anyone else with anxiety?

[CantDoIt]

I hate the depression but the anxiety is somehow worse and it really interferes with my health and my resolve to ctb. I think just a calm depression would be enough to feel better, but anxiety is what's really messing up my life right now. I tried to take luvox but it make it worse in the mornings.

 

[Myforevercharlie]

I hate the depression but the anxiety is somehow worse and it really interferes with my health and my resolve to ctb. I think just a calm depression would be enough to feel better, but anxiety is what's really messing up my life right now. I tried to take luvox but it make it worse in the mornings.

I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder ( amongst others) 24 years ago.
Only meds won't help, because that doesn't solve the real problem.

I understand not everyone wants / can go to therapy, what really helps me when I'm scared is breathing techniques and meditation.

You have to practice that daily for the best effect imo.

Hope my answer will help a little.

 

[divinemistress87]

24/7 ,the anxiety is worse than the depression

 

[Steff1337]

24/7 ,the anxiety is worse than the depression

Same, been severely anxious for almost my entire life.

 

[Danby]

I have depression AND anxiety--great combination.

 

[CantDoIt]

Do you guys have a harder time planning your ctb if you have anxiety?

 

[Jeav]

I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder ( amongst others) 24 years ago.
Only meds won't help, because that doesn't solve the real problem.

I understand not everyone wants / can go to therapy, what really helps me when I'm scared is breathing techniques and meditation.

You have to practice that daily for the best effect imo.

Hope my answer will help a little.

as said, these are fears which are anchored in the subconscious due to trauma, the best solution is meditation because we are more or less free in this state from any thought making us slave to these macabre thoughts, work on the breathing side and on the aspect of emptying the mind when you meditate there are plenty of tutorials explaining how to meditate for beginners, good luck <3

 

[Daxter777]

24/7 ,the anxiety is worse than the depression

Totally agree. It's hell on earth

 

[dump224477]

yes please kill me it's making me destroy my relationship

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I've always felt like I've been ruled by fear but this year caused my anxiety to shoot up to crazy levels to a point where I just can't ignore it anymore but it feels like all of the means to seek help for anxiety are sadistically designed just to torture the anxious mind.

 

[Degen]

Do you guys have a harder time planning your ctb if you have anxiety?

Definitely, overthink on how to do it to the point I just don't

 

[Ligottian]

24/7 ,the anxiety is worse than the depression

Absolutely. Ever wake up with heat palipations and cold hands? A minor crisis gives you a panic attack? That's me.

 

[divinemistress87]

Absolutely. Ever wake up with heat palipations and cold hands? A minor crisis gives you a panic attack? That's me.

Yess, this is why I'm scared of ctbing with SN its going to cause that

 

[pagertail]

ive been waking up to full blown panic attacks for a month straight now.

 

[Ligottian]

ive been waking up to full blown panic attacks for a month straight now.

I sometimes wake up in a panic attack before I know what I'm panicking about.

 

[pagertail]

Pretty much the same :(

 

[CantDoIt]

Yess, this is why I'm scared of ctbing with SN its going to cause that

I was also afraid of this .... From my small experience with sipping some it sort of knocks you out though. I didn't have energy to be in a panic but with more I don't know....

 

[divinemistress87]

I was also afraid of this .... From my small experience with sipping some it sort of knocks you out though. I didn't have energy to be in a panic but with more I don't know....

True and taking a bunch of benzos with it. Was the taste bearable?

 

[skylight7]

I hate the depression but the anxiety is somehow worse and it really interferes with my health and my resolve to ctb. I think just a calm depression would be enough to feel better, but anxiety is what's really messing up my life right now. I tried to take luvox but it make it worse in the morningsI

I am going through the same and agree.

 

[username12345]

I hate the depression but the anxiety is somehow worse and it really interferes with my health and my resolve to ctb. I think just a calm depression would be enough to feel better, but anxiety is what's really messing up my life right now. I tried to take luvox but it make it worse in the mornings.

Yeah the only medicine that actually helps is clonazapam but that just makes me loopy. I don't want be high on drugs basically to feel somewhat okay. I'm never actually gonna feel better until the quality of my life improves and that's not gonna happen.

 

[003]

I completely understand how you feel. I've been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (among other issues). I've been dealing with anxiety what feels like my entire life. My body is constantly in a fight or flight mode.

I suggest looking into distractions; medications have never really helped me.

 

[opheliaoveragain]

24/7 as well, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, night terrors. It never fucking ends and it's so much more shit to deal with than just depression on its own. Both at the same time all the time is fucking hell.

 

[tarjebie]

yes please kill me it's making me destroy my relationship

Anxiety is why I'm killing myself. I can't take it anymore.

 

[ham and potatoes]

Anxiety is why I'm killing myself. I can't take it anymore.

I feel ya. That's where I was at about a decade ago, really at the end of my rope so to speak.
Got put on an SSRI and Xanax, and it really turned my life around.
Well, here in the last year or so, the meds have kinda quit working, and the severe anxiety and depression have returned..... I'm keeping hopes up my doc can find another medicine that helps get me back to where I was a few years ago, but it's hard keeping hope

 

[nux_walpurgis]

I have it too. When it first appeared I thought I could manage but having a constant background anxierty feeling in the back of your head 24/7 gets veeery exhausting after a few years.

I started medication recently but it doesn't seem to help much. It's like I am immune to it. I wish I could take something that would make me feel numb all the time. Having this anxiety emotion is draining. Let alone I can't function properly in my daily life.

 

[betternever2havbeen]

Yes I know what anxiety is like now. For years I thought I had social anxiety but I was just self-conscious I think, not fearful. Now I have health anxiety after a bereavement and it's horrible. I'm just really scared of getting ill. Plus I hate the feeling you get when you nearly pass out and feel all dizzy and seeing spots-which I assume probably happens with SN. Any bit of pain and I start getting that feeling as well. Makes me feel out of control which is terrifying to me. Seems like everyone else can deal with pain and sickness. It's a weird paradox of knowing I'm lucky to be "healthy" right now (as far as I know) and also fearing getting ill.

ETA-my doctor will only put me on anti-depressants for anxiety, benzos no way (reading up on them I agree with that tbh) I just don't know if I want to go on anti-depressants.

 

[TheGoodGuy]

I feel ya. That's where I was at about a decade ago, really at the end of my rope so to speak.
Got put on an SSRI and Xanax, and it really turned my life around.
Well, here in the last year or so, the meds have kinda quit working, and the severe anxiety and depression have returned..... I'm keeping hopes up my doc can find another medicine that helps get me back to where I was a few years ago, but it's hard keeping hope

Lyrica (Pregabalin) has helped me a lot with anxiety and there is no tolerance problem like with Xanax and other benzodiazepines, at least not what I have heard or experienced in a couple years of using it just thought I would throw it out there.

 

[dump224477]

Anxiety is why I'm killing myself. I can't take it anymore.

me too babe me too

 

[SoulWhisperer]

Anxiety is my paralysis shell, depression is the core. If I weren't paralysed like this and so incredibly afraid of people I could've had a much better situation, I believe.