Do i have anxiety

[cheeklollipop]

hi just wouder if i have been suffering with anxiety here goes

Get get angry if i dont want to do somthing and i am made to do it
I walk with my head down as i do not want to speak to people
Im irritable
I think people are talking about me
Poor memory
Cant follow instructions
Always sleepy
Feel out of place
Sometime i get really scared i start breathing faster and sweat i get a pressure feeling in my head and my mind goes blank then i start to cry and i just want to run home where i feel safe
any ideas what wrong?
oh i also have bipolar II disorder

[RubyWitch]

Hi Hon,
I am, first and foremost, NOT a doctor and have absolutely no right, to say nothing of no degree, to diagnose you. I don't know a great deal about bi-polar disorder either. Having said all that, I recognize many of your symptoms as that of a person with bi-polar, which you already know you have. What it sounds like to me in my very, very humble and NON-MEDICAL opinion is that your bi-polar meds are not helping you enough. I think it's time you saw your doctor again and discuss this with him/her. Tell them what you've just shared with us and let them be your guide and partner in deciding if these increased symptoms are a further manifestation of your BPD or are indeed anxiety related. They COULD be, as you named some of the very common symptoms of anxiety, but I can not legally or morally tell you FOR SURE that is what is going on with you. Please make an appointment with your doc, take your excellent list of symptoms with you and get the relief you so sincerely deserve.
Good luck, Hon.......keep us posted.
Peace
Greenlydia

[JSGeare]

That's quite a list! Tell you what, you need to ask a doctor what it all means. We anxiety fans are familiar with much of what you describe -but that doesn't mean we have an open and shut case for panic/anxiety here. The Bipolar diagnosis makes sense to me, but run your symptoms by a doctor qualified to express an opinion.

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