Anxiety is bad

Hi everyone, I hope you're doing as well as can b. I am away from my hubby and pets visiting my dad. I've been walking and spending time at the beach and had dinner with my Aunt and my 89 year old nan last night. I have been suffering with nausea on and off and haven't been sleeping very well so am struggling with my health anxiety. Whenever I start to feel remotely unwell or have a sensation I don't recognise I panic. I am trying not to think so negatively but it's hard to distract myself. I am supposed to see my doctor next week for my2 month check up on Sertraline and I don't feel any better. I can't wait to get home and see my husband tomorrow. I just want to feel better rather than waking up feeling strange or unwell and expecting myself to keep over at any time.

Thanks for reading my waffle, I needed to get things off my chest.

A x

Hi Wdw,

Your only hours away from being back home with your hubby.  Keep your mind busy, visit some shops - talk to people, see how many people you can make smile with all your charm.

Most of all spend time visiting with your Dad.  Have some ice cream together.

Hugs,

Kitt

Hey my doctor seemed to think that the Anti-depressants should work within a week lol but he is talking out of his butt because I have never seen it anywhere that it should work that quick.

I have been on Sertraline now for just over two weeks hun and today I have felt in a more uplifted mood but I am taking that with a pinch of salt because it could be anything making me feel like that and I am on 150 mg also.

I have heard of people who felt no benefit on one dose but felt great on just the next dose up which I should imagine will be 100 mg for you or your doctor may decide to go with 75 mg just in case of side effects.

The more you focus on anxiety and focus on how you are feeling, the more the anxiety will thrive because you are giving it attention. What you need to try and do is accept it is part of you for now at least and stop trying to rid yourself of the feeling because what you resist persists and that is so true with anxiety.

I wake up everyday and straight away I check to see how I am feeling and then that continues throughout the day and night because I have taught myself to do that and being off work doesnt help really as I have more time to think. I have found that when I go to a friends for a few hours and just talk about normal stuff and try to have a laugh, it gives my mind just that little bit of a break from all the worry and self checking which means my mind has time to repair itself and I always notice I feel more stable and less worried after this :)

Throw yourself into something you enjoy and try do it on a regular basis and I promise you that you will feel better, it may feel uncomfortable for a bit but you will be able to naturally just get involved in an activity which will limit the amount of times you check how you feel and that will help.

Have you ever tried guided hypnosis ? If you goggle a guy called Glenn Harold and there is a MP3 from him which I think is just called 'A guided Hypnosis' but its nothing deep dont worry. It just helps you to use your imagination to go to a peaceful and happy place which believe it or not can be just as easy to do as going to a place of anxiety which we have taught ourselves to do a bit too much lol.

All the time we tell ourselves we need to beat anxiety and make it go away, it will be seen as something more powerful then it needs to be, if we just tell ourselves that it is what it is and accept it than it will lose so much power and become a lot easier to live with :)

How are you feeling today?

Hey A,

Sorry you feeling crappy today.

In what way do you mean you are not talking right? Do you mean like slow and sort of shaky if that makes sense?

Sean x

I think medication can do that, I am sure Zoloft does that to me sometimes as it goes like I feel like I am talking like Rocky Balboa lol x

Thank you both. I guess I know deep down that I sounded fine but when the anxiety kicks in I don't see sense. I've had nausea on and off since Weds and thought it was because I was away from home. I got back yesterday and it was nice to get such a wonderful greeting from the animals.

I was talking to my mum's husband today, he used to suffer badly with anxiety and panic attacks. He was telling me about Transcidental Meditation, TM, a form of meditation that sounds interesting to me. It was nice talking to someone who understands and thankfully it has helped my mum to understand how I'm feeling.

A x

Dear A x, Some of us do the same thing you are doing, we overconcentration every pain and sensation.
One day I had a thought, I have wasted several years practicing my death and it has not happened yet.
That's when I honestly started distracting myself, I used Prayer, a repetitive Prayer, your Mothers Husband is on to something also mediation is a distraction also and it can leave you with a feeling of Peace.

Larry ***