Apprehensive about the holidays with Anxiety

I feel apprehensive about the holidays and spending part of most of it alone. Anyone else feels this way?

I have lived alone for years I have loved it, especially around the holidays where I can do what I want whenever I want for the 8-10 days that I would be off of work.
I got hit with bad anxiety about May time frame of this year and although I am feeling better, I still have anxiety in the morning and early afternoon. I am apprehensive about spending the holidays alone. I have plenty of friends that I can potentially hang out with but as you all might know, sometimes the drive is not there and getting anxious about hanging out at events will prevent you from doing things. I used to spend a lot of time watching my favorite shows on TV and now I don't like watching T.V. I almost reminds of the when I was not anxious and that comparison makes me anxious. I have a female friend who is going to spend part of the time with me. Any ideas? Is this normal?

I had a Christmas like that and I decided to fight through my anxiety and volunteered at a soup kitchen....it was one of the most rewarding holidays I've ever had! And I forgot about my anxiety the whole time i was there!

Have you started feeling better on your medications? I just hit my eighth week on 10mg lexapro and even though I've been really stressed I seem to only have useful anxiety.

Anyways just checking in.

Jennings,

I am feeling better, but moorings are still not good at all. I have been on 20mg for 29 days and have seen one really good week on it where I almost had no anxiety.
My doctor wants to increase mine to 30mg and I have been reluctant to do it. I am not sure what to do honestly. Klonopin at 1.0-1.25 helps a lot, but during the good week, I did not even need it.
I am am so glad you are having good results. When did you start noticing the huge improvements? After how long of taking 10mg?

Thanks again buddy

Post Edited (LexaHelp) : 12/18/2014 7:45:54 PM (GMT-7)

If you are feeling better, why go up to 20mg? Do you still have lingering anxiety that is not just?

0.5mg of Klonopin is nothing. I was on it for 12 years and it always worked. I would rather be on 0.5mg of Klonopin than increase the Lexapro

LH.,

As far as not comparing the past to the present...

I look at it this way...I am a much stronger person for having gone through what I have. I am more compassionate towards others. I appreciated and cherish so many things that I previously took for granted or did not even notice.

My challenges have changed me in many ways...and so many of them are postive and rich with life lessons.

It is about what you choose to take from your view of the 'before and after' when looking at your anxiety journey.

We can choose to see things through whatever filter we actually pick up use.

That is not to lessen what we go through, or diminish the struggles and feelings that we are entitled to...but we succeed when we don't let the anxiety/negativity win and take away more than it has already tried to!

S.C.

Modest and pretty. 😍 hehehe

I am highly considering doing some volunteering work. I want to make others happy while keeping myself busy. I have to start looking. Not sure if I want to help sick people (as much as I would love to) as this might play into my anxiety. Helping poor, homeless people would be great, intercity kids. Anyone in Chicago land area?

Thanks very much Larry. Such kind words. I truly appreciate it.
Merry xmas to you as well.