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Old Apr 23, 2020, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooter9 View Post
I'm feeling anxious and depressed.

The anxiety is new: it started a few days ago. The depression is not new since it has been going on for a couple of years now. The anxiety is making the depression worse by increasing the negative thoughts I'm having.

I think about worst-case scenarios for every little thing. I think about my shortcomings. I think about all the things I didn't do but feel I should have done. I think about what I might never do.

I'm trying various coping strategies like distracting myself, reassuring myself, taking stock of my accomplishments, being grateful.

But the anxious mind always seems to find a way to undermine itself with distortions and untruths.

The anxiety isn't physical - yet (meaning that I'm not having anxiety attacks). It's just thoughts running around like a drunken monkey.

I don't have any meds to take to help me through this but I will speak with my pdoc within the next couple of weeks.
i am so sorry, Scooter. I struggle with the same basic thing all the damn time. Negative thought loops going round and round. I have to pull myself out of them.

One trick I use is to remind myself that, most of the time, what I am ruminating about is not even actually occurring during the moments when I am feeling ruminative and anxious. Some of it happened in 2000, say. Or 2007. Etc. Or, I even occasionally ruminate about the future. Same thing. It is not even actually occurring. So, I remind myself of hat fact and it helps get me out of it.

Just a thought. Not sure what atypical you are on, but some people do improve with those. I have found Risperdal and Abilifry helpful at different times.


Hope it improves soon!!!!!!!!!! Love and support!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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