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Anyone have high anxiety? What do you do to help?

Posted by ginnysnow @ginnysnow, Sep 15, 2025

I have high anxiety every day? wondering what to do

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paul1289 | @paul1289 | Apr 18 1:33pm
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@jinnysnow
Whatever you do, don't get on to benzo. They are hell to get off of after four weeks, and don't work at all if you have a paradoxical response. The suffering is intense -- pray, walk, socialize, exercise, use lavender, try CBT.

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@gunshy no mate benzo diazepam is the sounder drug if the world

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Dolly Jane | @dollyjaneprenzel | Apr 18 2:17pm
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@dollyjaneprenzelyou breath in and hold it for 4 seconds and breath out and hold it for 4 seconds. It is simple but you do this for a while until you feel calmer.

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Thanks. That has been recommended, and I have done it. My problem is that it does not last as long as I would like. i.e., if I do in for twenty minutes and stop, I soon feel the anxiety building again. BUT, I will use it from now on to control my anxiety when I am, for example, sitting in the doctor’s office. And I will recommend it to a friend who is undergoing difficult chemo! Thanks for the reminder.

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Arvind Natarajan | @malebreastcancer47 | Apr 18 3:21pm
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My anxiety has gotten higher lately , it is bad at this very moment and I dont know what to do .

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@tisme I want to ask a stupid question. Do you know what thoughts you are having that is causing the anxiety?

I have anxiety, thru decades of therapy, I learned to be anxious from listening to my mom fear the future. Either it was finances, health, old age, jobs, etc.
Unlike my mom that is on anxiety meds, I tried a different therapist that prescribed a device called an Alpha Stim. I had to buy this device, which disrupts electrical pulses in my brain when I am constantly thinking, where I am not able to calm my brain, close my eyes. Its perfectly safe and FDA approved.

The way my therapist explained, when we are depressed, we are thinking of the past, and when we have anxiety, we are thinking of the future. Being present is hard but doable. Going for a walk is a great way to be present. Simply being self aware of when you are anxious, also helps.

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gunshy | @gunshy | Apr 18 3:29pm
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@gunshy no mate benzo diazepam is the sounder drug if the world

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@Ipaul1289
I don't understand what you said?

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tisme | @tisme | Apr 18 4:34pm

I know whats causing a lot of mine but there is nothing I can do about it now or in the future.

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Arvind Natarajan | @malebreastcancer47 | Apr 18 4:59pm
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I know whats causing a lot of mine but there is nothing I can do about it now or in the future.

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@tisme Why not try to focus on what you can control vs worry about what you cannot?

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tisme | @tisme | Apr 18 5:42pm

i complained about a dentist ripping me off for 2ooo.oo+ now shes put the word out and I cant get dental care anywhere. maybe I shouldnt have complained but I am gut sick and tired of being cheated.

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chipmonk | @chipmonk | Apr 18 5:49pm

Went to psychiatrist He started me on Lexapro. I have had anxiety for 42 years I have been on 3 different medicine s each one lasted years then stopped working. I am 80 now Lexapro is new for me it will take about 8 weeks if it will work. If it will not work I can try another The last two that worked we’re duloxitine and effexer

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Randy Shields | @randallshields56 | Apr 18 5:57pm
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@randallshields56 hello sounds like you are a very strong willed person & it’s sounds like you been thought a lot it’s goes to show you Gods got a plan for you & me I am only 73 seems like I am going down hill fast dealing with neuropathy, a fib, diverticulitis, stomach issues getting ready to have a colonoscopy and an upper G.I. tomorrow morning. I know one thing getting old is no fun. I was not expecting this. I used to be perfectly good health. Let’s just pray to God be with both of us and everyone out there that is deal with health issues.

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@bobrogers here is hoping you can get some answers and back up to speed. Have a blessed day and keep me posted.

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Randy Shields | @randallshields56 | Apr 18 6:02pm
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Can’t remember if I responded so here goes (maybe again).
Mine is better then it used to be but I can be triggered, and anxiety attacks feel like a weight inside my chest trying to burst out. I remember they sued to be really bad on crowded buses and once I had to get off before my stop and I fell to the ground and started throwing up. Thankfully, I’m “better” now. I have tools to combat my reactions.
I have PTSD and for years was closing my eyes when I felt severely anxious, trying to block out the problem (usually noise). I found out the VA suggests keeping your eyes open and trying to focus on something else, if you can’t take yourself away from the situation. I’m not a vet but their section in a handbook for vets helped me immensely, and then I was able to pass the booklet along to a man who I know has PTSD from combat.
Take slow, deep breaths. Try to leave the situation but if you can’t, focus on something else. Remind yourself that anxiety is a reaction, not “reality”. No one dies from an anxiety attack (although, like I said before, I have thrown up from one).

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@hraka13 sound advice from someone. I use the breathing techniques they help if you practice even with small cases of anxiety. Wishes to you and have a blessed day today 🙏

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