• Replies 17 replies
  • Subscribers 81 subscribers
  • Views 2827 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Bad anxiety today

LivAgain

Hi everyone,

This morning I feel so shaky and anxious that I really don't feel I can go to college. I'm going to because I don't want my family to worry but I feel really restless and nervy! It's irritating because my medication is supposed to be treating my anxiety feelings, but all it seems to be doing is putting me to sleep at night (which is a good thing because I know from past experience that my sleep would be suffering and we all know that usually can only make things worse, but in the day I feel perpetually anxious) - I don't know, I just wanted to talk about it! For me, feelings are like moths; they'll flit around inside you more and more crazily unless you open a window (i.e. talk about them).

Any tips?

Thanks so much,

LivAgain Innocent

Parents
  • Former Member
    Former Member

    You clearly have Depression, the illness rather than the short term emotion. A lot of other autistic people have this too. I think that my depression was also the real thing. It didn't disappear when I met with friends, it didn't disappear with chocolate, gin or anything else. It built up over weeks and I resembled eeyore - I slowed down and was just plain miserable for long stretches. I however am comfortable that it was exogenous and due to the chain of events that I described before.

    My father was depressed and treated with drugs which never actually addressed the underlying issue that I now believe to be Aspergers. He, his siblings, his father and grandfather all appear to have been eccentric, difficult, awkward people. These traits I now take as Aspergers and I expect that they all had miserable, conflictful lives because they didn't work out how to deal with the world. We have the benefit of being able to understand our condition. We can work out strategies for having less conflict and less stress and, I believe, less depression.

Reply
  • Former Member
    Former Member

    You clearly have Depression, the illness rather than the short term emotion. A lot of other autistic people have this too. I think that my depression was also the real thing. It didn't disappear when I met with friends, it didn't disappear with chocolate, gin or anything else. It built up over weeks and I resembled eeyore - I slowed down and was just plain miserable for long stretches. I however am comfortable that it was exogenous and due to the chain of events that I described before.

    My father was depressed and treated with drugs which never actually addressed the underlying issue that I now believe to be Aspergers. He, his siblings, his father and grandfather all appear to have been eccentric, difficult, awkward people. These traits I now take as Aspergers and I expect that they all had miserable, conflictful lives because they didn't work out how to deal with the world. We have the benefit of being able to understand our condition. We can work out strategies for having less conflict and less stress and, I believe, less depression.

Children
No Data