Have U Ever Got Better Then Let Yourself Slip Back?

[celeron]

What I mean is, you eat well, you exercise, you use your positive self talk, you think your all better so you start eating chocolate again, you start having you McDonalds again, you give up exercise, you have a few beers again and before you know it BOOM!!! Anxiety/Depression back in full force.

This is what has happened to me, Its came to a head today after my drinking binge last night, I feel depressed/anxious.

It has finally dawned on me that for people like us, unless we want to feel anxious etc we have to refrain all together from Alcohol/Caffeine etc + we need out exercise daily.

Whats you thoughts? Has this ever happened to you?

[Guest]

Celeron,

That has happened to me, but mostly with my medicine and gerd. I will take my medicine, feel better and then go off or it and be ok for a couple of months and then crash. With my gerd, I will eat a very bland diet, then my stomach will start to feel somewhat better, and I will eat, but things I shouldn't eat. And then I will have a flare-up again.

It seems like a vicious cycle that I hope to finally break through!!!

[Guest]

celeron, you are right on. As the saying goes, when you fall off the wagon, get back on again. I can relate so much. Sometimes when you least feel like exercising and eating right you have to force yourself. It's so hard. I'm glad you wrote this because I WILL force myself to exercise more today. I WILL force myself to eat healthy or pour good nutrion in my body even with shakes many times a day to get what I need. I can't live with this darn depression so I've got to do something about it. Nobody else can do it for me or for you so I guess we've got work to do today right?

[Fay55]

Oh Yeah...it's the summer...time for bbq's, beer, wine, too hot to walk or run, stay up late watching stupid movies, put all that together and you have a recipe for anxiety and irritation. I walk every day, but if it's too hot, I won't walk, which leads to chocholate, which leads to munchies at nite and then some wine or beer with company and then the next day...no walk again and that leads to yet another day of abuse then I wake up one morning hating myself and feeling really agravated with life. For me...it's like a wake up call, when I start to feel irritable with everything, it's time for me to stop...eat right, exercise, and be still. I guess we can look at it this way, our anxiety keeps in check and makes up stay on the healthy path. It's a good thing..you'll get back to where it's comfortable for you again. Also for me...alcohol makes me feel depressed and sluggish so I try to limit it these days. I don't like loosing a whole day anymore, lost too many of days being anxious and depressed...

Hang in there...you'll feel good again!!

[proud mama]

Was it really the alcohol and caffeine or was is you regretting what you did and thinking negative? When I was still in my old routine of partying and what not and I was trying to quit I would beat myself up the next day if I felt worse...but I still did it. Now what I do is I don't beat myself up over it at all and I have seen the negative side affects just disappear. It's all in your HEAD...be positive and expect the worse...lol that sounds weird but if you expect the worse then it won't seem that bad and if you keep a positive attitude and choose to let yourself 'screw up' (since you react more sensitively just start by not doing as much but let yourself be wheened off little by little an give yourself plenty of room to make mistakes) when ever you want, then you end up simply not wanting it a lot quicker and there is no battle....that's what I did and now I just don't ever feel the need to drink or want to drink..a little green occassionally and im perfectly fine...same goes with food unless you are depressed cause you are trying to loose weight and gained it back which in that case, yea ANYONE has to WORK on that. hope this brings you some solace. Take care!