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Posted 3/24/2015 3:01 PM (GMT 0)
Hello everyone . I cannot take this feeling anymore! My body is just going all sorts of ways. I'm completely exhausted no matter how much sleep I get (which is no more than 7-8 hours a night). It's the weirdest feeling I'm so exhausted and tired feeling , but I cannot sleep during the day. And at the same time my whole body inside is going crazy like shakey, super anxious. I'm dizzy I have a headache , it's like everyday I feel sick. The depression is exhausting me I just had to break down and cry yesterday. I can't do it often because of my children so I try to stay calm and collect as much as I can even though my body is screaming inside. I try to stop drinking coffee but honestly I cannot function without it. I can't get out of bed I can't accomplish anything. I've tried to stop and did well for awhile when I was pregnant but as if now I need it. I've been drinking it for years and being a mother of 3, even though sometimes it causes me anxiety, I need it. I'll drink my cup in the morning and the rest of the day decaf if I decide I want some more. But I just feel that no matter what I do my body is like jello completely worn out and an emotional mess. I cried because I couldn't even do the dishes. I cleaned the bottles and was done with it. I had to lay down I couldn't keep my eyes open and I felt I would pass out if I stayed up any longer. I took my girls shopping yesterday for spring clothes and ran to a few stores and it literally took EVERYTHING out of me. Good thing we all cleaned the house together the night before because I just couldn't do it last night. I just want to be better, I want to feel better. This is completely for the birds I feel like I can't handle it right now just because its all physical I have to force myself to do anything and I feel like crap doing it! Will it ever get better ??? I'm still looking for a house because I have to be out of here by April 1st. And my husbands court hearing is tomorrow Morning. I'm very stressed as well. even though I don't act on it - my brain does therefore my body does. It's hard to explain. Ugh)-:
Posted 3/24/2015 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
You don't have to explain....I know your pain because I experience it myself....and I like your analogy about feeling like you're "screaming inside." All these things you are experiencing are part of the anxiety spectrum and I've had every one of them. Somehow, someway, we DO get through it even though it's so, so difficult. Every time it hits, you think this will be it, you just can't take it anymore. But we do. As a matter of fact, as I've posted before, sometimes when you reach a point where you feel you can't stand it anymore, it subsides for awhile....your brain decides to give you a little break (LOL). Yeah, it comes back, but the longer you do this, the longer the anxiety-free periods last. Trust me on this because I've been having anxiety on and off for many, many years and for the last six months I've had a real bad bout of it. I try to keep reminding myself "it will pass" and I force myself to do things I definitely DO NOT want to do and eventually I feel a little better for awhile. So sorry you're going through this but we're here to support you and talk you through it.
Posted 3/24/2015 3:59 PM (GMT 0)
LMA,

You have a lot of responsibility on your shoulders...and honestly, I don't know how you do it.

My husband has to travel for work fairly often...and when I don't have my partner to help...it is tough...and I just have one kiddo still at home!

Accepting that you are going to be tired and stressed at times...

....and letting some things go is okay and even necessary.:)

If a chore goes undone, it is not a huge deal. It will eventually get finished.

If you need to take a break here and there, that is what you should do...no guilt or worries about it!

I am sending you encouragement, perseverance and prayers about the hearing tomorrow.

Take care of you. Decompress, and take some time for stress relieving exercises. They will help to revive you...body, mind and soul!

http://www.stress-relief-exercises.com/


S.C.

Posted 3/24/2015 4:00 PM (GMT 0)
Lacey, andwes has given good sound advice, i experienced the same thing, making myself do things i just
really didnt want to, then i always feel better about myself, many years ago after getting better i was
reading a book that a famous doctor wrote. He explained this same thing, he had patients that would tell
him they couldnt even get up to eat or wash up, he would take them outside in a wheel chair and he would walk with them, they would swear they couldnt take one more step, in every case they walked almost a city block to their surprise, after several trips they realized they could do things and they always felt better, Doctor Lowe told them always give yourself a pat on the back, and keep taking baby steps, Peace

Larry ***
Posted 3/24/2015 4:21 PM (GMT 0)
andwes said it perfectly. You don't have to explain and we totally get how you're feeling. I'm going through a bout with anxiety that's been going on for a couple of months and I was sick of it after the first day. There are days I just sit down and let loose and cry. There are days I swear I just can't do it anymore and I just want to be done with it and life. BUT...I keep pushing because I have two healthy parents, two grown and successful kids and two beautiful grandsons to live for and I know they love me. That is what matters to me and keeps me going. I've been a high strung person all my life and have been called a hypochondriac more than a few times. So....I deal with it the best I can and keep going. And I pray A LOT! Like Larry said...we keep going in baby steps. Each step forward is farther than where we were before. If you stumble backwards, it's ok. Just keep moving forward when you get back up.
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