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Posted 3/28/2014 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
Hi. I've been taking my meds as directed and seeing a therapist. Why do I still have bouts of lightheadedness during the day even if I don't feel particularly anxious? Is it because it's always on my mind? Does my subconscious just anticipate it happening so it does? I'm ok in the morning and ok when I get home for the gym at night. But during the day I get forehead lightheadedness. I just don't get it. I guess I have a hard time believing all these physical symptoms are caused by anxiety and not something more sinister.
Posted 3/28/2014 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
SO,

Most  anxiety happens at the subconscious level.  Just because you don't feel consciously anxious or had a day or two of calm doesn't mean your mind & body are relaxed.  It can take months of reduced anxiety before a body goes back to a more non-reactive state. 

Keep doing what is working for you and practice accepting each day as a good day.

Courage Doesn't always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying "I will try again Tomorrow"

Gentle Hugs,

Kitt

Posted 3/28/2014 5:04 PM (GMT 0)
what Kitt just said there is 100% true.

Feel better my friend (-:

J
Posted 3/28/2014 5:49 PM (GMT 0)
...agreed!

...and those of us with anxiety become quite skilled at pushing those feelings down and into repressed places.

However, it can come bubbling up to the surface...not necessarily in conscious thoughts, but in physical symptoms.

When I had my first panic attack, I was shocked! I thought it couldn't happen to me because I am a calm person!

When I looked closely at my life situation however, I realized that I did have a lot of stress and family tension that I was not dealing with..and that was the problem! If anyone had asked me at the time if I was anxious, I would have said no.

I am not suggesting that your situation is the same. I am just giving you an example of how you can indeed be dealing with anxiety and not sense/feel it.

Give your therapy time, and keep using those coping skills!

S.C.
Posted 3/28/2014 11:33 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks guys! My no stretch is my anxiety gone but the shakes and anxious feelings are kept to a minimum with the meds. I guess it's the constant thinking about my physical symptoms that keeps them alive. I've gotten so good at hiding my outward physical symptoms from others (like crying, shaking, trembling and whatnot) that no one knows my struggles. But I guess my body knows. I just want it to stop!!!!! I wake up each day thinking this is the day the physical head stuff will be gone. I read the brain tumor symptoms to reassure myself I don't have any of them and start my day. But my subconscious isn't buying it and the head stuff kicks in several hours later. Maybe tomorrow will be the day I'll see that little light that no darkness can ever overcome. Even the smallest light can't be overtaken by the darkness. It will always shine though if I keep looking for it. The hard part is to keep looking!
Posted 3/29/2014 12:20 AM (GMT 0)
I'm glad you asked this, I was wondering the same thing. Now I know. Thanks of the helpful answers as usual everyone. I feel a bit better about it now.

A x
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