Does anxiety ever completely go away?

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I have been dealing with anxiety for a few years now. Finally got it under control with Zoloft but I find it comes back every now and then with minor symptoms. I've been anxiety free for quite a while now but recently found out my wife is pregnant with our second child. I am excited but now I wake up every day with the usual anxiety symptoms... antsy legs, nervous stomach, nausea. I can handle it because it is not spiraling out of control like it has in the past but I was just curious if anyone has ever had the anxiety totally go away or do you find it creeps back in once in a while?
 
I have asked this myself but in my experience it can creep back. I have been ok for the past 12 months but my auntie is dying in hospital and i have been visiting her in hospital every day.The first week i was fine but then i noticed i started feeling like i did before like,breathless,feeling sickly,agitated,tired etc and i started thinking there was something wrong and it just all escalates again.
This has happened to me about 3 times but my anxiety is health anxiety, obviously because my aunt is dying of cancer every little pain i get i think i have it and then i make my self worse and get the anxiety symptoms which i dont think is anxiety.Its a vicious circle.
You have probably stirred your anxiety and emotions because your wife is pregnant. Hope you can keep it under control but its easier said than done when our minRAB take over.
 
Thanks and sorry to hear about your aunt. It really sucks. You go so long without it and think it is under control then sometimes the slightest things bring it back.
 
In my personal experience, anxiety never goes away. It has been almost 4 years since my first panic attack and I don't care what anyone says, something about me changed after that first attack. My tolerance to stress was permanently altered to the point that general stressors that never used to bother me now cause me to feel high degrees of anxiety. I often feel anxiety symptoms no matter what I'm doing, whether it be exercising, watching tv, doing work, or even meditating; it doesn't matter because the symptoms just appear and don't disappear until they are done ruining my day. There is no pattern and no amount or type of medications has helped me. Anxiety has destroyed my ability to enjoy life and I often wonder why I'm still here. It makes no sense that my purpose on this planet is to feel chest pain and sweat all day long. I must have done something really awful in a previous life, because I'm certainly paying for it in this one.

I hope my little tale of woe makes you feel better about your own personal hell. Maybe there is comfort in knowing that you definitely aren't alone in what you are experiencing. Misery loves company, right?
 
well , i guess every body is different , because i have suffered anxiety since i remeraber , since i was at school like 4 or years old what i mean is i have suffered anxiety whole my life and now i an almos 40 years of age so... thats a long time and in my experience yess anxiety can go completely or you can keep it away but with medication , in my case i am having citalopram + seroquel xr daily for anxiety and depression , i hope this experience helps :wave::wave:
 
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