Anxiety

[swan_purple]

Its been rather a stressful few years to say the least...things seem to have come to rather a head of late and I am finding it difficult to cope to be honest. I don't know how effective these anxiety pills are for sorting things out. I find myself tense and I feel my heart pounding and I get sweaty and I have to force myself to take slow breaths.
I don't particularly want to go on medication, I go to a counsellor regualarly which I am finding useful, I just don't feel like its enough sometimes. It is beginning to effect my life now and I am becoming a little reclusive (but not majorly) and my confidence has taken a beating as a result of going into instant panic whenever a slightly awkward situation may be coming my way...I don't know if there are any suggestions on here, like I say, I would rather have pills as a last resort really, but physically my body isn't very happy right now!

Have to be honest that I have very little knowledge on the subject of anti-anxiety meds or any other treatments of anxiety!

xoxo.

[tinkerbell23]

Ive posted loads on here especially recently about anxiety and panic. Im suffering just now quite badly!!

Propanolol helped control the heart racing- i was prescribed to take as & when. Have run out and am going to ask for more!!

I also keep bachs rescue remedy spray by my side because its quickly absorbed and calms me when i feel the panic setting in. I also take kalms.

Im going to suggest to my doc tomorrow that i be sent for councelling. Glad you find it helpfull. Im keen to try it!!

I try to take a bath before bed to chill and folks suggested i keep a better diet as i am a bit of a chocolate feind.

Good luck. I really feel ur pain. And feel free to read over my threads as theyre about 60answers some of them! I bet folks think this is my thread hehe xxx

[chi-chi66]

Swan.....at least with Tinks experiencing the same thing you will be able to give each other some comfort and info. Good luck with it.

Yes Tinks I did think it you're thread, suffering again. xxx

[swan_purple]

Tink your being very useful on my threads tonight :-)

I will definitly be taking a look at your threads, and think I may take a visit to my GP to ask for advice about meds and things, it just cannot be good to be on edge so often! I have found baths useful but my mind just doesn't stop racing, I just wish there was a stop button!

I find counselling good and often quite surprising as it has brought out things I just hadn't really noticed or considered before, its just nice to have someone understanding and who has the time to listen to your moanings! It has really helped me solve other issues but the biological effects of this anxiety are getting a little too much for me now!

I send you hugs and wish you well...xoxo

[tinkerbell23]

I am arent i! LOL

Well im not an anxious person usually im dead outgoing and bubbly but have had panic attacks for years although not often- got so much worse recently!!

Bachs is great- and herbal. Same with kalms!!! So i dont mind them...

Propanolol just stops the crazy heard and dosent affect "the head" so i felt cool with that, BUT i must admit im almost willing to try anything now to stop these cos its driving me mental.

LCG suggested on my thread anti depressants. Im not depressed, but i may have to be open to them soon if these dont stop. Scared id become dependant!! But i think its for 6mths then wean off. Rather try councelling though. Think id like it cos im chatty anyhow and i find talking helps.

I hop on here wen i feel on edge. Plenty of links on the last few of my threads and advice between end of march and now so have a nosey!!!

People on here are great (except one clown) lol...hate to come across as a toty basket case or drama queen though! I really am normal honest xxxx

[boxtops]

Nobody thinks anyone's a basket case, tinks - as we've said before, anxiety and depression can and do hit anyone, regardless of circumstances, and often without apparent reason.
Swan - do go to your GP, far more people suffer than you think, the GP can help. It's very easy to stop going out at all if you are scared about what might happen (ask me, I've been there) and you can't let it get to that state. Hang on to your strong bits, go get some help - print out your OP and hand that to the GP if you find it hard to express yourself when you're there. Medication won't be long-term, you can help to get this thing under control x

[gness]

Swan. I and the most positive, fiesty person you could meet. Loads of great friends if I need help and great kids. I coped with everything when late OH was ill for 12 years, a mum with dementia and all the usual family dramas. Then two years ago I crashed. No one reason. Could hardly get out of bed, a shower was too much effort. I didn`t answer the phone and barely went outside the door. I even sent texts to friends saying I was staying with my daughter for a while just so I didn`t have to speak to them. I lost a stone because eating was an effort. Life suddenly wasn`t worth living.
Eventually I saw my doctor. He was wonderful. Explained what was happening to my body and why I should try anti anxiety pills. Something I, in my ignorance,had always scoffed at. The best thing I could have done. It took a while but I got better, completely better. A last resort was a phrase I used but it was what my body needed and I have never regretted taking those pills. I am now a normal, happy gness. The kids would perhaps question normal!
See you doctor and let us know how you are.

[gness]

am......your not and .....you. DT will think i`ve been drinking.

[swan_purple]

gness your thing sounds fairly similar to me with it suddenly just coming to a point for no especially obvious reason and me just not being able to cope. I must admit I have been just telling my friends that I am not around and making up excuses not to see them, I don't know if its to do with the anxiety and the very low feeling I get sometimes or if I actually don't feel like I belong with them anymore. Its a difficult thing to distinguish!

Sometimes all I want to do is just cry and stare into space, I do wonder if its a mild depression or I don't know if its just panic that paralyses me! Oh dear I do feel like a bit of a loon sometimes!

I am quite hesitant to go on anti-depressants due to the addictive nature of them, anxiety meds I would prefer I think. I am pleased gness that you find they helped you so well! I read on another site that a person couldn't believe they put up with it all and this really just saved them.

I am worried about going to the docor and being dismissed by him though! I will try and pluck up the courage to go next week! I will also report back!

Thank you all for being supportive.
xoxo

[gness]

Swan. Your doctor shouldn`t dismiss you at all. Be honest with him/her. My diagnosis was mild depression. Why then, when all was well,and not when I was under a great deal of pressure I don`t know but the G.P. explained very well what was happening to me. If yours is the same you will not just be sent off with pills. You should be monitored carefully to begin with and again when you are coming off them. My only regret was putting off my first visit to the doctor. When I was better I realised just how ill I had been. Take care.x