Not again...

[Megs215]

Hello all :) Happy Saturday!

Im scared my anxiety is coming back, its creeping the thoughts are becoming more & more apparent. I feel ok but Im scared :( I know my period is coming, so Im hoping its just that! Why does this happen? I hate this feeling??

[Megs215]

i know the feelings all to well donna! we can overcome this!

[DJ873]

ya i can so relate, i've been trying to have a panic episode all day, the only thing saving me is to ground and repeat thinking thinking thinking, worrying worrying worrying, and deep belly breathing. The good news, no all out attack, the bad news is i feel like crud.

[Megs215]

hello again, i started the zoloft in may. im not sure if its working or not. i guess it is, i have small "flare-ups" now and again. its usually right before my period..im the kind of person that allows there anxieties to swallow them whole, by anxieties i mean my thoughts. i get caught in the pattern of thinking and thinking until it consumes me, it happens every few months. but thats when i take the ativan. horray for that!
hope this helps some :)

[jkw86]

Yes i have anxiety...and well health anxiety it seems to be.Do you feel the zoloft has helped? How long have you been on it?

[Megs215]

hey, yea im on zoloft. i dont suffer from depression just anxiety and a touch of ocd. my therapist also prescribed me ativan as needed. i dont take it, unless i need it. whoohoo i havent taken it in about a month!!! yay me!

[jkw86]

Hi  Megs...i'm around your age...almost 25. I have noticed a pattern around my periods also. It seems i get a little worse. Are you on any anxiety medication?

[theguts]

I have had an awful time with my periods.  Anxiety, irritability, suicidal thoughts, homicidial thoughts, and more.  Then I went on Seasonique.  You only have a period 4 times a year and they are lighter and the symptoms are milder.  So if you think your periods are causing your problems and your not trying to get pregnant, you might consider that option.

[DJ873]

it always got worse for me for about a week before my period. i would look on the calendar and say ok that is what it is, for some reason i felt better knowing that was the cause, as to why? I don't know, hormones i guess. I haven't had a period in almost a year so now its trickier, i feel anxious all the time :) really do try reading taming your gremlins tho it is a great humerous book

[worrywart73]

Hi have the same problem too. wow i thought i was the only one , i jus try to change the thought rite wen i catch myself then it usually helps but ur nit alone in this goodluck