Mental Health Support
Related: About this forumAnybody have generalized anxiety?
I was doing okay today. Didn't take my xanax. As night falls, I find myself having a feeling of dread descend on me.
My SO is thinking he had covid again. I'm feeling very anxious
Walleye
(31,161 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,860 posts)I used to be a night owl
XanaDUer2
(10,860 posts)To lessen this feeling?
Walleye
(31,161 posts)If Tiger my outdoor kitty doesnt show up on time , the anxiety gets worse, I expect him to be late tonight because pouring rain I wish I did have some kind of routine
XanaDUer2
(10,860 posts)I go to therapy.
I think we have pink eye now.
Trying to breathe
Walleye
(31,161 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,860 posts)I hope you're okay now. Worrying about health will bring on anxiety, for sure.
Walleye
(31,161 posts)For two more years. I think it adds to the insomnia and anxiety, its kind of like menopause all over again. Im very grateful it was caught in time, only lumpectomy, chemo and radiation. Ive been terrified of cancer ever since my mom died over 30 years ago.
XanaDUer2
(10,860 posts)May make mine worse.
Walleye
(31,161 posts)mzmolly
(51,019 posts)definitely made my anxiety worse. Friends of mine have said the same. ... Some of whom, never had issues with anxiety prior.
Siwsan
(26,333 posts)In fact I had a wave of anxiety hit me, yesterday, after therapy, and again this afternoon. I'm going to take an Ativan to help me sleep.
XanaDUer2
(10,860 posts)Pray we don't have covid
Walleye
(31,161 posts)Siwsan
(26,333 posts)I also eat potassium rich fruits (banana/apricot) at night.
Walleye
(31,161 posts)Lunabell
(6,142 posts)I try to stay away from benzodiazapines because of my propensity towards addictive behavior, so I use zoloft and it helps me. It helps lift the sword of damacles feeling I get for no apparent reason.
XanaDUer2
(10,860 posts)I worry constantly. I became disabled and no longer work.
It's just this feeling something bad is going to happen. I never used to be like this.
I took a xanax
True Dough
(17,395 posts)if the Xana in Xanax made its way into your DU screen name? Was that deliberate?
Hope you're feeling better soon.
Had nothing to do with it. I like the poem and movie Xanadu
True Dough
(17,395 posts)Olivia Newton-John sure was a talent.
ClimateHawk
(212 posts)My doctor prescribed escitalopram. I have to take one pill daily. It has helped me.
XanaDUer2
(10,860 posts)Do you have any particular chopping skills. I want others' opinions. I'm so sick of feeling this way
mzmolly
(51,019 posts)when the med wore off so I didn't take it very long.
I don't mean to be dismissive, but have found that music is really helpful along with audio books.
I hope you feel better soon.
XanaDUer2
(10,860 posts)Life has been stressful and crazy these last years . I hope this gets better. I was okay earlier. Watching All the Presidents Men now.
mzmolly
(51,019 posts)And having a lunatic at the helm of a major political party, and nutbags who worship him, is certainly not helpful.
Hopefully justice is not far off and we'll all have a sense of relief.
Hang in there my friend. As the saying goes, this too shall pass.
demigoddess
(6,645 posts)don't know if it is. the pandemic or circumstances at home.
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)No more COVID!!! I so hope its just allergies or something.
Be well my friend.
XanaDUer2
(10,860 posts)SO's test was negative, if he did it right. I do think we both have pink eye.
You rock!
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)Glad his test was negative.
Hang in there!