Just wanted to chyme in by saying I know that if I feel too poorly I get super anxious. I get totally irationnal.
I have to still agree with Birdie in a way though. If I am feeling somewhat ill but not extremely ill, I still figure that I should give myself a break since I am sick so my anxiety goes down... weird. Anyway, so I guess for me it either makes me less or more anxious depending where I am on a continuum of how sick I feel. Not sure if that makes sense to anyone else but me but there it is LOL.
Ok this might sound weird , but im going along with something Birdie said 'ish' . I was really quite poorly a few months back . Had a teamperture and an awful cough , you know the usual nasty bug . Well my axiety was better because i had that to concentrate on . Blew me away that did .
i always am thinking my anxiety symptoms are caused by something else.... im sooooo ready to get on with my life!!!!! You guys are all very supportive and it truly helps!
All the time for me! And even if I feel at my best, I am looking for any symptoms to make sure I am ok. But of course that makes me more anxious and it's a sad cycle. I remember the time when flus were nothing to me and I'd go to school so happy with a 100 degree fever... life was so 'easy' back then! Now if I eat too less, eat too much, sleep too less, haven't released at the bathroom, something is wrong with me!
You've received some good feedback from the members so far. Let's hear it from the rest, do you feel more anxious or experience more panic attacks when you are feeling ill?
You're doing a great job at reporting your feelings and recognizing your anxious thoughts. Continue to challenge these thoughts and track them.
I've had had this problem the whole time I've been on meds... Whenever I get sick it's almost as though they stop working.. Don't panic.lol... it's short lived..
Apparently this is quite common as our bodies are so focused on fighting infection that everything kinda goes "haywire"... Be assured though that it will rebalance itself. This is a great time to put some of your "practices" into play ...sounds like you're doing quite well though. Way to go..
That time of the month is also another problem for myself.. and that's when a lot of women "top up their dose" to combat the hormones... Something you can talk to your doc about if this also affects you.
When I'm sick or at that dreaded time.. I really try to use my diet effectively.. Eating foods full of Omegas..B vitamins.. etc. oh and I try to up my excercise / outside time to try to up the endorphins Things that help us balance naturally... I figure it can't do anything but help when I'm feeling a bit "edgy"...
The meds are just a tool.. and there is always work to still do... but Mya your days are getting easier already... Look how much better the month has been..
So....as alot of you know I have been doing alot better sence starting medication almost a month ago...today has been a little hard...i have been sick this past week, congested and achy...yesterday I started getting nauseas and a little dizzy....today the same..I was separating my laundry this morning and felt pretty dizzy while doing that which set me off into a mini panic attack...so my problem i am struggling with is the anxious thoughts...my daughter stayed home from school yesterday because she wasn't feeling well so I am trying to tell myself that i probably have what she does...but of course my mind says different...maybe a brain tumor is making me nauseous and dizzy..or a heart problem ?Or maybe I have a immune system deficiency...as I write these things they do sound kind of far fetched but...those are my thoughts...I have therapy today at noon so I am looking forward to that...so guys...do you get more anxious when you are not feeling well physically??
