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I'm hoping to make a post where everyone can post techniques / strategy / lifestyle changes/ supplements that has improved your stress/anxiety levels.
Me personally ...
I used to suffer from a lot of physical anxiety
-Heart palpitations / Fluttering
-Loss of breath
-Numbness and tingling
I handled these symptoms with
-Eating healthy! No junk/Processed foods as these cause anxiety
-Cutting out stimulants that affect your nervous system / anxiety (Weed/Any type of caffein / energy drink / Pre workout / Sugar
-Daily meditation
-Progressive muscle relaxation
-Magnesium
- Stress B Complex
-Multivitamin
-Fish oil
-Rescue remedy for panic attacks
-Exercise is the best if you can do it.. My anxiety is so bad that I can't.
But now recently my anxiety has shifted to these symptoms
-Racing heart
-Head tension
-Muscle tension in my face,forhead,shoulders,legs
-Brain fog 24/7
-Lightheadedness 24/7
-Derealization 24/7
-Numbness like I'm detached from my body 24/7
-Ringing ears 24/7
-Sensitivity to sound and light 24/7
I feel most of it is due to not properly handing my anxiety for the past 8 months and all that stress has built up to severe muscle tension in my body. My shoulders / face is always constantly tensed up severely. No matter what I do it will not release.. Same with my legs. I feel it is caused mentally.. As for those 8 months I always feared something was wrong (Don't google your symptoms!) I feared something was wrong with my heart.. Or if I had an STD or brain damage.. And that added to the fear and anxiety.. After 2 ER visits and seeing 2 doctors and many tests.. It's just anxiety and muscle tension... I have no STD / brain damage.. Heart issues. So I was worrying for nothing...
I'm just trying to figure out how to remove all this muscle tension from my body.. I really do believe it is the reason my anxiety and stress levels is so high now due to my body is always tense and on edge... And the tension is causing the migraines / head pressure / brain fog / Lightheadedness / ect
I'm considering acupuncture but I'm scared I'll have a panic attack during the hour long session lol.
What has helped you all with anxiety / stress / muscle tension? I'm trying to avoid medication. I was thinking about a natural muscle relaxer at the most...
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deb44437 Heat1992
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Heat1992 deb44437
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My mother has arthritis and she did acupuncture once and it never came back.
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sue58256 Heat1992
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what a good idea and whilst all wont work for everyone even if one does it helps someone like you I feel I have let the stress and anxiety build up for to long this time as this is my worst episode I have had but im also going through the menapause my symptons are
nausea
body tension
palpatations
skipped heartbeats and "thumps"
flushes
strange headaches
lump in the throat
pains like a heart attack
crying, feeling of doom
irrational thoughts
these are to name a few but as i say the menapause has excasebated these, now after being on medication for nearly three months a lot has settled down but I notice I clench my teeth something I have never done in my life I still have palpataions at least 2-3 times a day and im still at times fearing the worst but not as bad. I know at the moment I still need the citalopram and propanalol but what works for me to is
reducing caffeine
no fizzy drinks although i never drunk a lot
I use a lot of aromatherapy oils
meditation
listening to meditation music but not at bedtime
I have a cd which plays binaural waves
chamomile tea at least twice a day
washing my clothes in a powder that has lavender and chamomile in it
and when I go to bed I have no distractions I go straight to sleep because sleep is important too. I believe in the power of healing so I have that whenever I can and deep breathing techniques.
I accept I have a condition that will be life long but im learning to manage it better. I believe in talking as this helps I have a wonderful manager her sister suffers far worse than I do so she totally understands and my small team of collegues i work with are really supportive. I know I am lucky because I also have good family and friends but it wasnt always like that and I feel this is what has helped me greatly this time. and this forum has been such a help too being able to share withothers who understand and are going through the same thing. Before I found this site Iwent through a period of three months where I cried every single day people were telling me how ill I looked and I was getting to the stage where I couldnt function. then one night I had palpatations for over two hours and my heart was skipping beats I went to the doctors three times in one week then I broke down I was convinced the stress was giving me a heart attack and i wasnt going to see the end of the year. I found the right help at the right time. I dont intend to be on my meds for long but to make it my life stle with the other things I do. sorry if ive gone on but I wanted to share where I was at and where I am now and its positive and that people can get through it. I thank god every night for the help I have and support for I know there are others who arnt as fortunate as me I come on here because if I can help anyone in any way then I will
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emilylawless Heat1992
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Nausea
Dizziness
Severe brain fog and i believe derealazation
Weak legs and arms
Tingling in legs arms hands and feet
Pressure in head
Heart Palps/flutters
Worries of heart beating too fast or too slow
Feeling of the floor moving /swaying ( which I just learned this is also an anxiety symptom)
So much more!
I'm just now trying to except the diagnosis
I've always ate healthy and worked out daily but it's so hard with the brain fog and just the weird feeling of everything going on around you and your just not ther or something it actually makes it so hard to concentrate and work out.
But I've also cute my caffeine down to just one cup of coffee a day
And I take multivitamins now
And started seeing a psychologist and will soon be seeing a psychiatrist
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Ever since that day my anxiety has gotten worse and worse.. And the trigger was coffee. Also quitting coffee cold turkey was bad.. I didn't know you could have withdrawal symptoms.. For that 3 months I wasn't taking care of myself.. Eating junk fast food everyday.. No exercise .., lack of sleep ... No fun. All of that I believe caused the stress and anxiety
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tess33005 Heat1992
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Music always calms me. I like many kinds of music, particularly classical choral music.
Sometmes to 'get away for a couple of hours' I fill a flask with decaffeinated coffee, and drive to the woods near us. If it's really cold I don't get out of the car. But if it's nice I go for a short walk, then come back to the car, where all my music CDs are, and have a private concert.
I've had acupuncture and reflexology and they both worked for me.
Having a body massage with essential oils is wonderful.
Finally, have a shower, do a hot water bottle and get into bed. I read for a while and if I'm fidgety or anxious I do the deep breathing exercises which I used in ante-natal teaching (I was a midwife.)
Oh, forgot one thing - a whole malt loaf with butter. Yum Yum Tess
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How many sessions did you have to go through?
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