mini flare

Kyle,

Yes, I often have symptoms when I don't 'feel' anxious. I believe that we compartmentalize our stress, or push is down, until we don't really realize that we are even carrying/experiencing it.

Breakthrough anxiety can happen, even though your meds are working well in general for you.

This is the time where your coping skills will carry you through the rough times.

Be sure and practice your decompression/stress relieving exercises daily, and double up when you are feeling symptomatic.

Wishing you a calm and symptom free rest of the day.:)

S.C.

Kyle,

I experience mental effects with low level physical effects.  I hate the feelings.  But when I keep in mind that I have done this before and I can do it again I get through the anxiety.  When I feel the anxiety coming on I am learning to not fear the anxiety.  I am learning that there is a very subtle cycle of anxiety triggering "fear" of the anxiety symptoms and that fear makes it worse.  So I just sort of "give in" to the symptoms and they are not as bad and not as long as usual.  I just keep reminding myself that I am a work in progress.