Feel like im losing it.....

You're going thru a lot right now hank66528, I'm not surprised your anxious. Those are normal symptoms for anxiety. When I'm going through a high anxiety period I feel like I'm screaming inside, sometimes-but nobody else can hear. Just can't break out of it.

Anxiety makes you feel miserable, no question. Sometimes it progresses to Depression, that's why the two conditions are often related.

Are you taking any medication to help you through this period? Sometimes an SSRI can help with the worst symptoms until you get past it.

Wow I feel like I’m reading something that i wrote. 

I left my job a few months ago and my anxiety and depression spiraled out of control. I got off of Prozac because it made me so depressed 

I’ve been in Effexor for about 2 weeks and i feel like I’m going crazy. I can’t drive without having a horrible panic attack. I went a week without driving. I’ve been trying to find a new job but my anxiety is so bad. I have trouble leaving the house. 

Effexor helped my depression like a dream. But I feel like it hightened my anxiety. So I’m also taking Xanax at the moment but hoping to stop taking it soon....

I was seeing a therapist for a month and i just didn’t click with her. I’m hoping to find a new therapist. 

Anyways, it seems like our anixety is really similar. If you ever want to talk, I’m here. 

Good luck to you. 

Oh hank absolutely normal, just try to lose your fear of them and it will all disappear in time 

Hello Hank u sound like a male version of myself i am 46yrs old and ive been going through panic attacks for 26 yrs...older then most of these people giving you advice I have cancer and my mom passed away of cancer in 2006 panic attacks can be controlled first off no more caffeine the caffeine fuels panic attacks second off take some time to yourself each day try to get into it meditation and breathing excercises even if it's listening to music (calm music) and breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth it gets away carbon monoxide out of your body third if you're not religious get religious help from God will do wonders and change anyone's life he answers prayers but in his time not yours... I look at it like we r his chess pieces and he makes his strategic moves and he always wins..or we r on a rollercoaster and we can either sit back and enjoy the ride or panic and lose control of ourselves some Catholic churchs will come to your home and pray witn u if u cant leave your home... you can get an over the counter from GNC called GABA it works with your brain naturally to calm you or get a prescription of Valium or Ativan (which from the sounds of it u need both GABA and Valium) do not get Xanax like other people are on... Valium lasts in your system so much longer than Xanax Xanax is a short-lived medication when it comes to staying in your body and is much more addictive people take one after another if you ask me Xanax should be outlawed... people whom are sick like us have a fear because you trusted your body and it turned on you its scary to get sick and u have a fear against your own body of breaking down and the fear of having your father being sick again or possibly losing your father like I was with my mother creates another fear I can't work anymore and I am on disability I have that fear of not being able to take care of my family which I don't know if you couldn't keep your job with the new promotion one if not then you have another added fear of not been able to take care of your family or if u still have the job with u being sick u have that fear of losing it Hank sweetheart the fears add up so the fears put multiple signals to your brain constantly or out of the blue but some people only a little it all depends on how much they have going on and it sounds like you are going through a lot you can't be afraid I hope your father gets well but even if he doesn't you have to trust in God and you will see him again here on Earth is our test in heaven starts our real life everyone's body breaks down some bad like ours but eventually everyones does..I also hope u get well again..just to help u alot more with panic attacks have your doctor test your vitamin d levels (most doctors dont test) the range should be between 80 to 100 for optimal health add as needed if u dont see 80 to 100 in your test our brains need alot of vitamin d and having the correct amount in your body will help with panic attacks go to the vitamin D Council dot-com to see what they suggest (daily dosage) it goes up every year lack of vitamin D can cause a lot of problems and symptoms I hope this helps you Hank you have a blessed day

Hey Hank,

You're not alone in this mate it is just the brain reaction to anxiety. I've felt exactly the same past few weeks though I am on the mend now, some of it lingers a little longer than others. The world doesn't feel as strange any more and I'm functioning pretty normally.in daily life. I'm suffering the after effects which are the persistent thoughts and images my brain managed to conjure up in response to the unreal feeling. You need to just know it is fully recoverable but you need to not let it bother you. Hard I know, but you need to go easy and it will get much better