Every once and a while it seems, we all go into relapse or have an "episode" it can last a little as a few days for as long as a few weeks. When I first felt this bad was 4 years ago when I had my first episode and of course I was scared to death b/c I didnt know what it was. I got put on Paxil Cr after a brief stint with Xanax, and I went through several weeks of hell getting used to the stuff and battling my anxiety. I've always been an anxious person but I've dealt with it and live a farily normal life with few limitions. But whenever I get these episodes, I feel like this one won't go away and I catch myself wandering deeper and deeper into a black hole. I think what scares me the most is that I worry that things that used to work and make me happy, will eventually stop working and there will be no way for me to feel better.
This episode I'm having now, feels like the worst, even though I get reassurance from my g/f and others, it doesnt seem to be making me feel better anymore. And things I used to do to cope don't seem to be helping either.
This all started on wednesday when I got the stomach flu, it lasted the whole next 24 hours and then worst of the symptoms went away. I still dont have an appetite and have trouble sleeping, but now my anxiety levels are really high.
I know I'm rambling a bit, but what I think I'm trying to say is could all this just be a result of the flu and I'm just really hypersensitive to everything?
Is it true that no matter what happens, no matter what irrational thoughts coast through my head, that eventually, my body will calm down, my appetite will return and I will go back to being just me?
