I am having high anxiety right now.

[lilmoma]

Man, I just feel soooo stressed out, and I don't even know why, it is a sort of "my skin crawling kinda stress"
I have to keep taking to myself. I need to stop projecting.
I guess everybody is right about me

I AM AN ABSOLUTE CONTROL FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't stand it when I feel loss of control.

Do you guys ever get this way?
I started my morning flying out of the bed with a righteous charlie horse biting me in the leg, first I couldn't move cuz it hurt so bad but then it started hurting until OWWWWWWWWWWWWW
So that was my alarm clock,....don't want to go there again

lilmoma

[can-do-man]

Your welcome, I found that article very interesting. Your down to counting your last few ribas. Hope all is well with you and yours

[Algernon]

I had the same stress overload moment a couple of weeks ago (posted "riba rage" that day about yelling at my kids).  One thing I'm learning is to wait a few minutes or hours and my mood/symptoms often completely change - just like the TX weather and I really do mean TEXAS.

By the way, I later apologized to my kids for stressing on them and they didn't even know what I was talking about.  

I'm also a control freak who has had to give it up.  But it still makes me feel really good to make a list and accomplish something (my lists are shorter and simpler than they used to be but it makes me feel a little more in control--e.g. get out of bed, clean hair from drain, rent MR. ED episodes).

XOXO. Deb

[Dale_Ray]

Hey Deborah, I don't see anything odd about you sleeping with a horse my wife sleeps with a pig:) I am an A personality and been told a bit controlling it was hard to slip into the passive gear but once I did my wife has taken charge and it has taken a lot of the pressure off of me. You don't need pressure during the treatment. Like on of the others said let it slide and just don't care if it meets your perception of perfect. I'm so busy peeing I don't have time to worry about crossing T's and dotting I's. I hope your med settle down and your back on the horse pretty soon. Good luck to you. Dale

[Fisheress]

I agree w/nygirl that AD's really help. From reading here on the threads all the sx's to expect, I had my Doc start me on Lexapro a month before starting tx due to the anxiety  I was having pre tx.  Had a lil anxiety after starting tx but a lil "mothers helper" would help with that.  The Lexapro really helped.  I have been very fortuvnate not to have the Ccharley horses galloping thru my bed so far 24/24.  Mostly joint and muscle pain.  I do make sure I eat at least 2 bananna's a day and get a least a gallon of water down a day.  Lots of water, keep hydrated.

Best of luck to you killing this virus.  We are all in the barn w/ya shoveling poo!

Fisheress

[NYgirl]

Oh my GOD Strator - oh Don - I can't even type.  Please don't make me laugh THIS hard ... I am going to get fired.

In addition to walking around with a #1 sign and piece of Saran Wrap I think that is going to be my mantra - certainly people will let me go ahead of them in line for not only the blood suckers office but at the grocery store and the gas station and the post office............we are realy some sort of nuts.  Ooops back to the Saran Wrap again. Dear God.

Your poor uncle - he must have really thought you lost it. Oh man I can't stop laughing now.

[mare52]

I agree! From what I had learned (even before finding this wonderful place to share experiences) that AD can help many on TX (even if not needed PRIOR to tx) My own experience, as my sister works for a drug company, was start AD just prior to tx. So I did 2 weeks prior with Zoloft ( 25mg~1st week >>50 mg for the next 7 weeks) BUT did not do well on this particular chemical, (difficulty swallowing or tightness in neck/throat started even before my peg & copeg) and there are so many other choices out there; I am now on my 2nd week of trying Lexapro 10 mg. The previous issues from the Zoloft may be subsiding a bit, too soon to tell. I had never needed AD help in the past though, thankfully...
mare