Finding your release

[bowla004]

I have been dealing with anxiety for a month now im still at the stage where its really hard for me to leave the house still which makes me depressed. My anxiety comes from always think in dying like I'm in the last stages of a diesease and the doctors haven't found it yet. My anxiety had made me physically ill. There isn't a day that has gone by where I have not been dizzy,weak,or upset stomach. Not all those symptoms just one or the other. Except for the weakness thats everyday. Done the whole doctor test stuff. All the docs i have gone too say its anxiety. I prpbaly have haf about 20 thousand dollars worth og test done to all come back normal thank God for insurence! Lol! Anyways what seems to make my anxiety go away I find is when I take a noce warm bubble bath and then afterward cuttle in bed with my husband and watch a movie. Works everytime, one time i took like 5 bubble baths in one day!  But it calm me down everytime.  What are some of anybody elses releases that they do to ease their anxiety. Who cares if their weird or not we are all going through this together, so anybody respond its ok. Excuse the miss spelling im on my iphone.lol

[CaliGirl48]

No, Im too scared to take any meds. I get anxiety just thinking about. I feel the same as you, in fact that if the one main cause of my anxiety (worrying that I am dying) because everything else in my life is great. I'm so sad and frustrated that i have a really good life and I can't enjoy it because I am afraid I am dying. All I can think about sometimes is how my poor children would feel if they lost their mother. Anxiety is cruel. I have been able to control it a little better lately by breathing and talking to myself. It is VERY had to convience yourself that you are OK , but if you try really hard and are determined, you can do it! Funny enough, ths forum helps me find my release sometimes too. Just hearing that I am not alone and crazy does wonders for me.Baths help me also.  If you ever want to chat and you have msn messenger just add me...my email is c a l i g i r l 6 5 7 8 @ h o t m a i l . c o m ....without all the spaces lol...it wont let us type emails in here so hopefully that worked.

[bowla004]

Yes i am on medication i take xanex and prozac i have been on the xanax for a month now but im slowly weening off of it. Trust me it can be very addicting! I have been on prozac for three day now has had no effects so far but i guess they say it takes weeks before it takes affect. Hang in there hopefully we will get better. I know we will get better. Oh and to iamfaithful my husband and i pray every night together that helps as well.

[iamfaithful]

HI there,

Yes, I find taking a HOT bubble bath can really relax me.  But what works best for me is prayer and studying my bible.  I also just started writing in a journal (actually, it's just a regular notebook, but it works for now :-).  I have found anxiety to be an ugly beast, and I am fighting my way thru-EVERYDAY.  I am on meds for it-beta blockers and xanax as needed.  I don't take the xanax anymore, but I do have to take my beta blockers everyday.

I hope you are  having a good day today.

[katelynsmom6506]

Hey there my goodness reading what you wrote If I did'nt know better i would have thought it was me writing it:) I have the same issues, thinking I have some dirmatic illness that I'm dying from. Somtimes it gets horrible!! Do you take any medication?? I am currently taking zoloft and am beginning to taper off of it for the fact that I have been on it for 2 years and i want to see how I feel off of it??? I hate anexity!!