I have anxiety issues unconnected to ritalin. I first went to the DR. because my panic attacks had gotten so bad I was waking up in terror at 3am. I was getting chest pains and the anxiety was overwhelming. I was always anxious it had just gotten a lot worse this year. I think I paid too much attention to the news. I became hyper focused on ti and was watching 3 hrs of news and spending 3 hours reading news sites online every day. One thing I learned is some pundits on TV are full of crap play loose with the facts left and right. He has insisted I take and continue to take .5mg Xanax XR. It has done the trick. I swear it makes me feel sedated at times but, he insists that for a man my size he didnt think the dose I am on would effect me at all. Evidently , I am lucky because with diet changes, the medication, addressing one source of the anxiety( ADHD CHAOS) and exercise I have had no episodes at night like I was having. I have at times felt very anxious but not that often and with no panic attack stuff. It's fine for me. I figuire if the goal was to remove all anxiety from my life then when I got their I probably wouldnt have any joy, love, happiness, sadness or Laughter left either.
Things that work for me
Breathe in through the mouth and out through the nose a few times concentrating on taking full breaths. When I get real anxious I breath shallow it makes it worse
Get out of a real cluttered noisy enviroment even if means retreating to the bathroom for 3 min and quietly thinking of a real peaceful place
I wih you well anxiety sucks
I always feel the axiety 30 minutes after taking a pill in the morning could this be a shock to my system going from very tired to very alert? I very rarely have this problem in the afternoon when I take the next dose. Does anyone else feel this way?Ritalin seems to calm me down totally....Yeah I totally know what your talking about because I just recently went back on add meds I was diagnosed as a child and went off off them at 17. My axiety started at 23 I was having panic attacks 3-6 panic attacks a day for no reason. Now that I'm back on meds I only have them in stress full situations. I work in a salon and when we have 30 people waiting in line and children running everywere I want to crawl in a hole and die but if I pop a xanax I am right on top of everything and am the most productive stylist in the salon. They all think I am wonder women little due they know I'm a basket case with out my meds!