Published on 12, July, 2020
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I can't seem to stop that anxious feeling in my stomach, it seems it has gotten worse since I was confirmed as Autistic 2 weeks ago, I am on 90mg Duloxetine and I don't know why it's getting worse, it only stops when I'm sleeping but when I wake up, it returns.
Is this normal after a confirmed diagnosis, to be fair, all my life I was always depressed and very rarely anxious but since the Pandemic and current work issues, my anxiety seems to be playing a more prominent role in my life than it was before.
I have been gradually getting more anxious as I have got older. Like it has been building up and exploded before my diagnosis.
I don't think my diagnosis has helped with anxiety just yet. But I hope as I come to terms with it and work out my triggers more specifically (diagnosis will help with that because now I am on the look out in a self analysis way), that this will easy... Slightly...
Do you ever get the feeling like the straw that broke the camels back is just around the corner.
I think the straw that broke the camel's 'long-term' back happened a few years ago. I think short term, that it happens too. Debbie posted an article about the spoons metaphor. I think I used to have a lot more spoons per day than I do now.
I think suffered a burn-out about 10 years ago and never really recovered. Everyday those straws just build up. One day "that straw" will show up.