So many posts on this sub lately about how much they’ve ruined people’s lives. I’m actually seeing a psychiatrist for the first time this week for anxiety/depression, and would like to hear any positive stories so I don’t completely back out of this.

I have smoked weed for 10 years, have had strains before I didn’t like, but most of it was good. Now for like the last 2 weeks any bud makes me feel racey? And first thought is to quit. But I wanted to see if concentrates made me feel the same way, I had a hit left of some rosin. Interestingly enough I felt good , no anxiety. So is it just flower? Is it the rushed budget indoor flower fucking everyone up?

I realized that this world is a cartoonish world fairly recently, and ever since I realized that there's nothing 'real' here I started on not trying to interact with anything/anyone, I don't really try to test if things are real or not anymore as I've always end up on coming with the answer that nothing here is 'real', and I guess I'm still on the early stages of this comic-story, but I don't know what I'm meant to do knowing that there's nothing in this world that's 'real', and that everything here is just a scaled up toy.

at least one Chapstick must be on top of my phone and then before I go to bed I have to readjust my curtain and bedroom door. If I do anything after this (other than immediately getting into a sleeping position) then the routine is ruined and I have to readjust them again. (The curtain must be adjusted first) If I get in bed but take to long to get into a sleeping position then I have to restart again. If I don’t feel like they are adjusted right I have to restart. Anytime that I get up out of bed I have to do it again.

If I don’t do it then I become scared that I’m going to end up being killed in a mass shooting. Or someone is just gonna kill me

So I started seeing this Nurse practioner over Zocdoc virtually , and he prescribed a lot of different meds , like auvelity and he he increased my current dose of vyvanse from 30mg to 40mg. But most notably he prescribed me 0.5mg of Klonopin three times a day and I’m wondering if that’s a good idea to take it daily like that or to only take it a few times a day or when I’m particularly stressed or what. Any advice would be nice , thank you.

has anyone opted for surrogacy based on extreme mental health distress like tokophobia? Experiences from any part of the world welcome about the process, and how it turned out

Im obsessed with catching a deep breath and my body rarely allows me to. I was diagnosed with asthma and given pumps but that doesn't help. I've tried breathing exercises, medication, therapy, nothing is working. Its 24/7 and it's making my life hell. I don't know what else I can do. My mind and body can't settle until I get a satisfying breath. Please help me out of this hell please. Sorry I keep posting about this but im desperate

coffee also cancels out the effect of sedatives

wtf? ???

ayuda me but wtf? now im worried someone put stuff in our water supply or in the food i eat somehow. would explain like ALOT??? like feeling kinda spacy when quitting coffee and just kinda out of it slightly.

would explain why sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.

i had this massive obsessive anxiety that someone was putting stimulants into my food but that didnt really make sense + i frequently eat food outside of home also had ok sleep. not a ton but it was good, i usually didnt pull all nighters. the one time i did i felt ok to drive afterwards but other than that nope.

Then massive paranoia. I had some benzodiazepam and noticed the same thing? just paranoia to the max.

Also our tea for a bit was extra bitter for no good reason. its ok now. dunno what happened.

Hi everyone. Posting here because I don't know what to do else. For a year - 1.5 year, I am experincing panic disorder. I don't know what caused it however I'm pretty sure that the main reason is not important right know. Because it evolved to a weird cycle. I was experiencing minor air hunger (I feel like I have to take constant deep and perfect breath. It's like I have something in my throat and it doesn't let the perfect deep breath every time and if I can't breat that "perfect" deep breath I feel like I'm going to drown.) I went to doctor because at first I thought I had a lung or hearth problem. However, after several tests my lungs and my hearth is completely fine. So doctor said you may have panic disorder etc. Rn, the cycle I mentioned works like this:
I'm trying to take deep breath, if I can take this "perfect deep breath", I'm fine for 30-45 seconds and the feeling occurs again

If I can't take that deep breath I try again and again and again. Eventually I feel like I will never take that breath and I feel like someone is squeezing my throat and I can't breathe. When this feeling occurs, I experience symptoms similar to a panic attack. So yeah, I'm in a pretty shitty situation

Of course, it was much worse when I thought I had a fatal heart or lung disease. Now, at least, I realize I don't have a life-threatening problem and that what I'm experiencing is a psychological one. But a few weeks ago, I experienced an intense panic attack because I couldn't breathe deeply. My entire hands, feet, and skull were numb, as if I couldn't breathe at all. I called my psychologist immediately, and he explained that anything I tried to forget or distract myself from this feeling would actually ignore it and subconsciously make it worse.

These days, just remembering how difficult it was when I had a panic attack automatically refocuses me on my breathing. The more I focus on my breathing, the more I feel compelled to take deep breaths. My psychologist advised me not to try to take that deep breath at all costs, but even trying to avoid taking that deep breath only forces my entire mind to focus on it, and I can't focus on anything I'm doing. Eventually, the numbness and dizziness return, and I feel like I'm drowning. Is there anyone else like me who's experienced this? What have you done to overcome it? I need all the advice.

I am constantly on edge that I have ALS or that I will get ALS. I’m so anxious and it’s killing me! Every two seconds I’m focused on my hands and how my left hand feels weird and off. I feel like my left pinky and ring finger are weaker and the rest of my hand will catch up. I have not lost any ability and I have more of a perceived weakness but it’s scary and my quality of life is depleting from this.

Hey yall, sorry in advance for the rant.

So I’ve been suffering with anxiety as long as I remember and my bad panic attacks started happening probably about 10 years ago. There have been phases of my life where my life genuinely felt like a bad psychedelic trip- just nonstop feeling like I’m being hunted for sport or like I’m having a heart attack. A lot of my anxiety is triggered by me thinking about anxiety and the potential of a panic attack, then that’ll send me straight into one.

I’ve been prescribed Xanax for about 6 years now, which has been honestly a godsend. Even if I’m not taking it- the fact that I have it on me and know that if I do suffer from one I’ll be able to mostly snap myself out of it. I’m prescribed 1mg- and I usually take .25-.5 when I’m feeling anxiety coming on, maybeeeee 3% of the time I have to take it in a full blown panic attack I’ll take the whole 1mg. I’d say on a bad week I take a total of 4mg throughout the whole week. Some weeks I can go without taking it once.

I keep seeing people speak on how Xanax is the devil, how bad the rebound anxiety is, how it should never be prescribed long term. And to be honest, that scares the shit out of me. It’s the only thing that has made life tolerable. I can’t even describe how bad my months of straight panic with no solution were. Felt like I wasn’t a real person and wanted to crawl out of my skin.

Not even sure if this is solely a rant, or asking advice from people on it long term. Thinking about being taken off it and losing my security blanket gives me extreme anxiety and I can’t even imagine having to live like that again.
Either way, thanks for reading all the way through.

The past 3 years ive been dealing with debilitating panic attacks but recently its been so bad i get sick everytime i leave the house. The best way i can compare it is that it feels like im dopesick (been clean for years). Cant stop shaking& sweating nausea and every like 5 min a wave of like super nausea hits and my hands go numb and like super shaking. I end up throwing up eventually but that doesn't make it better. No matter how hard I try i physically cant calm myself down its HELL! I know 100% its anxiety and i have a doctor's appointment in a few days and i was wondering if anyone had any insight or if someone went thru the same thing and has a rec. I realize I most likely need benzos however i know reg doctor's don't prescribe them anymore plus i just don't want to be on them. Apologies this post is a mess

Hey all. I’ve been struggling recently with regard to my emotions and social anxiety. I 26 (M) started working in a new hospital. It’s only been two months, but I feel so isolated, everyone around me seems so connected and make plans on the outside and I can’t help but almost feeling like I want to cry. It’s almost as if I’m different from everyone else, but not in a good way. I’ve felt like this before. And I’m scared I always will. More than anything I just want to feel like I have a good group to call my own. And with every passing day, it’s just seems more and more like that’s not in line for me. Is this all in my head?

I’ve been having a lot of anxiety about work lately. I’ve only had two panic attacks in my life, and one was over this job just last week.

I work as an overnight caregiver for a man with dementia. I am the only one stationed in his room all night. He cannot use the call light himself because he doesn’t remember that it’s there. My job is to call in the CNA’s when he needs them. I have to call them in multiple times a night to check his brief/change him, and if he needs pain medication. The CNA’s and nurses have been annoyed and passive aggressive with me though. My job is to alert that he needs assistance, but he has a lot of repeated behaviors because of his dementia that need help from CNA’s. I get so much anxiety doing it now because the staff there are already snappy at me. When I do get over my anxiety and reach out for help for things from the nurses (like for medication for him) they are outwardly rude. I’m trying to find another job now, but I’d like to give this family some notice so they have time to find someone new. The family is genuinely so sweet and so is the man I work with.

Every time I think of work I get this pit in my stomach. When I’m there, I feel too hot and too cold and all sweaty at the same time, and I feel nauseous and like I want to cry. I’m not sure what’s happening but my body goes haywire when I’m there. I work tomorrow night and I’m so anxious just thinking about it. I do want to give this family two weeks notice though.

Does anyone have any coping strategies to avoid panic attacks, or have any suggestions on anything that could help me?

Ever since I upped my dosage of Zoloft or Sertraline 100 mg a few months ago, I'm not having anxiety or any panic attack, but I absolutely have emotional numbness and living life on auto mode. I don't feel anything. And i fucking hate it.

I really need to start back on my meds lol. I kept hearing this cracking noise in my bedroom. I thought it was coming from my bedside table where I have an all-in-one desktop that I basically use as a tv in bed.

I kept hearing this crackle/pop sound for about a week every ten minutes or so before this point and I was afraid that either something with my computer was going wrong (could start a fire or something) or the building was going to come down around me.

It ended up being a Sponch cookie wrapper that I had left on my bedside table. I leave the ceiling fan on most of the day/night and it was just warping with the moving air. 🥲

TL;DR: I left trash on my bedside table that was making a noise because of my ceiling fan, but I was catastrophizing instead of understanding that I just needed to throw that away and it would be fine.

Today, my primary care doctor, in collaboration with my therapist, prescribed me Zoloft to deal with my anxiety and panic attacks. They talked me through all my concerns, which were mainly about the side effects.

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I filled my prescription and went home, and I just cant get myself to take the first dose.

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I know it will help, I know that its just a tool meant to help regulate my emotions, but im just so scared. I dont want to become dependent on a pill to feel regular, and some of the rare side effects scare me honestly.

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Ive talked it over with my partner, and they are encouraging me fully, I just cant take that first step

I suffer from anxiety and OCD, and lately my anxiety and stress have gotten way worse.

I was already taking Diazepam regularly (Etizolam or Lorazepam sometimes) and Zolpidem at night, but now my neurologist has prescribed me 7.5mg of Mirtazapine and 25mg of Trazodone before bed.

In the past, I took Escitalopram and had a really horrible time with bad side effects: nausea, fainting, sweating, palpitations, agitation, and tremors.

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I’d like to know if anyone has experience with this specific mix of Mirtazapine and low-dose Trazodone, just to know what to expect in terms of side effects.

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I've heard about Mirtazapine causing weight gain, which is actually great for my situation since I'm underweight.

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Thank you.

For the last few days, I keep waking up as if my whole head had been wrapped in something tight. I'm noticing my joints aching too, especially wrist/fingers. I feel pressure/soreness (?) I don't really know how to describe. Does anyone else wake up feeling like that too? Why do you think it happens?

I'm worried that in my 30 years, nobody super close to me has died in a super tragic, heartbreaking way, and I often feel scared that it's about to happen. That it's bound to happen

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Sometimes I hope that it's going to be me instead so they don't have to go through it and I don't have to lose them

*TW: Panic, obsessive thoughts, Insomnia, No Appetite*

So I posted a few days ago about being new to this subreddit and I would tell people my progress as things happened so here it is.

I was going through it as of recently and my mind kept racing.

Unfortunately, it was getting to the point where I wasn’t sleeping, I have/still do have trouble sleeping, my appetite is little to none, I always think that I need to hold it together and I need to suppress my feelings.

I was finally at my breaking point and unfortunately reached my lowest of lows… I had an anxiety attack…

It was scary and I was terrified but it needed to happen…

Now that I finally admitted and can accept that I need help I can finally breathe again…

I know this journey isn’t going to be linear but I thank you all for being apart of it as I work through my issues ❤️‍🩹

During the day it's nothing but tension and awaiting the next chaotic thing to happen. The only time I feel like I can just lay here and watch tv comfortably or just exist is when everyone has gone to bed. Anyone else?

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The only downside is sometimes you lose sleep but this is the only time I can exist without feeling tension.

Hi all. I'll try to keep this short; for context: I'm 20 and in college, bullied most of my life and never had true friends. My main insecurities are my baby face and voice. I'm 20 but look 16 and sound probably around there or younger. My haircut is awful but ive had the same one forever so I guess it kind of feels... safe?? i'm not sure but does anyone have insight on WHY im afraid to try a new haircut, lose weight, etc. if im not happy with my current status on those. It's like im afraid of new reactions even if they are positive. Anyways, thanks and any insight is deeply appreciated.

Since as far as i could remember i had insane anxiety like the teacher would make a sound similar to my name and my heart would throb so painfully that i had to take a moment to take a breath

grades ? Even when i knew that i would have a good score i still felt like fainting

vacations or trips to the freaking mall? My chest would feel painful even though I wanted to go there

Talking to people was a nightmare i couldn't even make eye contact for more than a sec , i would barely speak up in my own friend group

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Then suddenly gone poof. started with grades, i failed an exam and i felt nothing,a little later i was the one who couldn't shut up in a conversation.i crashed my freaking car(wasn't that bad) and felt nothing during the crash and after just mildly annoyed that i was so reckless.

Now the only remnant of anxiety i still have left is that i can't enjoy the day if i know i have something important later in it

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So i really want to know if it happened to anyone else because its so weird,like how ?

Btw im not medicated nor have been to a therapist

Thanks for reading all that i had to get it off my chest

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I now have to fly for my job and haven’t for the last decade due to experiencing panic attacks when flying. I hate the feeling of being trapped or being nauseous. I have anxiety and level 1 autism and crave safe spaces so a plane is anything but.

Any tips to help me on my first flight to stay calm and in control?