ANXIETY BACK IN FULL FORCE PLEASE HELP!!!

[kamalas151]

hi guys. iv been suffering frm anxiety for over 1 year now.the last 4 months have been great! anxiety levels and symptoms have been very very low. ive been enjoying life and doiing things i used to do. suddenly i started to get that sick anxious feeling and strange thoughts in my mind. it just reminded me of how i was when i first experienced anxiety and now everything feels exactly like that again. im scared and the anxious feelings and thoughts keep coming and goiing every 15mins. i feel like im back to square one again! i recvered so much and now im in the full anxiety cycle and i just want to cry!

can somone please tell me whats going on?
is this goiing to stay with me now!

[JGF25]

It is WORK everyday when you have anxiety.  I agree with lynn57...why suffer when you can take medication?  I don't think I am on the right one but at least it is helping me for the most part.  I utilize self-communication whenever I notice a forward thinking thought or a "what-if" thought pop into my head.  I just tell myself it is a fiction and not a fact.  Usually I can stop it dead.  I try to motivate myself...almost like a coach would a team.  I am my own motivator.  It is like telling yourself to "knock it off."  In any case, I think that you can look on here and see that anxiety is something we live with for a long time.  It has triggers of course and those things send us back a bit, but remember, we came out of it at some point and can do so again.  

[lynn57]

Meds DO help alot of people.  There is no sense going through hell if there are things that can help you.  You can start with CBT or herbal remedies.  Talk therapy helps some people.  I still have to say that meds were the only thing that brought normalcy back to my life.  I work every day.

[erin626]

I went through the exact same thing. I had anxiety from age 3 to age 19. It got so severe that I had to stop going to high school and be home schooled my last semester to graduate. Then out of the blue it just stopped. And it was bad. I had severe agoraphobia, panic attacks daily, and constant anxiety. I could never be alone. It was awful. So from 19 to 23 I had no anxiety. I drove to los angeles from maryland by myself when I was 21. I flew to london alone. I flew back and forth from la to dc all the time with no problems. Then out of the blue when I was 24 my anxiety came back and hasn't left and I'm about to be 26 in a week. Its not as bad as it was when I was younger but it still can interfere with my life. I've been doing talk therapy and have been taking .25mg of xanax as needed for panic attacks. I can still do things that I couldn't do before..drive alone, go to the store alone. But I still haven't been able to travel alone and I have a hard time being home alone. And the panic attacks really stress me out.

I look at it this way..I've gotten over it before so I can get over it again. Some days I get really discouraged but others I try to stay positive. Anxiety seems to be something that sticks around for life and there will be good times and bad. I tend to focus on the bad times more than the good so I get upset. But when I really stop and think about everything I accomplished when I wasn't having anxiety problems I feel a little better. I'm riding this anxious time in my life out. I'll get over it and if I don't, I'm learning valuable skills from my therapist to cope with the anxiety so either way I'll get back on my feet.

I wish you luck. I know how frustrating it is to have anxiety come back after you think its gone.

[fleb]

My story is nearly identical except iv lasted 6 months panic free and now im back after everything was perfect and out of no were it took me, life had being going so well i forgot how i even ended up controlling it towards the end of 2010 and now i feel beyond low. Drugs are not an option for me only you can do this if you ever had cbt and it helped maybe go back to it thats what im considering im going to give it another month of hell and try beat it again before i surrender.

[lynn57]

Many things help.  Sometimes talk therapy can help.  I personally like Celexa and a small dose of Klonopin two times a day.  If I don't take meds I keep looking forward to the next cycle of anxiety and panic attacks.  Then I am never left at peace, wondering when it will return.  The first time I had panic attacks and got them under control with meds.  I stopped taking the meds and slowly I ended up in the same place.  Now I don't  think I would wean off again.  It takes too long to get stabilized.

[Sue357]

Hi.  I have been on anxiety drugs for a few years.  Seraqueal and Klonopin.  Seraquel, 200 mg. at night and Klonopin 1 mg. 3 times a day.  I am also on other meds for my bipolar 2 disorder.  I have suffered  from depression, off and on, since I was 9 but didn't start having anxiety attacks until about 3 years ago.  I also am in therapy.  I can tell you that he finally found a combo that works for me. i am afraid to go off my meds as I am afraid the symptoms will come back.  I am also on Lamictal and Lexapro.  I can say that the meds work for me.  Talk to a psych doc about meds.  I love my doc, have been with him for many years, love my therapist too, almost 3 years now.  I must add that my oldest son was murdered at the age of 19, in 1997.  I think that I stuffed a lot and then then that is when the symptoms started, when I started to deal with it.  Hope this helps.

[kamalas151]

Hi when I had it before I did not take any meds nor was I prescribed any! When I felt well I thought that's it I'm well now! So I just continued doing my day to day things only then to start going through the whole cycle again! I perceive strange thoughts and in turn they make me feel panicky and cause more and more anxiety because it just reminds of the time when I first experienced anxiety! Do Meds actually help?

[mauismom]

I am in the same boat...fine for a long time and now bam... I was just about to post a question but saw this and wanted to tell ya you are not alone...

[lynn57]

When you had the anxiety before, were you prescribed any meds?  During the period you felt well did you take anything for the anxiety.  It is normal to have some break through anxiety or panic attacks.  It depends how much they bother you.  If you are uncomfortable you should see a doctor.  If you are not treating the anxiety you may want to start.  If you are perhaps it's time for a change in dose or meds.  Either way good luck.  I know how much anxiety can affect your life.