DOES ANYONE HAVE SYMPTOMS 24/7

Calendergirl99 · Post by **Calendergirl99** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:51 pm

Hi there. I am new......just wondering if people feel wierd or off 24/7....waking....sleeping OR LACK OF.......or do people feel good until they drive or socialize or something they fear and then have a panic attack? I just want to know if I am the only one who has a sensitized nervous system 24/7....even when I am not in fear I have symptoms......I guess I taught my system to feel this way.......can this be reversed? THANKS FOR ANSWERING.......I need all the help.....

hopehound · Post by **hopehound** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:03 pm

I just want you to know that we all deal with weird feelings day in and day out,some days are better than others of course, but we can over come these feelings. I do have a fear of driving long distance on the highway in fear of not knowing whats going to happen because like I said everyday is something new. I am so confident that we as a team will all over come this battle. Keep your head up and stay strong.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:07 pm

yes, this is exactly what happens with me. I fall alseep and im fighting anxiety and obsessive thinking, i'll be waking up, and literally, its like just as I'm waking up, the minute my body realizes it's awake it starts obsessing. It's like a song that fades in, it starts out really quiet, and then once you're fully awake, the volume is all the way up. Through out the day i start out obsessing and i deal, but then mid day the anxiety kicks in and the self doubting and the over analyzing. it's definitely all day for me, and the moments i get where I am ok and I feel totally normal, I notice right away and brings me rght back into the cycle. For me too, when I try to be happy, or I feel normal for a longer period of time, I sort of freak and provoke my anxiety and obsessing, because I'm scared of being normal in fear that I've lost my mind or something. We will get through this, don't worry at all! if you have any more questions I'd be totally glad to answer

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:09 pm

symptoms 24/7, yes. I suspect you are a sensitive person who is easily started, has many negative thoughts, and ofren feels bewildered and confused punctuated by intense anxiety possibly escalating into full-blown panic attacks. I've been there, just last Thursday through Sunday. It feels worse than horrible- bewilderment and confusion, feeling shaky, sensation of suffocation, negative thoughts, adrenaline surges, escalating into full blown panic attacks. It sounds like you are in a period of constant intense anxiety right now. It will burn itself out once your body runs low on cortisol, adrenaline, etc. Then you will feel tired and possibly depressed until the stores build back up, repeat, etc. There is a better way to live. You can unpack this. If you have the program, put the relaxation CD on right now. If not, try this link to a guided meditation- <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu-qZugHXfc" TARGET=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu-qZugHXfc</A> This one is a bit mystical, but the idea is to create the automatic relaxation response. We can learn to mind our mind and be the master of our thoughts. Find some peace: see yourself as a layer above your mind as an observer and simply notice, just try it, write down one or two thoughts then re-write them in a more balanced light. it can be reversed. We are not too old to learn new tricks. You can reverse it, invert it, and turn it ourward into creativity where it belongs. Get the program is you don't have it already. I had to buy it in the installment payment method, it's an option. Good luck! Check back in, let us know how you are doing.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:27 pm

yes,i feel like im having an outer body experience
and i am very new. I cant sleep sometimes because my thoughts are racing.The relaxtion tape works. You have to focus and concentrate. But your not alone i think we all to some degree have the same symptoms Keep your head up and be strong even we you feel weak. I feel weird at night.

john5683 · Post by **john5683** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:03 am

calendar girl,

absolutely!

sleep has returned to me, but i have noticed...much like lateralus jenn that i wake up clear minded, then my mind wants to gradually build steam and start obsessing about things.

mine has gradually receded (through much work and time), but i still need to catch myself and s-l-o-w down.

anxiety likes to follow me during my old work hours in the day (8-6pm). between those hours, my anxiety lurks in the shadows and occassionally makes itself known like a dull toothache (things have improved for me through the past 6 months). it used to be alot worse.

i find perhaps the best release for me is exercise. i mean, the kind of exercise where you are sweating. i love to run and weight train, but i am finishing my degree in physical education and am taking a bunch of phys ed courses...soccer, volleyball, etc...when i am sweating and playing and for HOURS afterwards, I am on a high from the endorphins. i simply feel better and like me.

if i go 2+ days of no exercise, then i start to get a little anxious.

~*schnauzermom*~ · Post by **~*schnauzermom*~** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:41 am

Hi,
Yes I have had and still occasionally do. I deffinately have symptoms every waking hour and if woken up at night they will start but over last while I am learning to stop them at night and can usually fall back to sleep. For that I am so greatfull.
I'm just starting session 3 again..heard half of it last evening. I'm really going to listen to this as often as I have to until it sinks in and I am able to stop my negative thoughts and replace them with positive thoughts so i can stop what stresses me or angers me. I hope then my 17-18 hour a day symptoms will be going on a permanent vacation far far away from me.
Just keep going on with the program, or if you feel things aren't getting better than see your doctor just to be sure all else is ok.
Best Wishes for a better day today. One day at a time.
Do something nice for yourself today!!
MM

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:44 am

Just need some advice on this also, my anxiety has seemed to get worse after starting the program. I was doing better, but then when it came to facing your fears - my anxiety escalated. I fear, I will never get over this condition, be able to get off my meds., and the persistant thought is that I will never be able to me a mother. I know in my heart that I want to be a mother, but it scares me. I was off my meds., and we began trying, then I continued to try to visualize what it would be like, could I do it and then the anxiety plumented to the worst it has been. My first thought in the morning is that I will never be able to be a mother, becuse I fear it. - how can you work through your fears when you can't live through having a child - becuse you just have to do it? My therapist suggested to stop the program for now, until the meds start working again in my body? I can't seem to control my obsessive throughts about my anxiety and not being able to be a mother. - Please help and any advice welcome

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:27 am

hi my anxiety also got worst when I started the program. It scared me and made me doubt if if would really work. But i kept going and am on session 3 now. My anxiety is alittle better learning the tools and trying to put them to work, which is really hard. But I can't tell you what to do about your meds thats between you and you doc. I take xanix and my goal is to be off it but I am going to take it slow and thats hard for me to because I want everything now. Hope this helped just talking to you helped me, don't feel so alone. Try the relaxation tape maybe even more then 3 times a day to quiet the mind it might help. God bless you. Debbie D

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:12 am

Hello Everyone,
(Hi DreamingGood2, I just wanted to address you separetly first. I truly feel before having a baby you need to get control over the issues you have now. A baby is wonderfull but it comes with a lot of stresses and post natal depression is always a posability so if you aren't able to be living your life the way you want IE without depression, anxiety, stress and so on my gut just says get feeling better, do the program, see how you are after you finish it and if you find you are able to feel inner peace, and are enjoying your life then think about havibg a baby. I know that I have had a rough time just taking care of my 4 dogs while dealing with all my issues and having had 2 children and knowing what all is involved day to day with it all I surely could not deal with being pregnant or looking after a baby fulltime. Just my thought, don't mean to be negative. )

I have just finished session 4. It took me a week and a bit but I can feel the difference in how I react or better yet don't over react. I feel so much more in tune with so many issues I had and found many I didn't realize I had. It's a wonderfull feeling to feel this change happening to me. I just have accomplished a lot in a short time and am all the more determined to push ahead and feel even better...I am just amazed at how much Lucinda and the others on the cd's have taught me and how I see all the mistakes I have made by being the type of person I am. I even apologized to my EX HUSBAND today for making life so hard during our 15 year marriage. I looked for him to make me happy and my expectations were way out to lunch. He thanked me and told me it must have taken a lot of guts to do this. I made his day..his words!!
I'm feeling so much stronger in good ways so please everyone just work really hard and don't rush through the program...IT WILL WORK FOR EVERYONE ....if you want to get better.
To the new YOU!!!

Best Wishes & Take Baby Steps