overcome anxiety and depression

The anxiety is a lot better since my husband and I have been working on our relationship and finances. It got a little out of hand there for awhile, but things seem to be looking up.

I don’t know what to say but this is no way to live! I’m sick and tired of feeling this way. Clonopin is supposed to help with anxiety, but it deoesn.t seem like its doing its job very well.

I’m still doing well. I believe that I will always have some anxiety. The medication that I have taken for almost two years now seems to keep me stable most of the time. I was worried about being taken off of it the last time I had a checkup at the doctor, but she assured me that she would not take me off of it as long as I felt I needed it. I can’t imagine going back to the way I felt before medicine. I don’t know how I lived like that or how anyone could stand being around me. I guess they really cared a lot to put up with my behavior. I’m not ready to mark this as DONE, but I do feel like I have made great progress in the past two years.

Well, I made it through another holiday season and am still marginally sane. This year wasn’t that bad actually. Less stress than I’ve had in awhile. The Christmas bonus helped relieve a lot of the money anxiety. This year has gotten off to a good start and I hope it stays that way.

I’ve really been doing well lately. I still get stressed out, I just don’t go crazy about things as much as I used to. I can really see how over time I have been getting better and better. I hope to continue on this path.

Today wasn’t so good. I was really stressed out over getting my photos mounted and dropped off for the State Fair. There were a few tears and some general craziness on my part, but I calmed down after a bit. I still don’t feel all together. i’m Better, but not great. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I have to go back to work tomorrow.

Things have been a little easier lately. I had a nice vacation and will be taking another in a couple of weeks. Money is still an issue, but I have been trying hard not to worry about things too much and just make sure all the bills get paid on time. This helps relieve some of my anxiety if I just relax a bit.

I’m still worried about money. It’s as bad as usual if not worse. I just want to scream. I wouldn’t have as many problems if I could get the money problems straightened out. I want to get caught up on all of my bills and not have to worry about being short before payday. I hate living paycheck to paycheck. I’m am to old to be doing this shit.

Overcoming anxiety and depression is a process. It doesn’t happen all at once. You have to pick your battles. I was deathly afraid of many things at the age of 25, including public speaking, flying in an airplane, riding in a car with people through the desert, going over long bridges, and heights. I wanted a better job, so I knew that I’d have to overcome the fear of public speaking. I took a Speech class at my community college and can still feel the fear of waiting for my turn while the class was going around in a circle to say our name and three other things about ourselves. Sweaty. I HAD TO FORCE MYSELF. It was out of my comfort zone. Once I did that it was gradually working up to giving a three-minute speech in front of the class.

Then the airplane thing. Flew to Chicago for a business trip. Yes I took something the doctor prescribed, but I was still out of my mind with fear. I focused on writing all of my addresses and phone numbers in a new address book as the plane took off. Thought I was going to faint. But it slowly got more comfortable with intermittent spurts of fear-induced adrenaline. It took several more flights before I really became comfortable.

It helps to talk to the doctor about depression and anxiety. I believe they are closely related. I take a medication called “Zoloft” and have been for years. I honestly think it helps with both. I still suffer terribly from depression at times. At those times I have to force myself to realize that it WILL pass.

You have a lot to give! and you don’t have to waste time with excessive fear. Pick a battle and start working on it. :)

Money stress has got to be the worst kind of stress around. This is the stressor that really does me in. I start worrying about money and I feel like I’m on the verge of an anxiety attack. Even with my meds I feel this way sometimes. I wish I had no problems with money. I feel like most of my problems stem from it. Money stress literally makes me sick.