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Mental Health | Last Active: Mar 11 3:59pm | Replies (89)Comment receiving replies
How do you stop your anxiety from controlling your heart palpitations? It’s destroying my health and I’m becoming Christian Bale from the movie The Machinist. Can’t recover without proper sleep and feeling no end in sight. Combos of holistics and sleeping pills failing so far but could be wrong combo. Friend encouraging me to see a holistic specialist who’s done wonders for her. Praying to God. Meditating to God. Walking my dog. Therapy. Negative thinking is too strong. Positivity is the key to success but takes time and effort and that much harder when sick and exhausted. Keep up with the positive commentary. I keep coming back for some reason.
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The only thing that cuts my crushing anxiety is lorazepam. When I am so anxious I can't leave the house I take .50mg and it gets it under control. I try not to take it because it can add to my depression.
The worst anxiety I have ever had was when my provider restarted me on Venlafaxine. The lorazepam didn't touch it. I never had anxiety before so dealing with it is all trial and error.
Depression and anxiety together are a bad mix for me. When it hits I become urgently suicidal. The first time it happened I had to go to the hospital.
Sometimes I think the anxiety comes from fear of the beast getting lose.
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@cdesharn, @dfb, @jimhd: you all have so much wisdom and insight to offer! Talking about what we are going through definitely help!
I suffer from anxiety and depression for some time, I have been the caregiver to my husband since August 2021, who was diagnosed with cancer. All caregiving duties and the fear of losing him crippled me mentally. I came to realize that just like any other chronic illnesses, depression does not go away, all I can do is to learn to manage it and live with it. Holding on to faith does help. I also practice Dr. Wayne Dyer's simple method of "changing the way you think", he said " our feelings are controlled by our thoughts, so change the way you think". When I'm deeply depressed, I remind myself of "changing the way I think", this does help pull me out of the darkness.
Where there is a birth, there is suffering. Most of the time, people are trying to hide their anxiety, but all beings are subject to suffering. Let's acknowledge the depression and anxiety, no judgement, no comparison. When depression and anxiety kick in, let's analyze the thought and try to let go of the thought! It is easier said than done, but when I give less attention to my negative thoughts, I tend to feel better.
It sounds cliche: Impossible mean's I'm possible!
Peace and love to all of you!