How bad is your anxiety?

I've noticed a lot of you guys have anxiety issues. How bad is your anxiety on a scale of 1-10? 10 being the absolute worst (e.g., severe panic attacks all the time).

Is your anxiety at all related to BP? What do you do to help alleviate your anxiety?

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I'd say mine is a 7-8. I have weird anxieties like I'm going to slip and fall down the stairs, then either die or become paralyzed with brain damage. Or, if I'm near a balcony, I'm afraid someone is going to bump me off and then I'm going to die. Another example: I'm going to choke on my meds and die.

Everything seems to give me anxiety. I manage to think of the worst possible scenarios. I don't have any advice for anxiety, though. I just take Klonopin and Ativan.

My anxiety fluctuates quite a bit. Lately it's been around a 5 or 6. Only thing I've found that works is to speaking rationally to myself. Kind of "what's the worst that could REALLY happen" kind of self talk. I pretty much just tell myself whatever it is won't happen. Or if it's something I have control over, I make a game plan. Works for certain things but not all. So tired of anxiety.

4-5 days a week mine is 9-10.

I am treated for it with anxiety meds...Lorazepam....without them I would have to be institutionalized I really believe that and so does my b/f and mother.

for most things, around a 7 or an 8

the acception to this is agoraphobia, where it's off the scale.

Mine fluctuates depending on what is going on, especially at work. Most days it is around a 4, but on some very stressful days it is an 8. I don't take, nor have, any medication.

Depends...my debit card got hacked last night so pretty high right now...tomorrow's payday so I'm terrified my check will be gone!! They suspended my card and ordered me a new one, but my brain is going worst case scenario here. I take Buspar 3x a day...may have to take an extra dose today. I'm smoking like a chimney right now!!

Mine is bad. I'd say an 8. Med wise I just have gabapentin for it.

Mine varies. It tends to be low, but It shoots up with the extremes of my mood. When I'm on the far end of mania, it manifests in serious paranoia,hallucinations that someone is in my home and or following me. When I'm depressed, I start having panic attacks when I realize I could actually carry out my suicidal thoughts.
Then there are times like today when my world has settled down, and I'm looking at something like 8 months of wreckage from instability to clean up. It gives me this profound sense of hopeless and an anxiety both to move and to sit still.
I work through anxieties with meds(obvs) and by reading lists and affirmations I made when I was feeling assured and confident. My Pdoc has me handwrite these lists. Something about reading them in your own handwriting makes you connect with them more strongly on a primal/emotional level.

I'm glad you have meds to help you. my anxiety ranges from 0 to 10 depending on the day and the situation. I have fear that I'm going to choke on my pills and every have actually done that, but I lived

I'm also afraid to eat alone for fear I will choke on my food and there will be no one to save me. Thankful I don't live alone.

A therapist once suggested that I write down the things that I am worried about. I filled up an entire yellow legal sized piece of paper. Some of the things were so out there that I laughed, but it did help for some reason.

Mine fluctuates honestly from day to day. If you had asked me over the weekend, it was about a 9-10 because of having to deal with my family, whereas right now it is about a 5-6. Going back to work tomorrow...who knows?

Mine varies. It's usually about a 2 but when I'm stressed or startled or scared it goes up to a 8.

Interesting question bluebicycle, my anxiety right now is about 8, but this might be due to a recent mixed state i am recovering from. I worry about general things like you do. I sometimes struggling and when i do i take PRN Risperidone and if need be Diazepam only have a few left.
Day to day i take Propranolol and Pregabalin (Lyrica) which very effective i hate to think what I would be like without it.
Hope your feel better soon.

Best wishes,
Sysco.

Very bad i struggle every minute.

I'm usually around 4-6 on the Anxiety Scale®. It's largely from not having money in case something happens to my truck, or one of my fur kids needs emergency vet. care, or something breaks in the house, no money for making proactive repairs.

Almost 2 years ago I had pipes freeze and burst twice within 1 week, with a flood in the house. It cost me almost $2,000 out of pocket before my insurance reimbursed me. As if that were not bad enough, it happened twice again. Think there's something wrong with my plumbing? Yeah, me too. I take good care of my truck, but I had 2 wheel bearings go at the same time... same axle. $700.

So yeah... I'm just always waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Mine fluctuates quite a bit. Like others have said I think its worse when I am stressed.
Big crowds are bad for me these days and some social situations can be almost crippling.
My mind is always so far ahead that I get anxiety over things that are months down the road.

It's typically around 3-4 and can fluctuate depending on what's going on (or not going on). It hasn't been as bad as years past but I'm more stable now.

Mine is usually pretty low now that I'm on the right meds. But going through this with my son has raised it. Especially when I was first told it might be sz. I couldn't sleep and was having to take 10 mgs extra of zyprexa to sleep and still kept waking up. That went on for about 3 nights. I'm still very worried but I have settled down into a 4 probably.

When mania becomes uncontrollable, my anxiety is off the charts. When I have major stressors, it is increasingly high. On a typical day to day, I'd say it is currently a 3 to 4, even without anxiety meds.

Mine definitely ebbs and flows. Right now, even on vacation I'm at around 4-5. I still find myself thinking about work. There are times, especially when there is a deadline looming, it will shoot up to 8 or 9. During this time, the smallest things seems to set me off. I've learned to apologize to my kids when i snap at them. It's never their fault.

Mine definitely fluctuates. Last night was about a "9." Right now, I'd say it's at about a 7-8. My problem currently is that I keep worrying about what's going to happen next. It's hard to stay present, and every little noise makes me nervous. I feel hypervigilant. It gets worse at night lately. I know depression is heightening the anxiety and probably some mixed mood symptoms that I've been experiencing.

On average, my anxiety is about a 6 or 7 on and off throughout the day. Generally I'll have one bad anxiety episode per day or if I'm lucky once a week.

When life gets more stressful, I've gotten up to a 10 with my anxiety. I wouldn't wish that upon anyone. It's awful.

I take Xanax. I'm currently addicted to Xanax (according to me, not my pdoc) because I'm taking a higher dose of XR twice a day and also a PRN. I'd love to get off of it. I'm hopeful that I can start to wean off once my antidepressant (Lexapro) gets to the right level or the right amount in my system. I just started taking it like a week and a half ago.

((HUGS))