Roll Call 176

For me, I kind of do things for both physical health and mental health.

Lately, I started running. It helps my anxiety a great deal.

From a mental health perspective, I have meds that help me a great deal, such as Zyprexa. (I know different meds do different things for different people).

I can understand you when you say you don't want to be on Xanax again. Sometimes people need those kinds of meds for a short time, though, just to cope.

I am finally off of taking benzos consistently. That means I have to do holistic things to help my anxiety. Deep breathing helps. Meditation helps. Exercise helps. Meds help. Therapy helps. Doing soothing things helps, like burning a candle at night or something like that. Doing relaxation stuff helps. I have a tough time implementing positive self-talk, but that is supposed to help, too.

Bad caffeine withdrawal headache. I normally drink like 8 cups of coffee a day but since I slept all day I didn't get any caffeine in my system. Just took some ibuprofen and drinking a coffee now

When you drink coffee, you become very focused, and in fact, the key to creative genius is to be defocused.
Eric Weiner

My anxiety coping mechanisms are the following:
-My faith
-Yoga
-arts and crafts, crocheting, drawing, coloring, all are very relaxing
-reading
-listening to music
-Meditation
-Playing music (personally I like playing violin, ukulele, guitar)
-Cooking -This gives me a sense of accomplishment, and there are many healthy recipes you can find online and try. It feels good when you make something and it turns out delicious.
-Gaming

As for physical health, I try to drink a lot of water. I only drink water and black coffee because calories in drinks can add up fast. and only on special occasions soda. I try to incorporate more vegetables into my diet. I think little changes is the best way to begin. Like if you drink whole milk, maybe try drinking 2% instead. What I try to do is put more of the good stuff in (healthy food). Then slowly cutting back on the unhealthy stuff. One trick I do is eat my vegetables first during a meal then I'm likely to eat less of the more calorie dense stuff on my plate because I'm already starting to get full.

I also try to walk. A lot. And now's the perfect time to do it since the weather is nice and cool and since heat intolerance with APs is so bad in the summer. Having a fitbit helps me, since it motivates me to get more steps in. When I'm at my best I'm getting 10,000 or more steps a day. (I haven't done that much recently but I want to get back on track).

Yoga is good. It's good for strength, flexibility, and relaxation. I really enjoy doing it. I'm not great at it but I found a few videos on YouTube that I enjoy doing so I aim to do that at least 4 or 5 times a week.

I feel hopeless

Thanks so much guys!

"We're all born to broken people on their most honest day of living"

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Has anyone heard from SP?

Worried.

"We're all born to broken people on their most honest day of living"

The Dopamine Flux
www.thedopamineflux.com

Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/MozePrayIII

Why do I get more done at night and feel more active at night? I kinda hate that.

"We're all born to broken people on their most honest day of living"

The Dopamine Flux
www.thedopamineflux.com

Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/MozePrayIII

Reality is too weird for me. Feels like psychosis.

Been working.....

Yeah I need the injection probably. I'm scared and depressed.

havent slept in 3 nights so paranoid

Awww i just want yo to be happy. You are such a wonderful person.

For anxiety, I do prayer, meditation, deep breathing. Exercise helps a ton. Google breathing and Thich Nhat Hanh. Yoga with Adrienne. Youtube.

Love you.

I'm sorry Falcon... You're on a lot of Zyprexa -- isn't that supposed to help you sleep?

Also, I saw my new pdoc yesterday. She wants to leave most things the same, which is a good sign because the combination I have been on is good. I mean, there's room for improvement, but she doesn't want to make any big changes anytime soon. That is such a relief!

Is there anything you can do to cope in the meantime before you get the injection?

I'd say work on both the physical health and the mental health a little at a time at the same time.


I don't have much luck losing weight. Stupid AP's. But walking is great for endorphins and stuff like that. Plus it would get you out of the house. I think IIRC you've been having trouble doing that lately.


Anxiety coping mechanisms:
prayer
reading scriptures
walking
listening to music
coloring/drawing/painting
talking to a friend/texting a friend
shopping--even just browsing online or "window shopping"
doing a word search or playing a board game
anything distracting......

Hope this helps newtus!

HUGS Desoxyn