Living With Anxiety: 2 Years On

Most of you all know me on here, I have been twitching for over two years. I'm a worry wort to say the least, every other day is something new to me LOL. I recently got on Celexa only 10mg lower than the normal dose. I'm fealing better, I mean not worrying as much. I have come to realize I DO NOT have ALS!!! Now its my choice to decide to start living my life and not worry about getting als every day. I recently learned my blood pressure is high, and I'm a skinny girl. Allot has to do with Hereditary but also that fact that my body is reacting to my worrying. I'm going to continue on the treadmill and take my anxiety meds. This is all a daily proccess everyone, we all have the same thoughts. We all have to get through this! Love to all of you who have helped me * I highly recommend this to all: start taking 2000IU Vitamin D daily, Drink 1 powerade or gatorade a day, 1 bananna, no coffee, and I HIGHLY reccomend a anxiety med.

Ashley, I can tell in your post that you are doing SOOOO much better with your anxiety. Good for you! I'm proud of you buddy! -Matt

YOU GO GIRL!!! This is exactly why i take medication for my anxiety. Its not because it makes me numb or because it makes me happy as some people suggest. Zoloft just doesn't do that to me. What is does do is help me discern between real fears and false fears. Before I started medication two months ago I was just sure I had ALS...every article I read, every story I heard made me that much more positive I had it. Since returning to reality, I have read those same articles and with a clear head its obvious to me that I have something...but its not ALS. Its BFS. I'm proud of you getting on that treadmill too! I can't wait to do the same. Right now I'm waiting to find out if I have a labral tear in my hip. If I get the all clear from the orthopedist (cross your fingers, it doesn't look positive) I'll be on my elliptical the very same day! Live life to the fullest and enjoy your new found freedom from fear!!!~Frances

Last night chat you were the most calmest Ive seen these past few days. Well done and keep it up. You owe me brownies, tacos, roasted chicken for my services to you!!

Don't tell me your docs blamed the high blood pressure on anxiety too...

Great to hear. Sounds like you are already starting that mental change process by aknowledging that you need to do it.Oh yes, and go OREGON!

Trae I can't tell what your new profile pic is of?

Keep moving foward Ashley, I'm truly happy to hear you are doing so much better. ) I will echo what so many veterns has has said so many times, take a break from this board. Everytime I take a few weeks off I feel so much better, this place has been both a blessing and a curse for me. It was nice having the reassuarance in the begaining and it is nice to give back when you can. But after a while of reading the same stuff over and over it starts to bring you back down. I have learned about so many other neauro diseases that I never even knew existed, and it should have stayed that way, I like being in ignorant bliss. Imo it's not good for a hyperchondriac to meet up with other hyperchondriac's(speaking for myself), exspecially when some of them are google black belts. I only used google one time and came here worried about two diseases, talked to a few people(this is no stabb at anybody in particular) and read a bunch of posts and now I can teach a class on neauro diseases. I am speaking from my heart when I say walk away for a while, because I was doing great and here I find myself back tracking over some new symptoms I am having because of what some scared girl on the chat had to spout off the other day. I even corrected her, and I know she was wrong, but it still tripped me up a little. Life is too short to die in BFS hell, so come up for a breath of fresh air every now and then and you will see what I am saying is true....The Holiday season is coming up, enjoy it..... God Bless Randy

Good on u Ashley, get on with life its too short to waste worrying about every little thing.....and u look gorgeous in your new profile pic too....

Randy this is great advise, Sad but I am going to fade myself out of this site and chat. I will come back eventually just to say hi to you and all of my friends on here. I appreciate your advise so much, thank you! Shannon, thanks so much for the sweet comment! How do my cheeks look LOL this pic was taken 1 month ago. Love ya shan, Ash

I Advise you take a vow of not posting for at least 3 months, I myself trieD to leave several times just to fail miserably, I'm a weak weak man )

Yep, in almost all cases its best to get the heck out once you have received enough assurance to get over the intitial phase of freaking out. It will speed up the remaining healing process a lot. After getting my initial reassurance here I managed to pull myself away for a couple years and it made all the difference. The alternative would have caused lots of additional pain and anxiety.

awww just got a good work out!! ? haha my butt is pulseing...

Be careful, that might be a bfs symptom

Haha no I think it's just a pulsing butt haha! I'm fealing kinda bummed today which I hate! Still focusing on my cheek (facial) for those that know me! And my shoulder hurts, I picked up a heavy crock pot wih only my left hand and I think I pulled a muscle in there. I need all the positives vibes I can get today Ashley

most of u know me! My anxiety (fear) over al's is always there which I'm trying to kick for good. I have set myself a goal, I'm going to do a shamrock run with my girlfriends in Portland Oregon. I'm putting my mind and body to this, no turning back I'm signed up. March 18th is the day I'm not turning back to my fear if I can run this I will confirm for myself. any encouragement until Then is so much appreciated ? ashley (u will be at my three year mark in June, enough is enough)

great just got a call from my dr my Ana was positive again! Kinda freaking out now this is two positive tests now

What pattern had it? How much was it? It can be positive in healthy people too, if it is not tooooooooo much and if it is in homogenous pattern.And with 2 young kids you must always consider viral reasons, especially CMV which will raise your ANA too and is very common in little kids. So if it is low (like 1:80 or 160) it is nothing to worry about. If it is higher they will most likely make some further tests to see what kind of ANAs it is and what might be the course.

Ash, slightly positive, 2 negative and now most likely again slightly positive means nothing. I would be really surprised if you now had a Titer higher than 1:160.