is this anxiety??

hometownmom · Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 7

i dont know if i have anxiety, or depression or whats wrong with me. i am irritated all the time and moody. little things really make me mad. i have a hard time falling asleep and always feel sluggish. i want to be happy, im wasting my life feeling like this and i want to know whats wrong with me so i can fix it.

Jennifer · Site Admin Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 2356

give us alittle more about you and your life. are you working? school? do you have a relationship, what is your life like. are these feelings new or something that you have always felt.

have you ever suffered from depression in the past? Anxiety is under the umbrella of depression, but you could also just be tired of what is going on in your life and need a kick start to something better.

hometownmom · Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 7

i am a stay at home mother, my husband works and i take some college classes online. me and my husband actually have a great relationship and i have been in love with him since we were young.
i dont feel like this all the time but a lot of the time and i know ive been like this for a few years (that i remember, but it could have been longer) i did suffer from depression in the past, mostly because of a death in my family and then postpardom but with that i was always crying and sad.

Jennifer · Site Admin Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 2356

is it the same feeling as when you had postpardum? are you satisfied in your role as homemaker and part-time college student. you can take our assessments on depression and anxiety in the assessment section to see if you are indeed either depressed or anxious. can you afford medication if that is needed?

hometownmom · Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 7

no its not the same, im really irritable now then i was a crier. and everything mad me bust out crying but now everything irritates me.
i dont really have the $ to go to a dr. and then pay for the meds, because i have no insurance.
i will take that assesment though.

hometownmom · Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 7

i took the assesments, but it only told me someone would be in touch.
i also heard some info on herbal remedies that help with this stuff, do they really work? which ones are ones people see results from

Jennifer · Site Admin Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 2356

i could not recommend herbal remedies to you. how is your diet? do you exercise? what do you do for stress relief?

hometownmom · Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 7

this weekend everything was normal and then i got the feeling. its this awful feeling like im really alone and isolated and no one is there. in reality there was a lot of people around me. but on the inside i am feeling very panicy and alone. eventually it passes but the hours i feel like that is almost unbearable. what can i do from stopping these feelings (i dont really know what they are) and there is no indication i will feel like this.

Jennifer · Site Admin Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 2356

what are you doing to try to relax on a daily basis? Your feelings could be social anxiety or the beginnings of a panic attack, need more information before telling you what to do.

hometownmom · Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 7

there is no relaxing when i feel that way, i have to go someplace and do something (it doesnt really help but i dont get any lower). when i get like this i HAVE to have my husband hold me and stay with me, i cant be alone or i start pacing and really getting bad feelings like lonelyness and despare.
this weekend when it started it was just me and the kids and husband at home watching amovie.
i always have some time to myself when kids go to school take nap or when i go to the store and husband watches kids.

Jennifer · Site Admin Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 2356

Do you have health insurance or access to a mental health facitility to possible get on medication if you needed too? Relaxation is not for that time, it is for way before you get like this so it doesn't happen.

hometownmom · Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 7

i have no insurance of any kind, there is a low income clinic, but it is only family practice dr.
i dont know how to stop it before it happens because it can happen at any time. i just know i hate when it does

Jennifer · Site Admin Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 2356

family doctors can prescribe anxiety medications. no it just doesn't happen, somehow you build up to it and you need to recognize your pattern of stress, anxiety in order to stop that pattern and stop the attacks, time to become aware of yourself and your mind/body/spirit connections.