New to Anxiety Disorder

And looking for some support. I am a little nervous doing this, kinda panicky but I feel so alone. Seems like no one really understands so I am trying to reach out virtually. Need some help, and answers if people are willing to provide them, ANY help at this time would be great. Getting ready to go on a med for it but right now I am in a cleaning up period and not sleeping at all, I was taking Valerian, so I am incredibly moody and sleepy and can't stop crying. Not a good way to be on mothers day, right, with 2 small boys.

i am also new to anxiety disorder..recently started lexapro and klonopin..and from what ive learned so far is that sometimes life can seem unbearable and you just wanna cry and quit..but if you ride it out and keep your head up you WILL feel better dont give up hope your strong enough to beat it

I know exactly how you feel, and I understand. Believe me, there are people here and elsewhere who experience what you experience. I know it feels like you are alone (I feel that way too), but you are not alone.
Meds can be very helpful, but don't just rely on that. Be proactive and use every resource available to you. It's hard because sometimes you think you can't do it, but when you can find the inner-strength to take another step towards dealing with your anxiety disorder, the stronger you will be..
If you cling to anything,cling to hope. Never lose hope. There is so much research going on in anxiety and depression that there has to be light at the end of the tunnel. There's a lot that can help.

Thank you guys!! It helps knowing I am not alone!!! I am trying to have hope. Tired of feeling that nagging tightning in my chest or the "sudden dread" of whatever it is at the moment that sets it off. Sometimes something sooooo simple. Ugh. But I shall prevail. We all shall prevail.

hello my heart goes out to you...boy do I know what your going thru!! But I prevailed up to now ....tomorrows another day. I had my first ever panic attack Dec 8 and from there I had the feeling of dread..like something was going to happen. I went to my doc and she simply told me I had an anxiety disorder. Oh great thats's why my mind was racing my body was having all sorts of physical symptoms, heart palpitations, tingling, buzzzing constantly feeling the hair standing up behind my neck. Then she gave me an antidepressant I was terrified to take that, she had previously gave me Ativan which I took as needed because it can be addicting..but it helped during those times I really needed something. I hated taking pills especially ones that work on your brain..I was scared but at that time I really couldn't do it on my own.

I had to change my whole lifestyle...excercise, yoga, no coffee, alchohol, took lots of vitamins and my antidepressant...I feel a whole lot better and my doc says 9months of Zoloft and as long as I feel better I can go off them.......so 4 months to go because she says this is very treatable and I never want to go back there again. God bless and hope your feeling better, this forum really helped me to know that I wasn't alone

i am new to anxiety as well. it has been triggered by a new relationship that might not now survive my depression and anxiety. not that he has anything against it, just it could seriously affect my behaviour. i had a meltdown on thursady and couldn't stop crying. i felt like i was grieving. at times i get so frantic and my crying so severe that i feel like screaming and even punch and pinch myself to make the pain draw away from the crying and panic. i can't stop running things through my mind 24/7. sleeping is the only relief and that's brief. i am absolutely exhausted from the brain whirling like a raging storm day and night. and the uncontrollable crying can be crippling.
i have lost my appetite but force myself to eat even if it makes me nauseous, which i am anyway. but i have doubled my meds (lexapro) and i tihnk that will take effect soon and calm me down. it has to. i don't know how i'll go back to work and survive on tuesday. i can't let it drag me down or i'll lose everything. i guess i'm learning to be stronger, but it's a %#@&#! hard slog adn it sure is taking it's toll on me.
i find it helpful to read how others cope and what they go through. it is very reassuring.

Adele.........I know where you are coming from, and thank you for sharing your story as well. This whole thing with Anxiety has been such a toll on my relationship as well. Plus I have 2 kiddos that I am yelling at for the stupidest of reasons. My last big breakdown was on Mothers Day. I went thru a lot of what you went thru. My fiance tries to understand, but I feel like at times he thinks I am crazy, which we ARE not. It is a hard "balancing" act that just feels like we are about to teeter off the tightrope. I hope upping your meds helps and I wish you luck going back to work on Tuesday. I also hope your relationship survives and actually hope this brings you closer, if you can share and talk about it. This is such a frustrating thing and I am so glad I have found others like me that I can share with and that share with me so I know I am not alone. Take care. And let me know how it works out!!!

work has been going well. i've been really aggro with people and just found out yesterday that people have experienced aggrsive feeling when upping lexapro. so i told my boss today what was going on with me as i didn't want her to think i was sick of the job. (lol, which i am) she was understanding and very cool about it. it was quite a relief. now i just hope my man will be just as understanding. he's not very good at support, but that's his mental illness, lol.
i am still trying SOOOOOOO hard not to cave into the depression and anxiety. that also gives me a short fuse when i'm emotionally drained all day. but i am well. could be better, but i'm still going.
thanks angel for the kind words. it's surprising how nice it is to hear/read such simple sentiments. i hope you are doing well too. and you can always pm me to ***** about men (which i now like) or just chat.