Kinda Scared.

dragonfly · Post by **dragonfly** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:37 am

So, lately I've been having major relapses with anxiety. I was doing well for awhile, never fully shaking the feeling.. but these days I feel anxiety almost every day. I constantly fall asleep feeling like I'm dying. I wake up the next morning still feel like I'm going to die. I'm lightheaded, having problems breathing, concentrating and even focusing my eyesight. Part of me wonders if I should be making apt with the dr.. cause how could this be just anxiety when I feel so bad. I try to do things that help, like do yoga regularly and exercise reg along with eating well. But, I still feel like crap. Anyways, I just needed to vent, I feel very scared right now and it feels like my body is giving up on me.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:10 am

Dragonfly,
Oh Yes anxiety can make you feel that bad! I was the same. Felt like I was going to die, 24/7. In a state of panic and anxiety 24/7.
It was awful. If you have the program, start it again. If you don't have it, please get it. It has helped me so much. If you will feel better going to the doctor, do so. But I do feel all the symptoms you are having are anxiety. It certainly can do a number on you. I completed the program back in 2000 and still to this day I refer to it and review it from time to time.
It's easy to let ourselves slip back into those old habits, and so the program is right there at my fingertips to go back to anytime I need its help. You will be fine, everything will be ok. You just need to focus on the program and things will begin to feel better and turn around for you. Hang in there you can do this.
Your Friend
Angla

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:15 am

I have been really bad lately with my anxiety as well. Last night for the first time ever I woke up with it and feared that my throat was tight and that I couldn't breathe and I worried that I would have to call the ambulance! I was SOO scared and I want to get over this. I am going on lesson 4 today but I feel like I need to spend more time in lesson 3. I am a VERY negative thinker.

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:33 am

Thanks for the assurance. It just so hard to believe that anxiety can do all of this to our bodies. I do have the program and went through it years ago. But, I guess its time to get it out again. I've had a lot of stress in both my personal and work life recently that its probably causing all this anxiety. I just always struggle when I have extreme body symptoms, cause I feel like my body is telling me something is wrong.. and how/why would it lie to me? That has been the hardest thing to grasp over the years. I can usually handle the mild anxiety, but its this feeling of being on the brink of death that I just can't seem to shake.

Ethans Mommy! I'm sorry that your anxiety has been bad lately as well. Hopefully we can get through this. Believe me I've contemplated going to the ER more then once over the last couple of weeks. I hope that the program helps us both

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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:49 am

I have been feeling the same way lately. Last night I felt anxiety all through my body, I felt fatigue, I felt like I couldn't get a full breath of air, crazy thoughts were going through my head because I was concentrating on my symptoms. So I just kept telling myself that I was fine that I was having an anxiety attack. They just switch my pills from lexapro to a knew one pristiq, its made from effexor. I have been on it for a few weeks. I finished my tapes 6 months ago, but I think that I'm going to get it back out. It's nice to know that I'm not alone on this.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:59 am

I've been feeling the same way lately! I know I've been under a ton of stress, but yes, it's 24/7, while I sleep, I get some relief. Yesterday for several hours, my body was just exhausted. I was so tired just to walk and that scared, me thinking my body was giving up. Today, my body is revved up again, sometimes i wonder how long my body can live like this!

I know my grandma has had anxiety since she was 19 and she is 79 now and she's still doing well, so I figure since I'm only 29, I can hold out for a few more years (not that I WANT to live like this though!).

I've also thought about going to the ER thinking that something must really be wrong.

Anyhow take care and know that you are definitely not alone.

I'm also in CA (the Bay area)

Ocean