Anxiety Sufferer

[Krystal]

Hey everyone!

I'm new here -- just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Krystal and I suffer from some pretty severe anxiety. I have always had it throughout my entire life, but it became way more of an issue within the past 5 years or so. It is extremely consuming, but I refuse to be a victim to it and am currently doing everything I can to overcome these issues.

I just wanted to connect with anyone who suffers from similar things, as it's always nice to know you're not alone. I mainly struggle with trust issues (especially in relationships), fear of being alone/abandonment, and I am extreme perfectionist -- especially when it comes to my appearance.

Feel free to message if you can relate or want to chat! I've also done tons and tons of research on anxiety, and would be happy to help wherever I can. I know how hard it is to go through this stuff . . .

[tconnorbok]

Welcome Krystal, I am new to anxiety and I just found out on June 22 2010 that I was having panic attacks and constant anxiety. It has really sucked the life right out of me. I would love to talk to you about how you have dealt with this for so long.

[Krystal]

Hey tconnorbok,

Wow -- I'm really sorry to hear what you're going through. Trust me, I've had my fair share of anxiety melt downs and panic attacks. I know how draining and exhausting it can be.

Do you know what triggered your anxiety in the first place? Or have you always been an anxious person relatively? When you're experiencing panic attacks or high levels of anxiety, do you notice any sort of pattern with them? For me, for example, my highest anxiety is typically when I'm alone (which goes right hand in hand with my fear of being alone, makes sense). In that case, there is no one there to distract me, so it's just me and my thoughts . . . which spiral out of control sometimes.

I guess I'm also curious as to what symptoms you experience with your anxiety -- because that can play a major role. Sometimes my body is used to acting anxious out of habit (even if I'm feeling relatively calm mentally) and this is causes all this confusion since you're getting physical symptoms, but you're not even sure why.

Whew! Hope that wasn't too much to throw at you! Hope to hear back soon.

[tconnorbok]

Hey Krystal, I have always been an anxious person but anxiety never really played a role. I never have experienced anything like this. It really has been hard to handle, at first i thought the DR was crazy there had to be something wrong with me because I was constantly in a state of panic I thought I was dieing from something. I am on medication now 100mg zoloft but the side effects and getting the dose just right is horrible. It has taken the constant anxiety feeling I was having away but I still get small bursts sometimes. I am not sure what caused it completly, I was battling a UTI infection and it wouldn't go away it lasted for about a month. The doc I was seeing at the time over medicated me with antibiotics and i think i was allergic to one of them. Next thing I know i started having these panic attacks and was extremely fatigued I just wanted to sleep. I felt like I was going crazy or something. After awhile everything started to settle down until i went back to work and I started to feel anxiety symptoms all day. I had constant headaches, muscle tension in the back of my neck and head and in my shoulder blades, my stomach felt upset all the time, I was tired and the thoughts from anxiety were horrible. i felt like i didn't have control over my thoughts. I didn't want to be alone either I wanted someone with me all the time. i just hope i can get this under control, I know it can take awhile and I have been very patient I run almost every night, I try to eat things that a very healthy, good brain food and when i get home i try to relax as much as possible and think positive thoughts. I am starting to see a therapist for CBT work to see if that will help not sure about it but I will try anything to get things to settle down for me.

[tconnorbok]

Hey Krystal, I have always been an anxious person but anxiety never really played a role. I never have experienced anything like this. It really has been hard to handle, at first i thought the DR was crazy there had to be something wrong with me because I was constantly in a state of panic I thought I was dieing from something. I am on medication now 100mg zoloft but the side effects and getting the dose just right is horrible. It has taken the constant anxiety feeling I was having away but I still get small bursts sometimes. I am not sure what caused it completly, I was battling a UTI infection and it wouldn't go away it lasted for about a month. The doc I was seeing at the time over medicated me with antibiotics and i think i was allergic to one of them. Next thing I know i started having these panic attacks and was extremely fatigued I just wanted to sleep. I felt like I was going crazy or something. After awhile everything started to settle down until i went back to work and I started to feel anxiety symptoms all day. I had constant headaches, muscle tension in the back of my neck and head and in my shoulder blades, my stomach felt upset all the time, I was tired and the thoughts from anxiety were horrible. i felt like i didn't have control over my thoughts. I didn't want to be alone either I wanted someone with me all the time. i just hope i can get this under control, I know it can take awhile and I have been very patient I run almost every night, I try to eat things that a very healthy, good brain food and when i get home i try to relax as much as possible and think positive thoughts. I am starting to see a therapist for CBT work to see if that will help not sure about it but I will try anything to get things to settle down for me.

[Terror-x]

hi krystal welcome to the forum im mark im sure there is alot of people on here you will connect with and help each other out :D

[Krystal]

Thanks Mark! I appreciate that.