Am I the only one with horrible anxiety? r/o

[aces67]

Thanks everyone! It's just been a horrible year here. I have good days and bad days but ever since the UST got involved I have mostly bad days.

I saw my doctor in February and he said what I'm feeling is normal and it will take time to work through. I'm just starting to feel not only anxious but really discouraged.

[Kpower]

I have had anxiety for the last few months as well. I kept having episodes of chest pain that went away. Then one day it didn't go away, I thought I was having a heart attack so I went to urgent care who sent me to the hospital. They ran tests and my heart is fine so they told me it was an anxiety attack which can have similiar symptoms. My doctor gave me xanax and it does not impair me mentally. It does not make you tired or incapacitated. It just removes the affects of stress on you. I have a 15 mo old and 1 mo old and I take care of them all the time with no problems. I am thankful for the xanax because it allows me to not feel like I am dying and it relieves the feeling of impending doom I have had for a long time now. I was never a fan of using drugs to try to cure issues like this. I am not trying to cure myself with this drug though. I need something to handle the symptoms while I deal with the issues in my life that are causing me to feel this way. Once my BK is over and done with I will feel much better I am sure and I may be ready to go off of the meds then.

[LuciluS]

I'm still in limbo waiting to see if the trustee is going to let us go through as a 7 or not. I know we can't afford a 13 and we can't afford to pay our debts off either.

What's worse is I have 2 kids at home. My youngest is 2 and is just a handful b/c of her age. My oldest is 8 and has a bad case of ADHD. So my hands are full with both of them and then on Valentine's day this year my aunt who I was very close to was shot and killed along with her daughter/my cousin. I'm still dealing with horrible anxiety from that and now that the UST has stepped into my case my anxiety is triple. I'm anxious and jittery all the time and I'm not sleeping at night.

Today I'm supposed to find out what went on in the meeting between my lawyer and the UST last week and now I'm so freaked out I can't even focus on anything. I can't get anything done and I feel miserable

I've seen my doctor for all of this who suggested I take Xanax twice a day just for a little while but I'm scared to take it b/c I'm the only here to tend to the kids.

Noone in our family knows that we have filed BK. Not even our closest friends know. So I really have noone to vent to.

I know I can't be the only one with anxiety here. How does everyone deal with it?

O Sweetie:

I wish you would have given a Xanax a change. When Dh found out in 1/07 he would need 5-7 bypass surgery, we both were given the smallest dosage of Xanax once a day. Xanax really helped DH and he wasn't 'spaced out'. Now me, I never knew I'd taken Xanax. Could be with my health brings many prescriptions & my pain pills were overriding any effect of the Xanax. Our rx was for 14 pills only.

Our bk journey began last Sept. & will be filing in 9/09. I feel confident our case will be a breeze. However, I have mentally prepared if questions/answers go further than that.

When I feel stress/anxiety approaching, I'm able to repeat over and over
Filing bankruptcy is a financial decision and emotions are best left out of this decision.

((((((((((((((((((((((((BIG HUGS)))))))))))))))))

Luci

[marinah]

broken is right...things will work out. We have had crazy anxiety as well over this whole thing and about our future, but what it comes down to is living in the moment, as trite as it sounds. While we are waiting for things to get better and for our "new future" to start (when DH gets a new job), our life is still happening...our best days are when we say, "okay, we've done everything we can, now let's enjoy today." It's really hard to do, but worth it.

Good luck, and know that things WILL get better!

[broken64]

Hang in there and try to relax a little. You won't do anyone any good if you make yourself sick. Things will work out, you'll see. Don't worry about anything until you actually know what is going on. There is usually an avenue your attorney can take if the worst happens and converts you to a 13. Either way you have two children that need you to keep it together.

[RackingJ]

{{{HUGS}}} to you. I've had many sleepless nights since all this began so I feel for you.
Can you try maybe a half of a Xanax at a time until you figure out how you're going to react to it? Couldn't hurt to try it, anyways.

Fingers crossed that all goes well between your attorney & the UST.

[downsized]

(((hugs)))

[aces67]

I'm still in limbo waiting to see if the trustee is going to let us go through as a 7 or not. I know we can't afford a 13 and we can't afford to pay our debts off either.

What's worse is I have 2 kids at home. My youngest is 2 and is just a handful b/c of her age. My oldest is 8 and has a bad case of ADHD. So my hands are full with both of them and then on Valentine's day this year my aunt who I was very close to was shot and killed along with her daughter/my cousin. I'm still dealing with horrible anxiety from that and now that the UST has stepped into my case my anxiety is triple. I'm anxious and jittery all the time and I'm not sleeping at night.

Today I'm supposed to find out what went on in the meeting between my lawyer and the UST last week and now I'm so freaked out I can't even focus on anything. I can't get anything done and I feel miserable

I've seen my doctor for all of this who suggested I take Xanax twice a day just for a little while but I'm scared to take it b/c I'm the only here to tend to the kids.

Noone in our family knows that we have filed BK. Not even our closest friends know. So I really have noone to vent to.

I know I can't be the only one with anxiety here. How does everyone deal with it?