Stewed
I too cycle, and find it very annoying. One thing I have always wondered is if it is because of a deficiency. Do I run out of something and have to rest till I build up adequate supply again so I can function again? Because I am retired I can handle bad days (weeks) better than if I was working. I am also pretty much medication free. I do know one thing though and that is that I need more than the average amount of calcium to keep panic at bay. I don't know about other things. Who knows in this world of over processed food. Wouldn't it be nice if it was as simple as that. Unfortunately there are no tests for the chemicals our brains need other than trial and error.
You can see that I have been here a long time. I actually get days, or in my case, nights when there is absolutely no anxiety and they are a real gift to be enjoyed.
One thing that I used to do that was hard to break was looking for the anxiety when I was having a good day, and sure enough it would be there.
I've mentioned this often enough because I believe it to be true. You can not get the negative out of your memory you can only bury it with positive. The trick is to look for the positive when things are going well instead of the negative to see if it is still there. Because it is there. And once you find it it breeds more negative. I found though that over time if you force yourself to find positives that you can bury the negative far enough that it is hard to access.
Unfortunately in periods of high stress it is too easy to bypass the positive and find something negative. I feel this is just the nature of the beast. Best to just accept it so you can get back to positive.
I hope by focusing on all the good and positives you too can get to the point where your life is all or mostly anxiety free. Or more realistic, to the point that the anxiety is so small as to have little or no effect.
I found that accepting it was going to take a while and that there were things I had no control of helped a lot.
Davit.
