anxiety! tips to get through it please.
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Hi there.
I have been taking sertraline 50mg for 3 weeks now. Im not even sure how or what started my anxiety. It just hit me like a brick wall all of a sudden. The sertraline is helping but at night usually around this time I get really bad anxiety. I carnt settle at all. Iv tried keeping myself busy, cleaning and cooking. I feel like i carnt breath and i just carnt cope. Does anybody have any coping methods or tips that help you get through it. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
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adam1972 marshmellowmel
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I've replied because I can relate to your post. Anxiety is a bully. I have generalised anxiety but when it comes it is all embracing and very hard to stop like sliding down an icy slope into a scary darkness. I'm still learning how to cope with it. I've given up on medication as a solution cos nothing I've been given has helped. I'm glad it helps otheers though. Take a really deep breath, tense every muscle in your body for ten seconds as hard as you can without hurting yourself and then breath out slowly. Feel your parasympathetic nervous system kick in. It's a great technique for immediate relief of the tension that comes with anxiety. Imagine your anxious thoughts as cars zooming past you while you sit on the side of a busy motorway - don't engage with troublesome thoughts, just let them come and go. The one thing I tell myself is my anxiety is all a product of my mind/imagination. I can chose to be anxious but I can also chose to be happy/relaxed/positive.
Don't get me wrong, it is a real struggle pretty much every day. I'm just saying what helps me get through it.
Best wishes,
Adam
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vikki2303 marshmellowmel
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DawnDedee marshmellowmel
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Love the name!
Valarian root, the basis for Valium but in natural form, can be purchased separately or in combination with Sleepy Time Extra or can add it to Chamomile tea with some peppermint tea added. These ingredients will calm you and peppermint soothes the stomach. Also a good soak in a tub with a few drops of Lavender essential oil.
There is another forum on here called Alternative and Complimentary Medicine and the people who contribute their knowledge there could make some recommendations for you also.
Hope it all works out for you.
Dawn
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vikki2303 marshmellowmel
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DawnDedee marshmellowmel
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Digsby DawnDedee
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Good luck buddy. Please try to stay positive & let us know how you get on. You will get better and you'll be able to help someone else in the future from the benefit of your experience.
Digsby
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jordy20 marshmellowmel
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What I do is just force myself through it I know this is very hard and even hard to think about but say you have something to do but you put it off because of your anxiety (believe me I've done this more times than I remember) Just do it even if having an anxiety attack to prove to yourself that it does not control you, also listening to music you like is a good way to calm it and also try keep your mind as occupied as possible when I'm doing things I enjoy I don't even think about anxiety but when I'm sat around with nothing to occupy me it hits me so hard, good luck also a nice cup of hot chocolate helps ease and relax you