Managing Anxiety Without ALS/MS

[WindyCityGentleman]

I know that many of us complains about their anxiety level. But I was wondering how many of you actually have anxiety not about ALS or MS ( nor the diseases) but just regular anxiety?... How do you fight with this besides exercising and diet? In my case it all started with unexplained anxiety and twitching came soon after. I'm "OK" with the twitching after 3 years I guess I got used to it. However, the anxiety ... I don't think I can get used to this I do go for therapy for last few months but it almost feels like there is no results, if not more anxiety Please guys share you thoughtsStay healthy!Sew

 

[Gracer]

I have generalised one but you must know about that already And I belong to that almost one third of sufferers who have it since early childhood. All the rest even in GAD have manifestation in 20-40 and then it says forever and needs constant attention.I am not sure diet could help here maybe just in terms of less alcohol/coffee... Speaking therapy is a long term process. First few weeks and even month might be spent for getting mutual trust with therapist, and actually result depends on having specific request. That request is always refined during the sessions, and I can tell that evn after 5 years I still have sometimes so much of anxiety (in fact it is my only acute reaction on any stress) that it is necessary to go and speak and make an action plan with my therapist to decrease its level.GAD is believed to be supported by certain specific features in the brain - less routes to the insula, more routes to the action cortex from amygdala. So not only you need to reveal what changes had happened bringing you to anxiety but also make new neuronal paths to resotre some balance between impulses and actions/feelings. It would take time, but it is really working.

 

[TwitchyAz]

I'm right there with you Chicago....unfortunately I don't have a good answer. I tried a local therapist but I felt like i would have done better to burn the money in a camp fire. I am thinking of trying the anxietycentre as Mario suggested.Some books I've read have helped but I feel likes this is something difficult to solve and is gonna take a lot of time

 

[ixSynapse]

I saw a therapist for about five months and it helped a little; provided me with some tools to see the world differently (cognitive therapy). I recently read a book called The Healing Code. It addresses stress and anxiety from a different perspective. It's a little difficult to get through the book, but now I'm putting the principles to the test. We'll see how it works.I don't have anxiety as most people, mine is more of a stress/control issue. I didn't use to fear much of anything until BFS hit and I fell apart. I'm starting to get through that fear and now I'm back to standard stress issues that I'm working on. I just need to relax and enjoy life... let it happen without trying to control it so much.One note: I started to get heart palpitations a couple of years ago when the BFS was just revving up and it would scare me. Once BFS hit hard, I didn't care about the heart palpitations... I almost hoped it was a heart attack coming to take me. Healthy? Probably not, but I don't fear the palpitations.