Does your anxiety symptoms just last all day?

That is perhaps the best description I could use. Thank you, fingers crossed it will get better. Do you mind me asking if you are taking any medication to help manage? The doctor has asked me to try Sertraline and I am not entirely sure..

I only took medication to help me stop having panic attacks. I took Insidon for about a week and that really cleared it up. Then afterwards, I haven't touched another pill since. I started taking a lot of vitamins. I started eating Bananas and drinking fruit drinks from the store that were packed with vitamins. I  ate things with Vitamin B6 and B12. I started eating things that had more Magnesium. I also stopped drinking caffeinated drinks. I drink Sprite if I want to drink a soft drink and water. I also eat and drink things with Vitamin C and Vitamin A. And to help with my Thyroid, I started to drink things with the daily value of Manganese which helps regulate the Thyroid. Also, I learned to calm myself down when I get worried or anxious. I will take slow breaths and remind myself that it's nothing to worry about. If I start feeling strange with my body, I will remind myself that my body is jjust acting up and that it's not really me feeling that way. That usually kicks the panic attack thing away from me. 

I've been doing better since then. I think I'm just recovering. I do have Xanax and Citalopram just in case I somehow fall off my recovery wagon. Here's to hoping that never happens. I started to use my fear and worry to put it into usable energy for my body to help me become productive. 

I also do cardio exercise. Doing cardio exercise like running, walking, or things that just make you move and use energy will help expel some of that excess Adrenaline that likes to still course through your system. At least half an hour of activity should be fine. Working out with weights and heavy lifting is very stressful on the body and can cause more panic attacks, so just letting you know that as a warning. Let your body recover before you work out again with heavy weights if you do. 

I hope these words help you.

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain, it helps a lot. I will definitely try some supplements and alterning my diet a little. I love my morning coffee but it sends me into instant shakes sometimes. I agree with the exercise to, I do a lot of swimming and that helps control my breathing / lower heart rate. I did try to do some weights but I always got panic attacks after lifting, I guess that's why. 

Thanks again

Hello Kerrinclaire,

Sorry to hear you are going through this as well. It is a horrible sensation and I can really relate. The worst is just trying to cope to get through a day, it's honestly exhausting and because it's not physically showing, no one really believes you I find

Similarly I have had thyroid, ekg's bloods etc and all came back fine. Even got a test for sleep apnea to explain the tiredness, it came back fine obviously.

I have found that taking Passionflower supplements throughout the day really helps calm me, and Valarian Root helps to sleep.

As far as medication goes, I haven't found any that worked as well as Herbal remedies. It might just be me, but I found anti anxiety meds just replaced one problem with loads more. I tried Fluoxetine and that was the worst month of my life. Never again!.

Lets hope it's just time that is all that's needed to heal.

CBT helped a lot, you need to work on it outside of the course though to get the most out of it. It really helped me at the time.

Let's hope we get back to sometime of normality soon eh

K.

Have you had your eyes tested recently that may help with your Headaches. In the UK we can, depending on our site can be tested every one or two years. Just a suggestion

B.