The Anxiety Chat Thread

[punk-a-doodle]

 

[PlumPerfect]

True, true!!

Bwahaha.

 

[Malibu99]

This is what I do on rainy days...

I design dog summer dresses

 

[PlumPerfect]

How cute! No way would my Pits wear those... I can see it now bwahaha.

I usually read, write,knit or spin yarn from fiber I buy. I am hoping to produce my own fiber by obtaining some alpacas in the near future

one of my recent and favorite yarns I made

 

[Pinkaboo]

My anxiety is really bad. I have always had it but it worsened and added PTSD after I lost my brother in a tragic way. Now it can be the simplest thing to set me off but they are usually within my control. It took many years and many drugs to figure out a way to cope. I am good at avoiding triggers. The other day I had a bad one and sadly it was my daughter who triggered so it hurt her feelings. We had to have the mommy has anxiety talk and explain it is not her fault bit if mom says she needs quite then be quite. If I can have silence, fresh air, space and ac I can pull out before it gets bad. For my bad times I have Xanax which helps take the edge off of the attack.

It's nice to talk to others with this. A lot of people don't get it or think I am anti social. I just have learned it's not worth push g myself somewhere when I know I will have a high chance of an attack.

I feel awful because even though my kids are grown up just having them come stay causes me anxiety because I know ill over do it, talking, cooking , cleaning etc and then my M.E. Gets bad, I get vertigo and it sets off a panic
Sometimes it can be a phone call, one of them goes on chatting for a good hour and by the end of it I feel awful, usually need to go to bed!

 

[Pinkaboo]

My first memory is being three and having a high anxiety reaction to a normal event. My kindergarten teacher genuinely thought I was mute. Diagnosed social anxiety disorder here, lifelong subscriber. Used to have a physical tremor, but it only effects me now when I'm really anxious/fearful and/or my blood sugar is off. Meds never did a thing for me, and changing thought patterns only helped to a certain point. I had lipomas start up on my thighs which in a round about way lead to a PCOS diagnosis, but that doc wants me to rule out adrenals. I'm wondering about it actually being nonclassic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (since all the fun hormone symptoms are the same). At any rate, started a low carb, low sugar diet because of it, and started noticing a better grasp over my anxiety. Definitely an unexpected perk, and has thrown me into an area of study I never considered before. It is unfortunate that western medicine tries to separate the mind and body so much.

I've been struggling so much with chronic fatigue lately that I haven't really been pursuing things health wise. Definitely have a long way to go, but also am so much better anxiety wise than I used to be. It is so good to hear others are finding ways to cope, improve, and heal as well.

I think mine def has a adrenal problem attached to it as my anxiety isn't the stereotypical hyperventilating, racing heart
Its a and adrenal rush sensation, very similar to being very excited
I can also wake in the night with it
Drs won't test adrenal here, one of the down sides of a free health service is that its limited to what the will test
And in the UK you can't see a specialist privately unless your GP refers you!

 

[Pinkaboo]

Yeah, I tried cutting corn, wheat, dairy, etc. I thought cutting the wheat was helping at first, but it ending up just being the reduced carbs that helped me out. I know many can have sensitivities though, and can benefit from cutting them. Auto-immune issues like Celiac's disease are on the rise in industrialized countries as well.

I do find that I'm very chemically sensitive, so I try to avoid things like heavy pesticide loads, and I've had to start cleaning with things like vinegar as opposed to commercial cleaning products. Took me years to find out that the chilblains I got on my toes weren't caused by the cold like the doctors said (I'd get them even during 100 degree summers, so d'uh), but that wearing any sort of nylon/spandex/petroleum product socks actually triggers it. It's a bear to try to figure everything out and to essentially be your own doctor, especially when you feel low.

What really worries me is finding out how many people in industrialized societies are starting to complain about the same lists of problems. Definitely intrigued by the effects of things like heavy metals and endocrine disrupting chemicals...and how they can produce some of the bizarre health issues that are cropping up.

That's so interesting I get chilblains in heat waves too maybe mine is a reaction to something?

 

[Pinkaboo]

My hobbies

Summer hobby wedding accessories, I love restoring vintage cake toppers

 

[earlybird10842]

Sorry to hear you guys are all anxious. I will sometimes get very mild anxiety, and if that's no fun, I just cannot imagine what you are going through.

So sorry.

 

[Pinkaboo]

Sorry to hear you guys are all anxious. I will sometimes get very mild anxiety, and if that's no fun, I just cannot imagine what you are going through. So sorry.

I guess we are different
I think I prefer anxiety to depression
At least a panic is short lived
Depression seems a much harder prospect to manage

I think like most people we are probably too hard on ourselves, I know I beat myself up a lot , I hate being ill with M.E
And I've had to accept its not treatable( it's not even that easy to diagnose!) but I feel like I should be able to erradicated my anxiety
Completely and get annoyed that I can't