Hi all Here I am moaning again. It feels like this is all I do lately. I’m feeling so anxious all the time. I worry about everything, I look at my past and worry about the same things happening in te future. I just can’t live in the here and now. Do any of you feel like this? Emma xxxx
Oh yes Emma - know the score, seems to be part of this whole MS thing and the way it affects our brains… I am trying to go down the way of natural remedies to help with sleep and mood etc because didn’t enjoy the side effects from anti-depressants. Natural - i.e acupuncture, reflexolgy, vitamins etc - will take a while but trying to put the “MonSter” to bed… Try to create a shelf in your brain and then set all the “bad” thoughts on it when they try to enter in…
I’m on Anti-Depressants but they just don’t help with the anxiousness. I’m having treatment with the depression and anxiety service but I’m feeling very pessimistic about the whole thing. I need to get myself out of this rut but have no idea where to start. Answers on a postcard please 
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I’m the same Emma and it’s usually at bed time when I get more anxious 
just what we don’t need when were so tired! I used to take anti-depressents but not any more as I had suicidal thoughts when I was on them. I use the shelf as Redman describes but write them down and try and evaluate them as to why I thought this in the first place, by the time I finish I will have wrote a book!! Lol pen & notebook are my new bedtime buddies xx
Hello Emma,
I know just what you mean. When the MS boyey man poubces on one area of the brain or the other, then we are just dragged along. Anxiety has been one of my worst symptoms of MS, and despite me being given several relaxation tapes, I really only started to get my life back when I happened to read about a man with a similar complaint, and he really found Beta blockers very useful. So I asked one of the GPs for some, and I have never looked back. They just seem to dampen down the whole effect of the anxiety. Some people may have tried other forms of treatment but I have only tried this one so I can’t really judge.
Best of luck,
Moira
yes Emma. I too worry about the future., that includes this evening, tonite and tomorrow.
I wish I could switch my brain off for a few hours sometimes. But it would need a timer to know when to come back on again.
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Small regular doses of propranolol beta blocker plus some counselling or CBT for 6-12 months is the best option. You aren’t dozy from sedative or anti depressant and can reduce and stop gradually at your own pace when you’re ready. Coping with anxiety is as difficult as coping with severe pain, it can be depressing and much worse than it needs to be if you don’t have access to talking therapy, activity to distract you and medication that stops you panicking and getting debilitated by fatigue caused by anxiety.on top of ms fatigue that’s no joke! You must learn to control worry to reduce anxiety, get rid of as much uncertainty as you can and accept the rest. Don’t expect to feel in control quickly accept it will take time+++ xx