ahh CANT TAKE IT. please help//read

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hey everyone:wave: I am suffering from terrible anxiety. All day I struggle to get through -- I usually siton the couch, take naps so I don't have to deal with it. I'm constantly ON EDGE- I can never relax. I worry about things that aren't even going on in my life right now -- Like having kiRAB, getting married, moving in with my boyfriend, etc. My boyfriend and I just got together, and I know i can hide it well, but its terrible. I sweat profusely under my armpits and umm down THERe.. sometimes I feel outside of my body. I am on Paxil 40mgs, and it sucks. I am also proscribed 1mg Xanax 4x's a day. but I rarely take it - my mom took it from me. 1mg doesn't even stop my anxiety. I dont know what to do anymore - I've been on every med throughout my life - I don't remeraber what worked best for my anxiety. I was on buspar too, that didn't work. I can't deal feeling like this my whole life. I am set up with a therapist I start seeing Feb. 19th, and then I'll see a psychiatrist. Anyone with any med ideas.. switches.. good corabos.. ANYTHING..please reply. THANKS SO MUCH!:angel:
 
I imagine the human feelings like a car: the engine runs, the wheels roll and you steer.
Bipolars (my wife is bipolar) are like all the other cars, but with a steering system a little loose from time to time. If you manage to focus on the steering and know where you want to go and turn.....the loose system will not bother you anymore, you'll get use to it so much ....you wont even remeraber it's loose.
Get something to focus on, something you like a lot. A hobby.
I know that the meRAB help a lot, when the right one is set for you by the doctors, but the biggest help you can get for your thoughts comes from you.
Don't let the car get in the ditch. Find the way to steer :)
 
Oh, I don't believe I'm bipolar either. And how do i steer clear of anxiety, lol?
 
I guess what I'm trying to say is to focus on something that can keep your mind busy. A hobby or anything else that you like to do and can concentrate on.
Sitting on the couch is in no way doing anything good to you or your feelings and thoughts. Get some running shoes and find a trail next to you and run. Or walk.
I had a very strong anxiety once, for about two months. I was sitting in my room (I was staying with my parents at the time), smoking 3 packs a day, not eating, not going out. I lost about 25lbs, I was looking like a ghost, people on the street didn't know it's me in that skin, I was a wreck. I'm not even writing about the kind of thoughts I had !). I got up, started to do some sport, walk, run, try not to think about anything. After a few days I felt like meeting some people, so I called a friend (a good friend). And I had my "talking therapy" with him :)
Averyone has their own way of "getting up". Find yours. It's there with you.
Just get off the couch and don't think about things you don't need to think of right now.
 
I hope so. I'm also sooo tired all the time. Ridiculously tired. I don't know what to do I'm in such a rut right now.
 
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