Does anyone have constant anxiety?

Reading these postings ihas been very interesting. I seem to be constantly anxious and tense. I'm thinking that being in this state of mind is what is also causing my overeatting and biting of cuticles which causes more anxiety and depression. Of course I am overweight. I am in my 60s and seems I should be able to handle 'life' by now but I seem to be getting worse. Plus I'm in a job I hate with a micromanager for a boss. I'm getting back to regular exercising so hopefully this will help. Any suggestions and thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi rosmary 2002. I am 32 and thik i am constantly anxiou ( like yourself). Okay, though reading stuff about it and I think there must be something to help. I am not prepared to carry feeling like I have been naughty and that I am in trouble ( constatntly ) for the rest of my life.

Exercise should help you - I am going to give it ago ( but not in a gymn).

Just reading abit about the pituary gland, Cut coffee, alcohol, and most stimulants down to a very minimum. Drink water. Sleep when you feel the need/

I do think , now though, that its something chemical- and if this is the case then perhaps a med should be prescribed.

Exercise should help relase some endorphines, though if they are not being produced at the time, then my guess is that this is hormanl and chemical, and that something else need to help explain why we feel the way we do.

I am interested on the topic of deja vu. I get this a lot and I find it freaks me out. Its almost as though I am living someone elses life.
I also get very dreamy and cant focus. there has been points when people have spoken to me and I dont even hear them ( as I am in my world) Then I panic, and think maybe its a strange form of epilepsy, or maybe I am just simply a hypocondriact searching for something wrong with me. Or Maybe there is something wrong with me. Oh boy, and then if there is something up I tend to ignore it> Wah right going to warm my feet up now. I hate this cold feeling. Drills through me, and gives me headaches.

Hi.......I would really like to swear my head off about this situation. On monday i was sent home from work in tears as i was smelly from sunday night. I had drunk one bottle of white wine and had 2 gin and tonics. I don not deny that that was very naughty of me, but my nerves and panic got the better off me,,,, I just wanted to cry, probably did.

Anyway, at the end of my shift, yeasterday my boss had placed a helll raiser ( sorry, someone from HR) and I am now being investigated- and will be receiving a letter from the complany. Disciplined for my behaviour, and god knows what info they were trying to retrieve from my mangled head I will never know, and they are certainly not going to find out now. These people are no longer my friends. these ppeople made me feel the size of a nut......I dont want any kinfd of understanding from them. In fact I dont know if I should really go back. Its inevitable what there going to do. Obviously my face does not fit ( yet again) mind you, my face has not fitted anywhere ever in the workplace. I dont care- I just dont care. They can do what they want. Bring it on...I dont care. I give up caring.

Id just like it noted why the f did they give me and my boss a 92% mystery shopper if they are going to humiliate me infront of strangers and let people know I have private issues( non of there business really) . Anyway, really, there are worse things in life and I know I wish my head on a hanger ....but I have 2 gorgeous kids.

I left work yesterday in a mess . Onlookers would have thought I had lost someone near and dear to me. I just could not control my feelings. Its not like I have been trying , I have , but I am so humiliated, upset and angry.

Today my mum is coming over. Demand demand demand. I cant handle it. I am going to scccrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmm!!!!! I just want to sleep. Leave me alone. Let me sleep. I feel like nobody cares., but then if they do care i fell I dont deserved to be cared for. I feel ashamed for having 2 lovely children and still having a drink. But I dont drink like I used to and I am managing to ween myself off, ( well that was until yesterdays little episode). I can do better . I will do better. This situation is ridiculous. Ridiculous. I dont know If I should go back. cant help but question wtf they are investigating? I maen can you smelll alcohol from a video????????? How can they prove anything?????????? Anyway, I am honest about what I did, and what I do.....the rest?????? I think , blaitantly, this woman wants rid off me. I think she wanted me.

I look back on everything....I am tough....I am stronger than this. If ]only they knew what they were messing with. Pfff, bringing in HR has only enhanced my feelings on this. Someone help....I dont know what to do.

If I go back, I want drink the night before ( opkay, thats going to be hard ....but that is that that needs to be done). Right, if I fail then I get what I deserve. Sod it. This though, is just making my blood pressure worse....maybe Ill have a heartattack....lSorry, i know I am not helping others out there.

I just wish I could stop crying------grew a vertibrate. I have no back-bone!!!! I should have loads off it. It all comes out in the wring place at the wrong time. Okay, I am away and stop annoying folk here....just had to let some out. I am grateful to anyone who reads this and if they possibly can , understand what I am going on about, its a mess!!!!!


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im really not sure if i have anxiety or not. for about 2-3 months now, i experience breathing problems every single day 24/7. it drove me nuts and still does. its like a squeezing sensation in my lungs and i need to take a deep breath to relieve myself. ive been told ive hurt some ribs, got reflux and ive taken meds but they've made it worse.

could it be an allergy? im not an anxious person! what can i do? no one seems to have the answer :-(

i wish u all the best of luck healing yourselves
a natropath is great to go see! apparently too much fruit mucks with the chemicals in ur head. cut it out and see what happens.

I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder about 8 years ago. My doctor put me on Zoloft-which did nothing- and Ambien. I worked in an operating room. I gradually got worse and worse. I was shacking, and sweating, and finally I started passing out. I am on diffrent meds now, but I am still not able to work. Keep looking up other peoples posts. It helps to know that you are not alone.

Deloresc,

I went through a divorce in 1997 and went through complete anxiety and melt down. My primary care physician put me on Xanax (.5mg) and I've been on it ever since. I work at a School of Medicine (well, I did until last April, 08...on medical disability) and I only take it as needed...you might ask your doc about giving this a try. It is might be hard to get physicians to prescribe this rx because they say it is "addictive." I don't know...not for me it isn't, it helps me with anxious moments and my body responds appropriately. I don't abuse the Xanax by any means...as stated before, on "a as need base only." I highly recommend the drug...it has me, my husband's on it as well (hypertension) helped a lot. I have never heard of generalized anxiety disorder...but given the current situation of the our economic situation and unemployed Americans...I think everyone should be on it.

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just wanted to add...i am on medical disability due to a car accident (2/2008) and forced onto medical disability 4/2008); had anterior cervical discetomy w/fusion and plate....I am on 3 constant meds and have added my xanax to help my body be able to relax from the unbearable pain. The narcotics help...but they don't allow me to relax....that's where the xanax comes in...i only use it as i need to...and it has certainly helped keep my wits about me

O a, feeling incredibly bad, and been crying a lot today. Cant get my dizzy head aroung anything, feel like I dont fit in , and that no one like me feeling. AStomach hurting and Ive not been able to go ...when I did it was all bloody and now too scared to go.

Had bad news but thats that, and I cant seem to deal with me, and my stupid head. All I can think is just end it, cause I feel like no one likes me, or if I do I get angry aat others and my stomach sore.

Work have cornered me. Feel a bit bullied into going for help now, and you know other people do less obvious things to help thwm by , but oh ...that just makes me feel worse. More of a freak. Why doesno one like me? I must just be horrible.

see at least you lot have a reason to heel this, I cant put my finger on why I feel like this. I am too scared ....cant get a chium either. ( God I hope nobody works out who I am but I am in a mess) STILLL!! I didnt think it would be so hard . I thought I was ready to help myself and I feel like I am being judgerd I want to be swallowed up bt a big hole, never mind wanting out my big hole. Oh right not very cheerie so going now. Hope you lot are better than me.

yes, it is very possible. many people suffer from it, myself being one of those people. have you asked yourdoctor about generalized anxiety disorder? i asked my doctor about my anxiety and i was diagnosed with GAD. it's basically exactly what you described, a constant anxiety about everything.

good luck with everything!
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Thank you for your post I lookes up that web and its useful, do you think that it can go , that I could possibly re train my mind. I actually think its impossible, because once you start to think somehting bad is going to happen my prediction tend to be corect and then I go into a fearing state, to an absollute place of feeling like I am going crazy.

A dear friend of mine has just\\ ( well i dont want to put it on google earth for everyone to see, so shant) but I cant stop crying. I have another frined who is only 30 and ill in hospital, with terrible troubles. Instead of just realising that this is not my pain , It all terrifies me. In addition to all this, my mum is due for a hospital appointmetn to get her things sorted.

I was so upset on Monday, i couldnt stop myself as I tried , it made me worse, and I feel like no one cares enough-does that make any sense. This accumulated with my feelings ( as if someone is watching me all the time) Made me sick to my gut. Then I was ..sick..but put it down to shock. Now I have to be stronger, but I am so scared I crack . I have to help these people not the reverse. I am so scared...these things can take years never mind decades to accept and I so feel for everyone.

On top of that I am frustrated by my own life, the facts that Ive not done enough with it...that I feel I am useless at absolutely everything I do, but then the stuff i do does not exactly feel very testing so I dont take pride in anything and then I am absolutely useless at everything....then I cry in my whirlwind, try and dream of what Ive done before to make it okay for what Id like to do. Then i go to bed stomach aching and cant sleep..that wwhen I want a drink ..I cant sleep..than in the mornings I have chronic gut pain. grip onto clothes etc to try and take breaths so that I want puke or have diahorrea everywhere, and then I worry. God forbid , i had my daughter up at the docs today worrying that she was in pain with tonsilitis, turns out shes fine, but cant stop worrying, Then I feel guilty for waisting theior time and so on. Its just a lonely world. Now I think , if I were busier I would be a heck of a lot better- do I make any sense or just sound like a rambling id**t?

Anyway, I read some of that info on GAD, But I am not convinced it can go away , if I ve lived it for such time, and further,,,,its habit forming....so can it ever end..regardless of drugs and relaxation????

It definitely feels like I am always suffering from anxiety.
For six months I have been having constant breathing problems and my chest constantly feels tight.
I feel anxious a lot and always need to gasp for air.

i had constant anxiety attacts for so long when i was younger, they made me house bound.went to doctor after doctor after doctor and they kept brushing me off. i think that after a while they just went away themselves, but latley, they have suddenly appeared back, im 19 now and i dont understand why they just came back. they have been constant again for a week now and the doctor gave me betablockers, but they just made me feel sick and i worried more because of the side effects. i have a holiday booked and i have a camping trip booked but im worrying about going now because im scared of taking an attack around so many other people. i just dont know how to control it or to calm myself down and i feel nauseous which makes it worse as im petrified of fainting and being sick, mostly when im working so this has made me take days off on the sick. i dont want this to make me house bound again, last time i lost all my friends. im so scared that this wont go away and that this will be me for the rest of my life.

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I am so worry about my daughter. This started about 5 years ago. Constantly in and out of emergency rooms all over the country. Suddenly ill. They would give her drugs and it would knock her out. Serious drugs. Ran every physical test to attempt to find out what was causing her lower stomach aches. With no insurance everything was done. Then she got a very good job with insurance and again the illness came back. Ran every test... top hospital in the nation and with PPO insurance and still no answer to the problem that seriously get her ill. She has come off air planes and rushed to hospitals via ambulance. One doctor said this could be mental and was she into drugs? She smokes pot - but I would consider that serious enough to create her symptoms - unless it's the pot she's allegic to? She has a very high power job now, and is back at school and I think the stress is killing her. She can't hold on to partner relationships because this illness interfers with her daily living at the most unopportune times. My daughter is beautiful, but who's going to seriously handle this. In her circle of super achievers - they don't have time for this. Of course this makes it so hard for her. And my heart is breaking - I just want to help her. But if I get too close, she seriously snaps at me too. How do I help her?

Hi all, Ive suffered from constant anxiety since i was very young and it manifests itself in many ways. In some people it may show itself through worrying continuously and irrationally about things such as family members, health and death. It also may come hand in hand with physical symptoms such as breathing problems, chest tightening, vision problems, nausea, dizziness, feelings of passing out, feeling unbalanced etc.
I personally spent many years worrying about family members when i was younger and last year - at 23 - i irrationally obsessed about my health. The anxiety caused me to constantly feel dizzy - which caused me to worry i had a terrible problem in my brain. The tight chest and breathing problems caused me to think i was having a heart attack and so it went on.
The truth is that many people wont accept that it is just anxiety that is causing these very real sensations; the fact is it CAN.
Once this is fully accepted, you can try and move on and enjoy the precious gift that life is.
Next time you feel these terrible sensations/feelings tell yourself that you know what they are and that youre going to calm down because they will not harm you. Theyre NOT symptoms of a physical illness, they are sensations of your stress and anxiety being released. Whatever you do, try not to feed the anxiety by worrying. Easier said than done i know but please try and with time, theyll ease.
I would also suggest eating appropriately and exercising regularly. Keeping your mind active on other things also helps. And whenever you feel your mind try to wander on unhelpful, worrying thoughts, change them into something positive or let your mind go completely blank till they pass.
Ive got alot more to say but i dont want to keep on and bore you all lol. But if you do want to ask me anything, please do and ill answer on here. I really would like to help.
Lots of love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I think that's pretty good advice. I've been diagnosed with GAD. Some days are better than others. Some moments of the day are better than others. I worry about things that are totally out of my character. Sometimes they feel so real and inevitable even though there is absolutely no proof in my past history that any of this will come true. I am trying to exercise regularly, it seems to help. I have been going to CBT for about a month now. My anxiety seems to manifest itself in different forms and seems to be cyclical. So, I don't know if the CBT and exercising is working or if the cycle is just wearing off. I am planning to keep doing this because I can't go through the two weeks over Christmas and New Year's I went through. It was absolutely miserable. I have just as much real stress in my life as anyone else and live a pretty good noneventful life. But, I get in these funks and worry about outrageous things that have no rational cause. It's really weird. I'm just trying to get through day by day and moment by moment right now until I feel better.