Anxiety Zone Connections

Just an update…. I have now been off the meds for about a year and a half.  My anxiety is the best it has been in years and I have a lovely little boy of 6 months.  Pregnancy helped me face my fear of coping without the meds.  I was always so sure that without [...]

  Just getting used to this new blog, it seems a bit more technical than the last one!  Just got back from a CBT group called “low mood and worry”.  To be honest it was rubbish, I knew more about anxiety than the two people that were taking it.  One of the women there described [...]

March 13, 2010, 04:56:58 pm  I’m now 10 weeks pregnant and things are very much still up and down. I’ve made some steps in my attitude to my anxiety. I’m now sure that I’m not losing my mind but although this helps. The fear of this being here for years to come is still strong, [...]

 daisyjukes on February 17, 2010, 10:07:13 am  A lot has happened since I last wrote on here. I’m now 6 weeks pregnant. I’ve been shocked at how much the pregnancy has scared me. I suppose I’m like many anxiety suffers and I want to be in control of the sensations etc of my body. Now [...]

January 20, 2010, 09:07:28 pm  Things have pretty much been carrying on as they have done since I came off the meds. Somedays the anxiety and emotions seem to over whelm me, other days I seem to manage better. The Weekend/Monday was quite rough, I felt really down. Thanks to those that replied to my [...]

January 03, 2010, 08:32:35 pm Happy New Year! Christmas has been a bit of rollercoaster this year. Since coming off the meds there is has been this lurking fear that the world was going to collapse and that I’d wake up feeling like I did four months ago. I’ve added to this with the unhelpful [...]

December 28, 2009, 11:34:44 am  I can’t say its been the most relaxed Christmas in the world. My anxiety seems to have gone through the roof over the last few days. I think part of the problem is that I’ve been trying to fight it. I didn’t want it there during Christmas, I wanted to [...]

December 02, 2009, 10:19:37 pm Feeling much better the last few days. I’ve made some good steps with the heights over the last few days and its really boasted my mood. I’ve been able to walk right across the bridge without holding on to my husband! Its a massive step for me. Plus its Week [...]