Anxiety Disorders Support Group

I've been doing well until my last cycle. Since then I've had physical symptoms of anxiety that I hate. Some symptoms I can handle and work through; others I cannot stand. I'm dealing with what I cal the breathing thing, where it's like I forget to exhale and feel smothered. I also have this tingling and sense of vibrations in my chest and legs. And then there is the fear (currently 3 out of 10). And then my favourite: bewilderment, wondering, "What the heck fire has me all worked up?" Anyone else feel these things?

Yeah I do.

It's strange when you've lived most of your life not feeling those things and then suddenly you're not comfortable in your own skin.

It's like what changed and how did that happen and how do I get back to a normal.

I liked feeling good.

I loved it.

I had freedom.

Loved eating and now food gives me anxiety.

I get strange reactions to certain things that does not have a logical explanation.

Damsel, it's been so long since I was normal that I don't know what normal is anymore. I just that I haven't been "right" for so long, and I don't like what the new "normal" is. And the feeling that I'm the only one in the world who experiences this, even though I know that's not true. When this all started, panic and anxiety were just the caboose on a long train of physical illnesses that started. I got the Addison's and hypothyroid along with the panic and anxiety all at the same time. So it took literally 4.5 years to get all of it straight, diagnosed, etc.

Wow yeah very frustrating to spend so many years trying to figure out what is wrong.

Hi CelticSteele

Many people who come from dysfunctional homes or if we are cast into an alternative way of life such as sudden injury or complecated illness, no longer know what " normal" is. After we accept our life has changed we still need that sence of what's "normal" even if it is addapted. Normal for us has to be individually designed. We also need our full strength and stamina to fight for that right to be normal by our defination. You will get that support here.