• Replies 18 replies
  • Subscribers 33 subscribers
  • Views 3012 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

Anxiety is insane!!!!

Bunny

I was detained under the mental health act for basically being autistic but the mental health team didn't get that so decided to detain me a few years ago.

Now my anxiety is crazy!!!

Constant headaches, tension I think, throbbing all around my head especially the forehead and back of my head. Hurts if I touch it. If I sit and rest it feels better. If I go out, it is dreadful and then accompanied by unsteadiness which feels like I'm actually drunk. Also get tingling and buzzes through my head and face, randomly dancing about me.

What gets me is how it's anxiety???? 

How can anxiety make all of this happen?!?

Weirdly I don't feel especially anxious but I think the sectioning affected me so badly it's just got me on a sub conscious level now and this is my life/future.

Sometimes I consider suicide but then I tell myself off for that. I just don't know if I can spend the rest of my life like this.

I'm thinking about making a Dr's appointment and giving meds a try but I also worry in case they diagnose me with a brain tumour as I'm aware though it is probably anxiety kicking me about it could be something more sinister. A Dr did check my face and head for obvious signs of brain issues but my reflections and movements were fine.

Parents

  • I'm sorry to hear about how you were wrongly detained. It is shocking the way some autistic people have been treated by mental health services, both before and after diagnosis. I have had bad experiences myself and I understand how traumatic it can be and the ongoing negative effect.

    Anxiety for me has been an ongoing lifelong battle. It's like I have two brains which are always fighting. I call them my anxious brain and my logical brain and they fight all the time. Sometimes one is winning more than the other.

    Over the years I've had all kinds of weird physical symptoms. I think as autistic people we can be hypersensitive to bodily physical sensations that others wouldn't even notice. Just as I conquer my anxiety about one symptom my anxious brain will set off something else for me to worry about...

    If you suffer from health anxiety it's best to not google your symptoms as that can make it worse. In your case it is very unlikely to be anything sinister but if you continue to worry then it's best to seek reassurance from a medical professional.

    The problem is that once you've lived with anxiety for a long time the body sort of gets used to that as the normal operating level. So there is a high baseline anxiety, often for no apparent reason. When it's really bad I wake up anxious and remain anxious, hypervigilant to every little sound. On days like that I can't do very much except try to distract myself from the anxiety.

    It will take time for you to work out what your triggers are and how to live your life to keep your anxiety in check. Some people finds meds helpful but personally they made my anxiety worse. 

    Don't give up. Things can get better.

  • in reply to Autonomistic

    Crazily after so many symptoms yesterday most of which could have been something serious, today nothing at all! Just a little throbbing headache.. And I'm out of migraine tablets. I'll try to get some again on Monday from my Dr.

    I'm sorry about your own anxiety and I hope you can find some relief from it. I find it is an ongoing battle, like a war but with yourself, your own mind and that's a hard enemy to fight.

    Thank you for your lovely message. Yesterday sucked but today is much better for me. I hope you're ok and anxious free today as well :–) 

Reply
  • in reply to Autonomistic

    Crazily after so many symptoms yesterday most of which could have been something serious, today nothing at all! Just a little throbbing headache.. And I'm out of migraine tablets. I'll try to get some again on Monday from my Dr.

    I'm sorry about your own anxiety and I hope you can find some relief from it. I find it is an ongoing battle, like a war but with yourself, your own mind and that's a hard enemy to fight.

    Thank you for your lovely message. Yesterday sucked but today is much better for me. I hope you're ok and anxious free today as well :–) 

Children
No Data