Irrational anxiety fears

[Scottiedkelley]

Hey y'all, I have 2 fears that I know are irrational but maybe someone has asked their pdoc about them or dealt with them. 1. Can one suffer from seviere anxiety constantly without relief forever? And 2. I'm NOT suicidal, neither am I planning to be, but I have an irrational fear I might become oneday because of my unrelenting persisting symptoms. It's more of a phobia almost. I'm scared to ask my doc about it for fear he'll get the wrong idea, but I want to keep myself safe and sane. Anyone ever talk to their doctor about either of theses? Thanks

Ps has anyone ever taken klonopin and done well, tried to get off, and when going back to normal dose it didn't work anymore?

[DJ873]

I too suffer in very similar ways. I did finally talk to my therapist and also posted here and learned that intrusive thoughts are a symptom. It sort of falls under the ocd part of this disorder. Once I accepted that it was just a thought and thoughts aren't real and can't hurt me, the obsessive thought did go away except when i am stressed or depressed it will pop back in my head but a good self talk and not fighting the thought relieves it. I don't know if this ever goes all the way away, i think we are wise when we begin feeling better to still keep the triggers and stress in mind so as not to fall victim again. I wish us all a peaceful journey to a life with minimal anxiety

[Scottiedkelley]

You are the best, thank you for the encouragement

[WendyLady03]

1. I think the answer to your first question is no, as long as you take the proper steps to get your anxiety under control. When mine started I thought I was changed forever, and that I never again would be normal. I thought I'd have to quit my job, stop seeing friends, stop driving, stop leaving my house....I basically thought I had completely lost my mind. I did nothing but cry, have panic attacks, and cry some more for an entire month.

But it got better. I'm better. You just have to hang in there. If you do everything you can to take care of it, like seeing your doctor/talking to a counselor, taking meds, exercising, whatever you need, then you won't suffer from severe anxiety forever. Just know that once you get better, which you will, you'll need to just be carefuly of kepping your stress to a minimum so you don't stir up any anxiety again.

2. I had the EXACT same fear, so much so that I worried not only that I would one day kill myself, but I worried that I would lose it and hurt someone else. I didn't want to do either thing of course, but I was terrified that one day those would become viable options. I did talk to my doctor and my counselor about it, and they both told me that that was normal. Everything was so different and my anxiety was so high, my mind was trying to think of the worst thing possible to match the physical anxiety I was feeling. I would never hurt anyone, and I would never hurt myself. The fact that we worry about it just shows that it's the last thing we'd ever do.

Hang in there, I know it's probably tough right now, but I promise it gets better. My anxiety was very severe, I was having too many panic attacks a day to even keep count, but now I haven't had an attack in quite a while, and when I do it's not anywhere near as severe as it was.

[maguilera100]

Hey Scott,

  I have the exact same fears. The second one I fear the most. Anyway I'm trying to take life easy but we all know how that goes.  

Wish you well.

ps. sorry I couln't answer your questions.