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Posted 10/8/2014 4:57 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know, but lately my anxiety is doing flip flops...one minute I'm feeling all anxious and shaky then I talk to mysf and calm down and think "OK, I'm handling this and feel OK, the next minute WHAM that adrenaline takes over and I'm back in the fearful anxiety mode again! Very unnerving and scary to jump back and forth between OK/not OK. I swear sometimes I have a brain tumor or something causing me to feel this way but then I have to face the fact that I've thought that since I was a kid....along with every other disease I could think of. This has been an especially severe bout of anxiety this time around. I'm sick of it and want to get back to my old self fulltime!!
Posted 10/8/2014 5:13 PM (GMT 0)
Andwes ,
I have same troubles as you and think of every possible horrible disease anytime I get headaches or so .
This yo-yo effect i have too almost every day .For me sleep makes huge difference and can't sleep lately well.

How about changing your meds or increasing dose ,i am planning to get mine changed.

take care !!
Posted 10/8/2014 5:40 PM (GMT 0)
Same here. It's like a freaking roller coaster ride, hourly. You said something that spoke to me in an earlier post. You said it felt like your anxiety was on and off, like flipping a switch. That's such a good analogy, as that's how I feel too. It's like when I feel "normal", I'm not used to feeling that way...and soon I feel anxious again. im so tired of the inconsistency.
Posted 10/8/2014 7:03 PM (GMT 0)
I hate to admit it but its comforting to know that I'm not alone in this flip flop effect...its so unsettling. Guess its just another aspect of the whole anxiety spectrum...but it sure does suck.
Posted 10/8/2014 7:06 PM (GMT 0)
Hey guys...just a few words to cheer you on...

When your anxiety switches the game plan...and keeps you shadowboxing...fight fire with fire!

Switch up your coping skills. Keep using the tried and true of course, but try adding in some new ones as well.

Changing times, locations and methods of how you practice your self-help can make subtle differences!

Try ordering (or going to the library) a new self-help book/workbook for yourself on anxiety management.

Increase or mix up your exercise routine, find a fun new interest to pursue, ect...

Stay one step ahead of the anxiety, and don't let it get the upper hand.:)

Peace and progress!

S.C.
Posted 10/8/2014 8:12 PM (GMT 0)
Thought I'd share,....I get this as well. And it's a twisted message (how we find a sense of comfort knowing that others have it too,...but not so much that as knowing we're not alone in these unusual experiences).

I think that S.C. has, per usual, brought up great ideas. In fact, it's what I've been doing for 48 hours. I'm coming out of a cloud from a particularly nasty cold, and being more insulated than I usually am,...my regular coping skills aren't happening. (ie: I haven't worked out in 10 days or gone to PT in 2 weeks,...this is driving me bonkers!)

My lungs are all shades of cranky so my breathing exercises are on the fritz.

Soooo, it's on to new stuff. New techniques. New modalities. Every now and again, we need to Spring Clean our brain....





M.
Posted 10/8/2014 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
I'm new & know how Rollarcoaster these feelings can be. Depression then anxiety, feeling normal one day the super depressed & anxious the next. Taking 50mgs of zoloft for almost 4 wks. Dr says to up it to 75mgs or add a mood stabilizer. So scared to do either I'm barely getting used to taking this. I'm so confused and don't know what to do.
Posted 10/9/2014 12:03 AM (GMT 0)
Add me to the bandwagon. This bout I've had this year was the longest and worst I've ever had. I'm 43 & had 3 bouts of this in the past but they always went away quickly with an antidepressant. This year has been a med roller coaster trying to find one that works. Like Cilly, I'm trying to find the right med/combo.

I've actually had a good WEEK, the most consistency I've had in months. Then today, outta nowhere, I get that derealization feeling. I hope you guys never get it. Anxiety is bad enough but at least it's "familiar" to me. Derealization is a bizzaro symptom of anxiety I'd never experienced til this year.

Then my therapy appt (I posted abt that), left me even more unsettled. Now I think I have a brain tumor or epilepsy and can't get a neuro referral fast enough. SIGH (I too have feared brain tumors but not for YEARS). Sigh!

Sending peace to all of us!
Lisa
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