Dealing with anxiety

Now26 · Post by **Now26** » Mon May 31, 2010 1:51 pm

I am dealing with anxiety really bad. I am on prescription medication for it but sometimes it helps and sometimes it doesn't. When i am really stressed out and when i get stressed, i get upset and irratible. Mix all those things in and it feels as though i am about to release genuine rage. I really don't want this to happen. It hard to supress. My muscles get tight and i just feel like i am about to lose it! I don'tknow what else to do. I tried trying to calm down and taking deep breaths but this doesn't help especially with my current situation. I don't know what else to do. I am on Celexa like i said, helps a little but not much. Any recommendations?

SeaRunner · Post by **SeaRunner** » Mon May 31, 2010 3:28 pm

When I feel like that, which is actually more often than I would like to admit, I exercise. If I'm at home, I go for a run. If I'm at work, I walk the stairs. I do anything that will help draw off some of the excess energy and use it for something that is positive. You'd be surprised how much it helps. Hope it works for you.

Jamie

samcat · Post by **samcat** » Mon May 31, 2010 4:09 pm

Now,

I find exercise helps in cases like yours, just like Jamie recommended. I think it helps use up some of your pent up adrenaline and cortisol and also gives your brain a dose of endorphins, which are our "feel good" chemicals. Sometimes, we get so wired up that relaxation doesn't work very well.

Now26 · Post by **Now26** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:11 am

I do these things but they don't help. I am going through a situation right now and the walls in my apartment are so thin and there is a neighbor that is constantly harassing saying and shouting things loudly through the walls and i can't any rest because is doing this on purpose. i filed a police report against him and now he keeps saying that i am going to jail for filing a false police report. he has lied several times about his living situation to everyone. we are in the military by the way. he has lied to everyone in his chain of command and now he continues to harrass me. and they say i am the one with the mental problem.

samcat · Post by **samcat** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:16 pm

Anxiety is not a mental problem--it is an emotional problem. You are not "crazy". Sounds like you are living almost in a combat zone. Could your husband talk to his commander and have the military assign you new quarters so you can get away from this man?

Now26 · Post by **Now26** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:28 pm

I am not married, i am single. i have spoken to my first sergeant already about the situation. he should be speaking to his leadership tomorrow about it. its like one thing after another. i live off base in an apartment. I know i didn't file a false police report and he keeps reporting the same thing over and over again. it makes me so upset that i have to deal with this at home.

SeaRunner · Post by **SeaRunner** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:18 pm

Now -

That sounds like a terrible situation. If you're hearing things through the walls, can you put out a tape recorder inside your apartment and capture all the noise on tape? At least then you'd have some proof. I'm pretty sure that would be legal since it would be from inside your apartment but you might just check with the police first since you're not supposed to record someone without their knowledge.

Also, you might try using some earplugs when you want to not be disturbed. It might give you a little time not to be disturbed.

Best of luck,
Jamie

samcat · Post by **samcat** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:26 am

Now,

Jamie has some good ideas. I hope your sergeant can get something done about this.

I think the tape recording would be good proof that this guy is way our of line. Disturbing the peace is against the law.

Now26 · Post by **Now26** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:29 pm

I went and spent the night in a hotel last night because that neighbor of mine crossed the line again. I have spoken to my apartment mngt so many times about this and they don't do anything!! this has been going on for about 3 months now. I am ready to file a lawsuit against these apartments. This is really unfair. My anxiety level is so high because of him. He keeps repeating the same thing over and over again. He even listens to my phone conversations. I invited a friend over to my apartment to come over and listen to him and i told her that i would leave the front door open so that she could come in and sit here and not say anything so that i would have proof that he is bothering me. She wasn't able to make it because she got sick this weekend. Everytime i make a plan to prove myself it always falls through. He doesn't live in that apartment and his name is not on the lease, he is just staying there. He keeps repeating, "you know you going to jail for filing a false police report". HE IS A LIAR!!!! If he didn't live there how did he know that there was a police report filed against him? He has people lying for him and he knows it. I really want to file a lawsuit against these apartment management. They are horrible!!! If you are in the North Little Rock, AR area don't rent an apartment from McCain Park Apartments. The management is terrible. I don't know what else to do.

brandonmississippi · Post by **brandonmississippi** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:33 pm

I definatly have those moments. Kind of like being in a small echoing room with 10 different people talking to you at the same time. You feel like you're going to lose it. I just try to call a friend and talk about it. And try to devert the mind. This definately works. You just have to remember that it will pass. Good or bad, it will pass.