Could use some happy thoughts

[TheWendybird]

Me and Starvoyager are going on a trip on saturday for a while and while I'm usually not nervous while travelling my anxiety disorder has been kinda bad since around Christmas...could you guys please send some happy thoughts my way/positive energies/prayers..whatever it is you believe? LOL...I'm just feeling nervous cause the last time I travelled a long distance I wasn't feeling good...I'd really really really appreciate it

[FanChan]

Aaah, I definitely know the feeling. Just about every time I've got a trip or big event to do, my whole body decides to pile on all of the stuff its held back until then. I've gotten stomach viruses pretty much only around times I'm about to go do something important or that I've been eagerly awaiting. Even got the flu for my senior year talent show. So yeah, I know how it goes >.< I'll pray for you that it all goes well. If you do start to feel a bit yucky, do your best to bear through it; you'll thank yourself later, for sure.

[TheWendybird]

Aaah, I definitely know the feeling. Just about every time I've got a trip or big event to do, my whole body decides to pile on all of the stuff its held back until then. I've gotten stomach viruses pretty much only around times I'm about to go do something important or that I've been eagerly awaiting. Even got the flu for my senior year talent show. So yeah, I know how it goes >.< I'll pray for you that it all goes well. If you do start to feel a bit yucky, do your best to bear through it; you'll thank yourself later, for sure.

Yeah totally..it's always so strange..even over a week ago in the food court at the mall..i was waiting for A&W to take home and I thought I was going to go out of my skin...and i had NO idea why and still don't....just hits me so randomly sometimes...we were in a computer store before that across from the mall and I was going out of my skin in there too..for no reason at all! I have generalized anxiety disorder and back in 2000/2001 had panic attacks...i get panic attacks still i guess but they're much smaller now due to being caused by something different than back then. I had meds i take...a benzodiazipine...which helps a lot of the time but sometimes it doesnt and i only try to take it as needed as that stuff can become addictive. I'm very spiritual ...not so much in the traditional religion sense...but I do believe in spirits and the power of positive thoughts/energies and praying...and I don't think it matters which one it is...peoples intentions to help usually seem to. I always try to send out positive energies/happy thoughts/prayers for people I know are having a hard time...I know all too well how it feels.

That's really icky about the talent show thing:( I remember in Kindergarten we had a graduation and I was SO sick that day...i think mine was a literal virus rather than nervous tummy tho. I still went up on stage and did my little act (we each had a thing to recite in costume) THE SHOW MUST GO ON! lol

[Rainbow Brite]

That panic disorder sounds a lot like Adrenal Fatigue. You may want to look into it. I'll be thinking about you!

[Dialga-Brite]

good luck, I hope all goes well!

[TheWendybird]

Thanks guys:)

[Chibi Rachy]

good luck on your trip I'll send happy thoughts your way!

[IndigoJoy]

*huggles for Wendybird* I too have a lot of anxiety. I'll be thinking of you.

This is not medical advice, and see your doctor before starting any vitamins, but there is some evidence that Niacin aka Vitamin B3 (especially a specific form called Niacinamide) acts on the same brain cells that benzodiazepines do (e.g. Xanax, Valium, etc.) Just make sure you get the non-flushing kind. (If you don't you might feel really hot and like you have a sunburn for about 15 minutes after you take it.) I take it and it seems to help somewhat.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ni ... de+anxiety

You said you felt sick last time you travelled... I often get traveller's diarrhea. Take along some Immodium in case you need it. If you get carsick there's the old standby Dramamine, or something I only learned about recently called Emetrol. It's essentially a mixture of glucose + fructose (so obviously diabetics can't take it) in a cherry-flavored syrup. You take it until you feel better, every 15 minutes up to 5 doses. Retail brand name is $8-$10 so be sure to check out the generic at Wal-Mart where it's just a couple of bucks. (Generic at Walgreens and CVS still tends to be about $6.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emetrol

In the future you can get a prescription for scopolamine, a 3-day anti-nausea patch, if you know you'll be travelling.

Okay, now I'm starting to sound like a walking advertisement so I'll just remind you that I'll be thinking of you!

[TheWendybird]

Well we made it! I've never had a problem with planes but we were going to also be in a car for quite a few hours and you know what?Didn't need one anxiety pill. It's very puzzling. Maybe it's time to move lol Whenever i'm in a car in my home town i get into a panic in cars...prably something to do with a family member of mine going crazy on me in front of Starvoyager and my sister last summer out on the highway when I was in the backseat...not sure how to battle that as now i dont even have to think about him and its like..just being in that spot effects me. That being said so far everything seems to be effecting me less here...i'm really wondering if i should be moving lol


Thankyou everyone for the happy thoughts and prayers....they seem to have helped me ....i was really scared about this trip..the last time i made it was after that flip out and when we were coming back i was the same way. Again except on the plane because i like flying ..heh (says the Wendybird lol)



I really wonder if all those positive energies being sent my way are what helped. And what's even cooler? For a little while I was looking out the car window...Starvoyagers parents were driving...and I noticed some color through the tinted glass...put the window down on the highway and saw red and blue tints mostly....but there was like....a rainbow cloud.....it was there for maybe 5 minutes total...it got very bright at one point and as we kept driving Starvoyager said it was like it was following us cause the clouds were moving in the right direction lol...Anyhow eventually it disappeared. Maybe it was Rainbow coming to deliever those positive happy thoughts and prayers lol

[~Baby~Dragonfly~]

Prayers and well wishes coming your way from me!
i know how horrible anxiety can be! For the first time in the past year i've had to deal with it my self. I have GAD Generalized Anxiety Disorder. It can be horrible to live with because it causes you to be physically ill. I didn't know what was going on with me for the longest while, but now finally have answers. Hopefully your doctor has you on meds to help. They can really be of so much help with it!