im suffering with my anxiety at the moment

[miniminx]

Id be interested in knowing the time of day people are affected?
Mine is as soon as i wake. Im told its due to whats known as the morning hormone rush...and im told if youre low on seratonin this will be causing the anxiety attacks, as the seratonin is low compared to all the other hormones rushing around...some women are low on seratonin apparantly due to the menopause
my morning anxiety upsets me for the day, as i cant shake it off, and then worry about it coming back the next morning....
Thats what i was told why my anxiety appears......what other reasons make it appear?
This site and the people on it are truly amazing and are helping me with my fears. :yesyes:

[theharvestmouse]

I don't have any patterns of when I get it, sometimes its first thing in the morning but other times it creeps up on me later in the day. Hate it, its making me depressed, and angry, tonight I just feel like smashing something up, I'm so fed up of it.

Sorry to hear you are suffering tis-me, hope tomorrow is a better day!

[miniminx]

what causes yours. do you know? x

hope you feel better soon too, its horrible isnt it? xx

[Stormsky]

Anxiety is different for everyone...usually based on unfounded fears... fear to be alone, fear of places, fear of people, fear of health, fear of failure, fear of almost anything you can imagine.... depression is more linked with seratonin levels....
peri menopause can cause you to be more anxious, like you say hormone levels and estrogen drop...
What triggers you? do you have panic attacks, or just anxious?

[miniminx]

im anxious but it panics me?

[Stormsky]

what triggers your anxiety though?

[miniminx]

I have absolutely no idea.!! i wake up with it.. ive had about 5 attacks in my life that have lasted possibly 2 months at a time...even before i was peri menopausal.
ive been stressed lately which i think is the cause of it this time maybe
ps.. the first attack i ever had scared the hell out of me hence was given medication...i weaned myself off it, and recently had another attack, first in over 3 years. so my fear is the fear of the attacks and waiting for them to appear,..horrible
How about you?

[Stormsky]

stress can defo be the cause then... need to try some relaxation stuff, or exercise is good for anx... i go on my wii fit everyday... excercise lifts your mood..
the thing with anx is the more you think about it, the more you try and question why you have it, the more anxious you become!

[theharvestmouse]

I believe anxiety was always there in me, it didn't become so apparent until my late teens/early 20's, I then suffered with problems with how to deal with my shyness, and other issues, it gradually just got worse and worse, add to that problems with binge drinking to cover up my GAD and it all became a mess.

Now stopped drinking completely, lost nearly all my so called friends, but its a long story. Right now I am doing things the right way but I feel loneliness every day, and also anger at the past and how things ended up like they did.

[miniminx]

are you on any medication?
Im sure youll make new friends here

[theharvestmouse]

Yes Citalopram, been on it 4 months, people on here are great but its separate from real life. I get great empathy and support here which helps but in day to day life thats the reality of it all when you are out there trying to live with anxiety.

I'm having to start again, I've joined social groups, its been like the first day at school all over again repeatedly. I'm so scared of rejection that I have stopped any thoughts of initiating friendships and potential dates with women. I'm scared that a rejection could be the final straw that pushes me to kill myself. When I have days of being suicidal from just the state of my life that's all it would take to push me over the edge.

You can have all the treatment you want, but unless you can sort yourself out to be able to have the life you want its pointless. I'm not prepared to live the next stage of my life the way the last few years have been. I'd choose death over the pain and anguish I have felt at my lowest.

The only thing that is keeping me going is the hope that if I carry on with trying to improve life through doing things to try to help me overcome the anxiety then I will manage to get where I want to be. But I don't know how long I can carry on with the fight.

[miniminx]

youve done the hardest thing already. stopped drinking! so well done on that, you should be proud...as for friends they appear in all walks of life , even here, we maybe typing but were still human:)

[theharvestmouse]

:) Thanks tis-me, I feel for everyone on here who has to go through all this.

[morning_blues]

Hi folks,
Tis me - this is almost certainly stress. I have always been really bad in the mornings, awake 5/6 sweating, shaking,retching etc. I'd gradually get better through the day, but it was so exhausting! Our residual stress levels are so high that every morning you automatically wake in the fight or flight reaction, ready to face the challenges of the day ahead.
I have been taking Citalopram for about 3 months now and it has been a great help and really taken the edge off the anxiety, but simultaneously I've been having therapy to help to learn how to cope with stress, and how to alter those aspects of my behaviour that lead to stress - I am learning how to say "no"!. It's a long road but it can and does get better.
There is so much support on here and I am constantly amazed by how resilient people are, and how we keep on going with hope and determination to get better.
Good luck!
xx

[charlotteAnne]

sounds to me tis-me2006 that you are in the worry cycle like me. fear of the fear. I also find it hits me as soon as i wake up, can ease off, hits me again about 4pm, and then on a gd day, i am fine in the evening. Sometimes its all day long. My anxiety is health fears for sure. Its a nightmare.