Anxiety!

I am not sure what causes this but every so often i have problems with anxiety.  Normally it is only one day and i take my meds and it is gone for a while.  This is the 3 day in the past 4 that I have felt this way and it is driving me c razy.  I have this knot in the pit of my stomach and I took my Klonapin and it is not going away!!!  of course I am past time to refill my meds so i only had one to take and can not take a second one.  Why does this come an dgo.  i am glad it is not constant but when it happens i fell like something bad is going to happen even though mentally i know that nothing is going on.  It is more of a  physical feeling.  sorry for the dump but I just have to get it out.  it is really hard to explain but I hope someone here can relate.

Have you tried deep breathing exercises.  I sometimes get terrible panic attacks.  It is usually my weird thoughts about my life, like projecting and believing something bad is going to happen.  

Have you tried psychotherapy?  That is where you can explore your thinking. 

The other thing is to keep a journal of your day's events and your thoughts and feelings about them.  It can help you get out things that may be triggering you, as well as help you track your thinking when you do get an attack.

Good luck.
Trish

What is weird about these is when it is going to happen I wake up that way,it is not caused but whatever happens that day generally anyway.  Usually I can not even tell you why I feel the way I do, there is nothing i can point at and say "that is what is bothering me"  If I could figure it out it would help because I am pretty good I talking myself into a postive outlook.  The only thig going on is that I am late for my period.  My DH has had a Vacetomy so i doubt it is pregnancy.  I am going to wait a little longer to teat.  Today is 34 days from my last cycle full start (it is 39 days from when I started spotting last month.  usually i spot for several days before I start and this month NADA!  I am hopeing it is just my rapid weight loss messing with my hormones.

The rapid weight loss could definitely be messing with your cycle...

It would be good to keep a journal and date it...you could see if there is a relationship between your hormone levels and your anxiety that way.

As for triggering thoughts, you probably would not be able to identify any at this point.  By journaling your thoughts in general, as well as your feelings about stuff that is happening in your days won't make sense at first, but then, you could look back and see if you see a pattern or any rhyme or reason for the anxiety.

Who prescribes your Klonopin?  If it is a family doc, you may want to see a psychiatrist, and also seek psychotherapy to work on this issue.

Good luck,
Trish

I see an internist.  I am thinking about seeing a psychiatrist due to the anxiety and for ADD  the last one I saw tried to tell me i was bipolar but none of the meds helped AT ALL  my internist put me on Klonapin and that has been the best treatment.  sometimes I can go a month and not take it then I go through stages like this where I need it for a week straight....  sigh.  i am not sad or depressed but this dread in the pit of my stomach feels horrible.  i am Ok this evening so maybe tomorrow will be better :-)

hey, I was put on meds for bipolar once and it made me much worse.

I don't know what you should do but I feel for you. anxiety is awful.

(((((Emily Rose)))))

I am feeling better today but thank you for thinking of me :)