's nice to be able to identify and act on our anxiety quickly.

Take care, and please feel free to email any of the moderators if you need to talk privately.

Welcome again,

Meg

I read a book that said it was rare to have every symptom of anxiety. Well, guess what? I've had them all. Just like you, I would get used to and become unafraid of one symptom and another would pop up. This tells me that I wasn't doing enough to relieve stress. You must not be doing enough, either. Are you practicing relaxation techniques? Are you keeping a journal? Are you exercising? Make sure you're doing enough! Take each symptom and each day as it comes. You will get really good at this!

I read in a book that it's rare to have every symptom of anxiety. Well, I've had them all. I realized that I wasn't doing enough to relieve stress. Once I got used to one symptom, another would surface. You probably aren't doing enough, either. You need to add things to your daily "to do" list. Make sure you are exercising, keeping a journal, practicing relaxation techniques. Your body is crying out to you. Give it what it wants!

Hi Beth,

Welcome to HealingWell.  Yes your physical sx are real and you have found out from the other members that the physical sx need to be addressed by your physician also, not just the anxiety.

I was so happy to read that you are seeing a social worker and I hope that helps you.

We often waste way too much of our time and energy focusing on what we don't like, what we're worried about, or what we think needs to be fixed, changed, or enhanced.

There are great things happening in your life and around you all the time.

Celebrate the good stuff around us, in others, and in ourselves

Remember to stay in the moment.

Again Welcome

Kitt

Beth I'm so sorry you're going through so much right now. Glad you're seeing someone who sounds good for you!

I never knew anxiety was what it is! Mine started with stress over chronic illnesses that I have, then my grandmother died and I started have heart palipatations and chest pains. Shaking and nausea. Then my muscles started twitching. Then this week I couldn't pee right. My bladder wouldn't empty. I went to the dr and he said everything looks fine, then I meekly asked if it could be my anxiety and he said yes. I can't believe this is affecting me like this! It makes me feel lots of empathy for those who deal with this chronically. I'm not sure how they do it? You are all so strong!