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Really struggling to handle things

Kitsune

I think it's fair to say that the post diagnosis adjustment process has kicked in big style. My adrenaline levels have been getting higher the last couple of weeks but today they're very high. Just feeling all stressy and agitated. I've been trying to divert the energy into housework which is a distraction but hasn't really helped too much. Think I might go to the GP tomorrow and ask for something short term just to take the edge off of things. I can't stand any noise at the moment, it's just completely doing my head in. Half term isn't helping! My brain is so all over the place at the moment, it just feels really fragmented, I'm struggling to even gather my thoughts enough to write something vaguely sensible on here. What have other people found helpful when they've been going through similar?

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  • Noise seems to be a trigger, have you tried headphones/earphones to minimise/reduce that?

    Have you thought about doing something small that you enjoy? 

    I can empathise, in part, being on that treadmill with no visible end in sight.  Until I am diagnosed then I am a little uncertain with things but knew that I had to escape into my own comfort zone to de-stress/lower anxiety/remove triggers.

    Thanks Bookworm, Left field thought, do rectangle breathing exercises by starting at the bottom left of the TV screen.  Move eyes up and breathe in until you reach the top corner then out as you move eyes along the top to the top right, down=in and along = out.

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  • Noise seems to be a trigger, have you tried headphones/earphones to minimise/reduce that?

    Have you thought about doing something small that you enjoy? 

    I can empathise, in part, being on that treadmill with no visible end in sight.  Until I am diagnosed then I am a little uncertain with things but knew that I had to escape into my own comfort zone to de-stress/lower anxiety/remove triggers.

    Thanks Bookworm, Left field thought, do rectangle breathing exercises by starting at the bottom left of the TV screen.  Move eyes up and breathe in until you reach the top corner then out as you move eyes along the top to the top right, down=in and along = out.

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