Very encouraged to hear of your successes. Makes me think I can get there too. When you can see people further up the trail, it makes you want to keep walking.
Good luck, I'm going to talk to this new Doc about long term low dose antibiotics after my numbers get back to normal. Tomorrow I want to see if he wants to add anything to what I'm doing and to see if we can take out my picc line. I'm not using it and it has been in for over six months.
Hope you can find a BP med that you like. Sunny had to try a few times. I'm lucky I get by most of the time with just a Beta blocker. I do have some I can't take so I'm glad.
Here for you. Hurry up, it is lonely at the top of the mountain.
My trip to the dentist was rather ho hum. I was only getting soft linings on my plastic teeth. Still you have to sit for six minutes with a mouth full of terrible tasting gupe and not gag on it. The hour long drive there was quite nice actually. A year ago I would have needed a safe person and half a valium. It is hard to explain but the anxiety just was not there at all, and it was like it never was and I sure know it used to be. This is better than I was aiming for.
You are right, once it starts to happen it does get better faster. I did another exposure the day after by going to three stores in a row. Nada, not even a twinge, not even when my arthritis was making me hurt and breath too fast. I just recognized it for what it was and let it go. It is a rather strange feeling not to have that little anxiety devil riding along with me.
I hope every one gets this good, and you should because I really was a mess a few years ago.
I went for a hot chocolate after and the combination of caffeine and sugar usually makes me edgy. Well it did but I just said so what, it always does this and enjoyed my treat. I have to see the doctor Monday about my treatment for staph infection. (new doctor) and Tuesday I have to take my cat to the vet. That is an hour away and I have never been there before. Should be interesting.
I am so glad you mentioned this about the anger.... I surely have experienced the sticking around of anger ... I just hadn't thought about how it could be different. Ha! My self-talk is sooooooo mean. Thanks for the inspiration Red and the direction Davit and Sunny. so much to learn.... so much to learn.... the cool thing is it has started coming faster and easier.
Thank you very much, yes I did.. and with your help too!! I think I remember you talking about telling the anxiety to go away and Shouting Stop...this was good advice..I was just now ready and able to do it and I am so glad I did.. Self talk is so very important...I think it just my be the key to it all...
Thanks for the Congrats! and now that you mention it I did notice how the anger fades with the accomplishment and yes it does stick around and turns into self anger if you don't try..I am really starting to get it..this being assertive and using anger to stop the anxiety in its tracks...Its wonderful...
I can't take credit for this one. My partner took it while we were out on a drive in the back country..
He calls it "Thunder Road" We just printed it up, framed it and put it up in my entryway where I can see it every day.
It was the first photo we put up in my resent nesting project here a home...
Also the thing I mentioned about telling my anxiety to go away and it did..It was more like shouting in my head " Stop it now, you can do this!! This is something Ashley the Educator here on the site mentioned doing before and I think Sunny may have said she does this too..Don't quote on that though. My memory does fail me at times and sometimes I don't remember things quite right..Of course that doesn't really matter the point that really matters is that this technique worked for me..It is not something that I thought would work for me it sounded to easy. I was sure wrong because it did..I never realized before how important and powerful self talk really is...Until it did this..
