Free-floating anxiety

[Jenny in Florida]

I have no clue what is going on with me today.

 

I had a perfectly pleasant weekend. It turned out to be a bit busier than I might have liked, and we had an hour or so of tension and unpleasantness on Sunday, but all in all, nice. 

 

Today was a perfectly normal day, a little lighter than usual, actually. I dropped my son at work, then went in for one of my short days (5.5 hours) at the job I usually like. The plan was for me to pick him up from work and drive him to rehearsal, but he ended up getting off work early and getting a ride to his girlfriend's house and then to rehearsal from there. So, I had a nice. long chunk of time at home to hang out with my dog and make progress on the mountain of laundry I haven't been able to actually see the bottom of for the past two weeks. I even got most of it folded while watching a few episodes of Jeopardy and part of a movie.

 

Really, everything should be fine.

 

But I'm feeling all stressed out and shaky and weepy when anyone talks to me.

 

I did forget to take my anti-thyroid pill before I left the house this morning, and I briefly speculated that this might be related, but I doubt I would feel affects so quickly or dramatically. Also, I took it as soon as I got home. 

 

I have retreated to my "office," where I plan to sit in my comfy chair and watch something familiar and light on Netflix and not talk to anyone for a while and hope I can wind down enough to sleep.

 

What do you all do when you feel like this? 

[Guest]

Pretty much nothing. Hugs, it's yucky feeling this way :(

[happi duck]

(hugs)

[Mergath]

I take an Ativan. I've wasted too much of my life already on anxiety. I refuse to go through it anymore when a simple pill relieves it.

 

If I didn't have a handy prescription, I'd probably do what you're doing. Anxiety sucks. *hugs*

Edited July 6, 2016 by Mergath

[MysteryJen]

I get this randomly and I believe it is related to some heart rhythm issues I have. It happens regularly if I forget my beta blocker in the morning. It wouldn't hurt to get it checked out by your cardiologist.

[gardenmom5]

 

 

 

I did forget to take my anti-thyroid pill before I left the house this morning, and I briefly speculated that this might be related, but I doubt I would feel affects so quickly or dramatically. Also, I took it as soon as I got home. 

 

 

 

What do you all do when you feel like this? 

 

 

what is an "anti-thyroid" pill?

 

I get that way when I'm seriously hypothyroid.  (I've  recently switched to natural desiccated thyroid.  still tweaking dosages, and having to add in adrenal support.)

Edited July 6, 2016 by gardenmom5

[Jenny in Florida]

what is an "anti-thyroid" pill?

 

 

 

I'm on a low dose of methimazole for hyperthyroid. 

[Forget-Me-Not]

I have days like that when I'm getting ready to start my period. I usually try to lay low and read/watch something light and fluffy and remind myself it will pass. ((Hugs))

[regentrude]

Hugs.

If I feel like that, I remind myself that the feeling passes. For me it is usually hormones. I do whatever is needed to make it somehow through the day. Escapism in the form of netflix helps.

Edited July 6, 2016 by regentrude

[regentrude]

dp

Edited July 6, 2016 by regentrude

[fairfarmhand]

Hormones for me.

 

And I fret and worry and feel crazy.

 

The next day or two I think "How silly was I to be so worked up over that!"

[Jenny in Florida]

Thank you all. 

 

I did manage to sleep last night and felt a bit better this morning, but I bottomed out again when I got home from work. I have the distinct feeling I'd be better off if I had something engaging/significant to focus on, but I can't seem to settle on anything to do.

 

I even failed with Netflix last night, because I couldn't find anything that I was remotely interested in watching. Everything was either boring/bad or too demanding of my attention.

 

I keep going through lists in my head (and just now, even out loud wih my husband) of everything about my life that is really just fine. Both kids are in reasonably good places, I don't hate my jobs, we're not in any kind of immediate or dire crisis in regard to health or finances, etc. There are some small issues nagging (my car needs repairs that are more expensive than I'm happy about, but nothing we can't handle; I'm still trying to get my ducks in a row so I can take a class or two at the community college in the fall, but if it doesn't happen the world won't end; my son and I need to sit down and actually make a chart to figure out how to mesh our assorted work and school and activity schedules for the fall, but I'm sure we'll work it out). None of these are critical or insurmountable or all that different from a normal day's concerns. 

 

But, nonetheless, I'm jumpy and ready to cry at the thought of having to do anything other than sit by myself in front of my computer, and I'm in serious danger of taking off the head of the next person who wants anything from me.

 

Blech. I hate feeling this way.

 

 

Edited July 6, 2016 by Jenny in Florida

[SamanthaCarter]

 

What do you all do when you feel like this? 

 

Cry.

[Harriet Vane]

It might help to do something with your hands. Do you cross stitch or embroider? Gardening? 

 

Some exercise can help, too--the endorphin rush may take the edge off. 

 

:grouphug:

 

 

[momacacia]

Magnesium or magnesium oil and a bath with epson.or magnesium salts.

[Katy]

I once burst into tears when we pulled over to allow a funeral procession to drive down the road.  I didn't even know any of the people involved.   Then I cried at the thought of a friend of mine's father dying. He's not even sick.  I knew I was being ridiculous, but I couldn't stop.

 

It was hormones.  It will pass.

[Lizzie in Ma]

:grouphug: :grouphug:

Netflix and chill or read with a glass of wine.

[Jaybee]

This was my main symptom of menopause. I never had much of hot flashes, etc. But my anxiety and sensitivity (as in irritability and weepiness over just about everything) went through the roof, and I thought I was losing my mind until I found out that anxiety was a symptom I had never heard about. Thankfully, the worst of it lasted less than a year (maybe 4-6 months?). But it was rough. I've always been a pretty calm and laid back person (other than a few specific things that upset me, like tornado weather). So to hear my tearful voice rising and getting strident over the stupidest things was hard to bear. For me, even, and I don't know what my poor, incredibly kind and patient husband was thinking.