Anxiety sucks
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I get anxiety too, although luckily its never too bad but like you I get wound up over nothing (usually going to new places) Letting it out is a Good Thing though.....now who wants a group hug!!! :grouphug: 
Thanks guys 
It's like now. I am functioning on some level and I am able to rationalize things. However buried somewhere in my noggin is this little thing that keeps ticking away and making my chest flutter and my right hand to shiver. It's an odd sensation. I can't work out why it's there.
It's like now. I am functioning on some level and I am able to rationalize things. However buried somewhere in my noggin is this little thing that keeps ticking away and making my chest flutter and my right hand to shiver. It's an odd sensation. I can't work out why it's there.
I have taken a tab. I have been to docs about it, been living with it for about 6 months on meds. Funny thing is I never get it at work. Which makes me think that the extra amounts of stimuli from working prevents my noggin from kicking in with these things. This is the first time in a while, maybe 1.5 months, that I felt it. The only thing I can work out is I have sold some stuff and maybe that triggered it. But I am listening to some music now to take it off and the sleeper will kick in eventually.
This is the first time I have openly talked about it though outside my family. Actually feels soothing.
This is the first time I have openly talked about it though outside my family. Actually feels soothing.
It is an awful feeling and it can be a vicious circle as the more you think about it and the physical symptoms the worse it can get. At least that's how it can be for me. Have you spoken to anyone about it professionally? GP or counsellor? There are ways of coping with it.
Sorry, missed your last post. Good to hear you have seen a doctor. Hang in there. And you're right, it does help to talk to people.
Sorry, missed your last post. Good to hear you have seen a doctor. Hang in there. And you're right, it does help to talk to people.
Been to GP and since I have been on citalopram I am far better. I did go to a counselor a few times and she thinks some of it stems from my ex and the fact I am not confrontational so I repress it and just sigh instead.
I'm also on Citalopram.. My life suck in so many ways, but I try to focuse on the good things, and that takes me through the day. It's always good to talk to someone about it, if it is only on a forum on the web! Like Nick1977 says, my hobby with Amiga & other retro keeps me occupied and makes me happy 
Don't ever think you are the only one, and seek help if needed!
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It's like I'm talking to myself
Keep up dude, and focus on the good things in your life I'm sure your family and friend are there for you, always! 
Don't ever think you are the only one, and seek help if needed!
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It's like I'm talking to myself
Keep up dude, and focus on the good things in your life
I'm sure your family and friend are there for you, always! 
I have that but some times it bad and it turns into a full on panic attack. I end up where i cant breath and sometimes if its really bad i pass out.
Its not nice and i can going to counselling for it. I am trying not to take medication though as i dont want to be like a zombie.
Its not nice and i can going to counselling for it. I am trying not to take medication though as i dont want to be like a zombie.
I'll get in on this group hug situation
I too suffer from it, I'm a nervous wreck if I have to stand up and speak in public. Like super, I tend to get worked up over things that would get done quicker if I didn't.
Gladly no panic attacks though. I just see it as a personality trait. It comes with being a nerd.
I too suffer from it, I'm a nervous wreck if I have to stand up and speak in public. Like super, I tend to get worked up over things that would get done quicker if I didn't.
Gladly no panic attacks though. I just see it as a personality trait. It comes with being a nerd.
I'm clam as calm can be, within reasons of course.
But at one point i dated this girl. Probably the most beautiful and wonderful girl i've ever known. She had anxiety problems. Knowing how it is when it hits someone you love, i can only imagine how it feels to be the person who gets it. I lost a bit of my calm however when she had her anxiety seizures though, as you said over problems that don't exist.
I wish you the best. Hope at one point you can put the anxiety behind you.
But at one point i dated this girl. Probably the most beautiful and wonderful girl i've ever known. She had anxiety problems. Knowing how it is when it hits someone you love, i can only imagine how it feels to be the person who gets it. I lost a bit of my calm however when she had her anxiety seizures though, as you said over problems that don't exist.
I wish you the best. Hope at one point you can put the anxiety behind you.
Count me into the anxiety club too.
Imagine guys, that one of my friends have problem with anxiety too.
Pills didnt really help him, at end he go to blood tests and it was
tick-borne encephalitis. After taking meds for over two months, encephalitis gone and so the anxiety.
Just to be sure i did blood tests too, but i didnt have it.
Anyway, before i started to take meds, it pretty much destroyed any relationship i had.
Now its better
Cheers
spajdr
Imagine guys, that one of my friends have problem with anxiety too.
Pills didnt really help him, at end he go to blood tests and it was
tick-borne encephalitis. After taking meds for over two months, encephalitis gone and so the anxiety.
Just to be sure i did blood tests too, but i didnt have it.
Anyway, before i started to take meds, it pretty much destroyed any relationship i had.
Now its better
Cheers
spajdr
After an extremely stressful period of changing jobs (and back again) and marriage many years ago, I started to experience panic attacks from very high anxiety levels.
It lasted a year or two, but pleased to say that I came out the other side with a little help from therapy and a year on that famous drug prozac.
Can still sometimes feel a panic attack coming on, but know how to recognise it and keep calm. As they said in Dune (not read the book, only watched the film) "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me."
That Dune quote is not professional advice BTW :O
So I learned to manage it, hope you experience a positive recovery too, its not easy for sure.
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It lasted a year or two, but pleased to say that I came out the other side with a little help from therapy and a year on that famous drug prozac.
Can still sometimes feel a panic attack coming on, but know how to recognise it and keep calm. As they said in Dune (not read the book, only watched the film) "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me."
That Dune quote is not professional advice BTW :O
So I learned to manage it, hope you experience a positive recovery too, its not easy for sure.
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I remember a similar thread to this one that Wolfy started about a year ago. Of course, none of us could of foreseen what the poor lad felt he had to do in the end. So sad...
I've had cyclothymia and social anxiety disorder for as long as I can remember. You'd never know if you met me as I have quite a confident personality on outwards appearance but I really don't like being in large crowds or being put in social situations with people I don't know. It's part of the reason why I've never been to any shows or Ami meets even though I'd very much like to. It is very hard at times and has cost me a relationship or two in the past but it's just something I have learnt to live with. I think external pressures makes it worse because society expects us to live a certain lifestyle and if you don't you're made to feel like some sort of freak. Fortunately I've found the older you get, this less you start to care. It's better to live a boring life you're happy with than an exciting one you hate.
I've had cyclothymia and social anxiety disorder for as long as I can remember. You'd never know if you met me as I have quite a confident personality on outwards appearance but I really don't like being in large crowds or being put in social situations with people I don't know. It's part of the reason why I've never been to any shows or Ami meets even though I'd very much like to. It is very hard at times and has cost me a relationship or two in the past but it's just something I have learnt to live with. I think external pressures makes it worse because society expects us to live a certain lifestyle and if you don't you're made to feel like some sort of freak. Fortunately I've found the older you get, this less you start to care. It's better to live a boring life you're happy with than an exciting one you hate.
Well my son has not been well which has been putting pressure on me. And my wife thinks that part of my recent anxiety is possibly due to been knocked back so much in the past about not been as confident as others means somewhere I am probably thinking I am not up to the task. Even though this is not what I feel it could actually be a interesting idea.
I am also in the middle of a bad time with something and I felt like I let someone down terribly on here over a c64. So it's a compounded thing. That I for definite know has been a factor. So I am not going to try and sell anything anymore nor am I going to put myself in a position where I am going to cause people headaches.
I am also in the middle of a bad time with something and I felt like I let someone down terribly on here over a c64. So it's a compounded thing. That I for definite know has been a factor. So I am not going to try and sell anything anymore nor am I going to put myself in a position where I am going to cause people headaches.
