Comments on: Why is my anxiety getting worse and not better? http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/ Anxiety no more Helping sufferers overcome anxiety and panic issues Thu, 17 May 2012 16:05:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jay http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/#comment-14264 Jay Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:35:04 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=26#comment-14264 Hi, I have just recently been having anxiety. I have been a heavy drinker for the past 3 and a half years. I think I was self medicating because even though the physical symptoms are recent I look back and show signs of some anxiety, especially Social Anxiety. Well anyway I quit drinking this January and all of February and all this month I havent caught a break. Every day I wake up fine for a split second, then my hands turn freezing cold and clammy, I have hard time breathing, and it lasts pretty much all day until I fall asleep. Its such a debilitating way to live. I am trying to accept it but dang. Can I even get a good day for some reassurance. Its like God is toying with you and trying to test your limits. Has anybody tried journaling their day to document what might trigger anxiety or what happens around bad days? I have been doing it the last few weeks and have to say it really helps. Not only can I use it for a future reference but I also find when I write in my journal all my physical symptoms are pretty much gone. Its unreal. Hi, I have just recently been having anxiety. I have been a heavy drinker for the past 3 and a half years. I think I was self medicating because even though the physical symptoms are recent I look back and show signs of some anxiety, especially Social Anxiety. Well anyway I quit drinking this January and all of February and all this month I havent caught a break. Every day I wake up fine for a split second, then my hands turn freezing cold and clammy, I have hard time breathing, and it lasts pretty much all day until I fall asleep. Its such a debilitating way to live. I am trying to accept it but dang. Can I even get a good day for some reassurance. Its like God is toying with you and trying to test your limits. Has anybody tried journaling their day to document what might trigger anxiety or what happens around bad days? I have been doing it the last few weeks and have to say it really helps. Not only can I use it for a future reference but I also find when I write in my journal all my physical symptoms are pretty much gone. Its unreal.

]]> By: Kesha http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/#comment-13061 Kesha Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:42:27 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=26#comment-13061 Hello... nice to see this site !!!! I have been going through anxiety and depression for about 5 years.. Well I went through tapes and they helped me a whole lot.. I would just let the feelings come and keep on going.. Soon I could feel anxious for about 5 minutes and be back to myself !! But here lately I have'nt been able to do that like I use too.. I know I just started a new job and that has a lot to do with it.. I feel that I'm putting alot of pressure on myself to do well, Which brings about my anxiety. I havent had a panic attack in about 2 years and had my first one since then on my way to work the other day..But I will not give up.. The same way I got through it the last time.. I know I will get better with time. Hello… nice to see this site !!!! I have been going through anxiety and depression for about 5 years.. Well I went through tapes and they helped me a whole lot.. I would just let the feelings come and keep on going.. Soon I could feel anxious for about 5 minutes and be back to myself !! But here lately I have’nt been able to do that like I use too.. I know I just started a new job and that has a lot to do with it.. I feel that I’m putting alot of pressure on myself to do well, Which brings about my anxiety. I havent had a panic attack in about 2 years and had my first one since then on my way to work the other day..But I will not give up.. The same way I got through it the last time.. I know I will get better with time.

]]> By: Jenny http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/#comment-11648 Jenny Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:16:43 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=26#comment-11648 Hey everyone. This is my first post. I have been suffering from severe anxiety for about a little over 4 months now. In the beginning i was too scared to even sit still. I lost alot of weight b.c i wasnt hungry b.c i felt worried all the time, like something was seriously wrong. I thought something was wrong with me so i made my doctor test me for everything under the sun. He said im healthy, and its anxiety. I was crying all the time asking my self and my family what is wrong with me, and why wont this feeling go away.. I have tried everything to make this insanely scary feeling go away, such as yoga, seeing a social worker twice a week, acupuncture, im on medication called pexeva.. And i feel like im never going to get the old Jen back. I used to always be so happy and pretty out going. Now i wake up everyday wondering how im going to get through the day. Dont get me wrong i have had some pretty good days where i can control the anxiety and talk my self out of it. But when i have that bad day it totaly discourages me and sets me back.. and then i feel like im back to square one, hopeless and stuck... I know everone says it takes time for the anxiety to go away i just feel like it has already been over 4 months and i still feel like im jumping out of my skin for no reason. I could be sitting on the beach with nothing bothering me n all of a sudden theres that horrible feeling and i am basically paralyzed inside and i want to run away, but theres nothing to run away from! I havent been going out very often b.c im sacred im going to feel this way when im out... I just want my life back... Any advice? Hey everyone. This is my first post. I have been suffering from severe anxiety for about a little over 4 months now. In the beginning i was too scared to even sit still. I lost alot of weight b.c i wasnt hungry b.c i felt worried all the time, like something was seriously wrong. I thought something was wrong with me so i made my doctor test me for everything under the sun. He said im healthy, and its anxiety. I was crying all the time asking my self and my family what is wrong with me, and why wont this feeling go away.. I have tried everything to make this insanely scary feeling go away, such as yoga, seeing a social worker twice a week, acupuncture, im on medication called pexeva.. And i feel like im never going to get the old Jen back. I used to always be so happy and pretty out going. Now i wake up everyday wondering how im going to get through the day. Dont get me wrong i have had some pretty good days where i can control the anxiety and talk my self out of it. But when i have that bad day it totaly discourages me and sets me back.. and then i feel like im back to square one, hopeless and stuck… I know everone says it takes time for the anxiety to go away i just feel like it has already been over 4 months and i still feel like im jumping out of my skin for no reason. I could be sitting on the beach with nothing bothering me n all of a sudden theres that horrible feeling and i am basically paralyzed inside and i want to run away, but theres nothing to run away from! I havent been going out very often b.c im sacred im going to feel this way when im out… I just want my life back… Any advice?

]]> By: natalie http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/#comment-11516 natalie Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:39:23 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=26#comment-11516 hello everyone my first post ever.. hope everyone doing ok. I am havin a tuff few days and have read most of the posts on here and although i understand and can see what is being said is right i just cannot seem ot put into practise. like today i am highly angst cos my partner and me had a few arguements the last few days about how i am cos i am off work with this. but do i just go with it oh no i get on this blog and can feel my impatence rising because i want to be fixed now. have suffered for just over a year and half but has been a difficult time and kinda feel stuck .. like in the beginning i did lots of things right and had weeks of feeling good but let one bad day set me right back because i did not understand. i now feel i have such a high hill to climb that i not sure i can do it.. but am still going so something in me wants to try. any words of encouragemeng guys ?? feel so lost at the moment and sad and its like i do not know who i am anymore. xxx hello everyone
my first post ever.. hope everyone doing ok. I am havin a tuff few days and have read most of the posts on here and although i understand and can see what is being said is right i just cannot seem ot put into practise. like today i am highly angst cos my partner and me had a few arguements the last few days about how i am cos i am off work with this. but do i just go with it oh no i get on this blog and can feel my impatence rising because i want to be fixed now. have suffered for just over a year and half but has been a difficult time and kinda feel stuck .. like in the beginning i did lots of things right and had weeks of feeling good but let one bad day set me right back because i did not understand. i now feel i have such a high hill to climb that i not sure i can do it.. but am still going so something in me wants to try. any words of encouragemeng guys ?? feel so lost at the moment and sad and its like i do not know who i am anymore. xxx

]]> By: hons http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/#comment-11262 hons Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:35:35 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=26#comment-11262 in response to Paul's post. .... well I am a bit confused. it seems as though you are saying that the best thing to do is nothing at all, but from what ive read it is important to do a number of various things like yoga,meditation relaxation techniques ,breathing exercises? I would really appreciate some clarity in this. Thanks, Hons in response to Paul’s post. …. well I am a bit confused. it seems as though you are saying that the best thing to do is nothing at all, but from what ive read it is important to do a number of various things like yoga,meditation relaxation techniques ,breathing exercises?

I would really appreciate some clarity in this.

Thanks,

Hons

]]> By: mee http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/#comment-6479 mee Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:14:37 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=26#comment-6479 well i am going tru depression and anxiety and stress again after ayer im starting too feel the same :( i feel like im stupid that people dont like me or like the hang around me that girls dont wann be like a guy with me stressing at work for not getting promoted after 2 years everybody except me :( i eat aloot of junk food maybe thats why im feeling anxiety and dipresion all over again i just wanna be happy i always worry about how i look or people judge me i have a lazy eye so that to me makes me feel like a monster something not normal i always been laugh at in school since elementry but i do got good people that cares for me i just want this anxiety depression to go away :( well i am going tru depression and anxiety and stress again
after ayer im starting too feel the same :( i feel like im
stupid that people dont like me or like the hang around me
that girls dont wann be like a guy with me stressing at work
for not getting promoted after 2 years everybody except me
:( i eat aloot of junk food maybe thats why im feeling anxiety
and dipresion all over again i just wanna be happy i always worry
about how i look or people judge me i have a lazy eye so that to me
makes me feel like a monster something not normal i always been
laugh at in school since elementry but i do got good people that cares
for me i just want this anxiety depression to go away :(

]]> By: Samntha http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/#comment-6411 Samntha Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:34:36 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=26#comment-6411 I am new to this site as well as all anti anxiety sites. I have been living with anxiety for as long as I can remember but just recently realized that it is not just my personality but a problem I have been living with. I always just thought I was an irritable person. It seems like ever since I realized I had a problem and I have been trying to fix it, it has been getting worse. I had my first (and hopefully my last) panic attack at work yesterday. I did'nt know what was happening to me, I thought I was dying. Very scary and extremely embarrassing. Now I am more anxious then ever and I dont know where to go for help. My husband doesnt understand what I am going through and that makes me feel hopeless because I have no family here, no support. I am new to this site as well as all anti anxiety sites. I have been living with anxiety for as long as I can remember but just recently realized that it is not just my personality but a problem I have been living with. I always just thought I was an irritable person.

It seems like ever since I realized I had a problem and I have been trying to fix it, it has been getting worse. I had my first (and hopefully my last) panic attack at work yesterday. I did’nt know what was happening to me, I thought I was dying. Very scary and extremely embarrassing. Now I am more anxious then ever and I dont know where to go for help.

My husband doesnt understand what I am going through and that makes me feel hopeless because I have no family here, no support.

]]> By: azcat http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/#comment-6389 azcat Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:45:44 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=26#comment-6389 Sorry for all the mis-spellings mistakes - by a teacher!!!!! I was a bit anxious ;-) Sorry for all the mis-spellings mistakes – by a teacher!!!!! I was a bit anxious
;-)

]]> By: azcat http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/#comment-6385 azcat Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:56:02 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=26#comment-6385 Thanks for all this. I've been dealing with this since June and anxious to get back to normal. as school started (I'm a tecaher), the anxiety has built. The last week has been bad and the last two days horrible. I hoped my dr would up the Zoloft to 100 mg but he hasn't called. I am glad to be reminded that there are ups and downs. This down seems really rough. amazing how much I pray for help and strength. Today I cried and took a nap. Woke up a bit "out of it.: Just told myself that "I can do this." Ithink I can, I think I can. Thanks for all this. I’ve been dealing with this since June and anxious to get back to normal. as school started (I’m a tecaher), the anxiety has built. The last week has been bad and the last two days horrible. I hoped my dr would up the Zoloft to 100 mg but he hasn’t called. I am glad to be reminded that there are ups and downs. This down seems really rough. amazing how much I pray for help and strength. Today I cried and took a nap. Woke up a bit “out of it.: Just told myself that “I can do this.” Ithink I can, I think I can.

]]> By: Gummbygirl http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2008/03/31/26/#comment-3770 Gummbygirl Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:36:16 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=26#comment-3770 Nadine It sounds like you and I are in the same boat. I've always been a very outgoing person, love to joke and laugh! I loved going to work because I had such a good time with my coworkers and I work with animals, who wouldn't love that! But then just a few weeks ago I was overcome with the feeling I was about to die. I was at a friends and rushed out as soon as I could to drive home. I sped home thinking I wouldn't make it! I curled up on the couch waiting for something to happen, thankfully nothing did and I was ok. The next few days I was feeling kinda funny and dizzy and constantly having trouble catching my breath.. so I stayed home. A few days after I was feeling ok and back to my normal self. I made it to New Years and had a great time with friends and family, but a few days after I started having random panic attacks. It got so bad to the point that I would wake up shaking and the butterflies in my stomach would never go away. I would call in to work, I stopped eating. I was constantly worrying that something horrible was gonna happen to me.I was always sooo tense, couldn't concentrate, I was convinced I had health problems. I ended up at the doctors office and he diagnosed me with anxiety and dp and put me on Zoloft and Buspar. I've only been on them for 2 1/2 weeks and its said that you dont start feeling results for at least 3 weeks so I'm waiting on that. But, I too am afraid to leave the house or go somewhere on my own. I hate it. I feel like Im a completley different person! It scares me that it won't stop sometimes...but lately I've been having some good days, even if its just a few hours the fact that I can feel like my "old self" again is a breakthrough. It gives me hope for the next day. I'm learning to take one day at a time. I have some rough patches and that's ok, the good thing is I know that this is not forever, there is a way out and I just have to BELIEVE that. So I just put one foot in front of the other and go on with my day. I have great friends and family around who support me and are praying for me. I know that God is in control of what is going on. Its going to take time, its like climbing stairs. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other, you have more to live for than these thoughts. Im' only 27 and even though I'm not married or have children I have to tell myself this everyday even when I feel like giving up. You are stronger than you think and feel!!! Don't forget that. Talk to someone a therapist is a great idea. I just started last week with one and even after the first day I felt better. Don't rush it, it will come in time. Don't let the negative thoughts control you! Just remeber there is hope! Nadine It sounds like you and I are in the same boat. I’ve always been a very outgoing person, love to joke and laugh! I loved going to work because I had such a good time with my coworkers and I work with animals, who wouldn’t love that! But then just a few weeks ago I was overcome with the feeling I was about to die. I was at a friends and rushed out as soon as I could to drive home. I sped home thinking I wouldn’t make it! I curled up on the couch waiting for something to happen, thankfully nothing did and I was ok. The next few days I was feeling kinda funny and dizzy and constantly having trouble catching my breath.. so I stayed home. A few days after I was feeling ok and back to my normal self. I made it to New Years and had a great time with friends and family, but a few days after I started having random panic attacks. It got so bad to the point that I would wake up shaking and the butterflies in my stomach would never go away. I would call in to work, I stopped eating. I was constantly worrying that something horrible was gonna happen to me.I was always sooo tense, couldn’t concentrate, I was convinced I had health problems. I ended up at the doctors office and he diagnosed me with anxiety and dp and put me on Zoloft and Buspar. I’ve only been on them for 2 1/2 weeks and its said that you dont start feeling results for at least 3 weeks so I’m waiting on that. But, I too am afraid to leave the house or go somewhere on my own. I hate it. I feel like Im a completley different person! It scares me that it won’t stop sometimes…but lately I’ve been having some good days, even if its just a few hours the fact that I can feel like my “old self” again is a breakthrough. It gives me hope for the next day. I’m learning to take one day at a time. I have some rough patches and that’s ok, the good thing is I know that this is not forever, there is a way out and I just have to BELIEVE that. So I just put one foot in front of the other and go on with my day. I have great friends and family around who support me and are praying for me. I know that God is in control of what is going on. Its going to take time, its like climbing stairs. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other, you have more to live for than these thoughts. Im’ only 27 and even though I’m not married or have children I have to tell myself this everyday even when I feel like giving up. You are stronger than you think and feel!!! Don’t forget that. Talk to someone a therapist is a great idea. I just started last week with one and even after the first day I felt better. Don’t rush it, it will come in time. Don’t let the negative thoughts control you! Just remeber there is hope!

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