what starts up your anxiety?

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Registered: 11-08-2002
what starts up your anxiety?
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Fri, 12-02-2005 - 11:30pm

Just wondering for those of you with anxiety ... what starts it up, and how do you make it stop? I think I posted last week that my doctor diagnosed me with depression with anxiety symptoms. For me, I can be perfectly fine, and all of a sudden it just hits me from no where .. I mean I am not thinking of anything when it does it to me. I had it all damned day today at work and it royally sucked, but it wore off, then came creeping back up on me. I increased my dosage of the prozac to 20 milligrams as per my doctor's instructions on wednesday. I feel it starting to kick in a bit. I just cant stand the anxiety crap.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr .. Sorry, I dont want to sound like a whiner or anything :(

Kim




Edited 12/2/2005 11:33 pm ET by tiggerof100acrewoods
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Registered: 03-11-2004
Sat, 12-03-2005 - 12:15am

Hi, Kim! There's lots of things that can trigger my anxiety, but the scariest is absolutely nothing @ all. Just totally blindsided): It's hard to know how to fix things when you don't know what's broken! I try to keep the stress levels down, get my proper rest & exercise & eat well.


Here's an old poll I dug out of the archives. You can read what others have to say & compare yourself to what triggers them. Good luck! I think you sound a teeny bit better. That is always good news! We're here for you anytime. (((hugs))) jan


http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-bhpanic&msg=17531.1&ctx=11


 

 


 



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Registered: 04-18-2003
Sat, 12-03-2005 - 9:14am

Hi Kim, the same with me - it comes out of nowhere & just blindsides me, as Jan said. Obvious triggers like going in a car (I have a driving phobia) or being in a crowded place will make me anxious, but I understand that will happen when I leave me "safe" zone. But when I am just watching television and a panic attack comes out of nowhere - that's the worst for me. I think it's my subconcious thoughts that I'm not aware of or something. Or I'll notice I'm holding my breathe, I am much more conscious of my breathing now than I was before the anxiety started. Hope the med adjustment helps you to fight the anxiety!

Hugs,
Sheri Ann

Sheri Ann

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Registered: 11-08-2002
Sat, 12-03-2005 - 3:00pm

Ok, I think I figured whats causing some of it. I am doing it to myself, no one is doing this to me. I have always been like this. Someone can say something to me, and my mind just starts to wander. I look for conflict in a way, and then that alone feeds on the negativity which causes the anxiety. I came home last night instead of staying at my boyfriend's house because he had to work, so i thought it would be beneficial for me to come home. Dont ask me, but I just realized it today talking to my dad. I guess I got some of his bad genes, lol, because I have his temper and we are similar in that way. Its not my relationship with my boyfriend, that I realized ... I dont feel smothered but at the same time, its good to just be by myself sometimes, I realized last night. .. sort of a way to clear my head. So,hopefully the prozac will level this crap out on me, huh?

Kim

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Registered: 11-22-2005
Mon, 12-05-2005 - 3:20pm
For me, it's overthinking. A thought will pop in my head and I'll obsess over it until I make myself panicky. I do a lot of "what-IFing". That usually is enough to send me into at tailspin. My therapists have always told me I have to "get out of my head" and I know they're right!