Anxiety/Worrying too much

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Hi,

I've just been referred for assessment for aspergers syndrome and I have a feeling my anxiety issues will be discussed...

Basically, I'd like to know to what extent do others on here have anxiety. I, for example, have recently gotten very anxious because I tend to over-think and jump to conclusions regarding my own health. I've had toothache (I have a fear of losing my teeth) and automatically pictured the dentist saying they need to be removed. I've had a bad flu recently and the beginnings of it included a very dry throat and I was worried it was a result of something more serious. And now I have mild chest pains, which I know could mean anything, yet I still think the worst. I'm not surprised my chest hurts sometimes... seeing as I get anxious when I'm not feeling 100%. It makes me feel crazy.

Is anyone else like this?

Well I don't always fear the worst, but I know when I am in pain too and I am VERY sensitive to pain.

My dr always says I am too anxious but I am just way inquisitive about anything really.

The only type of hypochondria I have had, and still do from time to time, is an overbearing fear of cancer. But I feel that is more PTSD related seeing as I have watched both of my parents die from it. Not to mention my recurring bouts of poor reproductive health. I get cysts and fibroids a lot.

But I try to stay cool about everything. It does get hard. I know where you're coming from.

If things seem very abnormal to you then speak to a physician you trust and has a good reputation. I have a decent dr, if she would just stop blaming everything on anxiety lol.

I do suffer with an anxiety disorder, so I have a lot of issues with anxiety. I am a pessimistic thinker; I am always paranoid, thinking people are talking about me, thinking people don't want me around, thinking people are laughing at me, looking at me, watching me, judging me. The list goes on and on.

When people look at me, I'm all like, ''why did they just look at me for? Am I doing something wrong?'', then if a get the occasional person that DON'T look at me when he/she passes, I'm all like, ''oh, they didn't look at me, how come? Are they blind? Are they stupid?'' And it's because most people do look at me so if people don't look at me, I think there's something wrong with them.

All of my anxieties are centered around what other people are thinking. It is very soul-destroying, and it's taking over my life and making things becoming very difficult for me. I'm afraid to attend interviews because no matter how proffessional I am in my approach, I still get the impression that the interviewers think there's something ''off'' about me. Well, more so young girls - not older people. And I'm afraid to go in ladie's fashion shops now because I get the impression that the girls who work in those sorts of places are looking at me and laughing at me. Not sure if it's just the way they have their hair and make-up these days giving them an expression that makes it look like they're glaring, or if they really are. And I get all agitated when I hear people (especially youngsters) laughing near me because I automatically think they're laughing at me. It all causes anxiety, and it's a lot more than that. It's ruining my independance. I just can't seem to stop these paranoid thoughts from coming into my mind, and it seems to be an intense obsessive fear that cannot be reasoned with, no matter how hard I try to ignore them and tell myself that they're not taking any notice of me. And it's not only that - I've seen a lot of alone workers in shops lately, and I'm scared that I will be put in one and made to work on my own, taking the whole responsibility of the shop and the customers. It makes me very anxious. Plus the stupid vibes I give off what I can't seem to get rid of makes me very anxious because then I know I will always be a target for bullies, because girls don't seem to grow up these days and still seem to think they can snigger and giggle at other girls who don't come under their expectations. It's horrible, and a disturbing feeling knowing I cannot escape it no matter how normal I try to present myself, and how much I smile. It just doesn't seem to make a difference, and I've had plenty of times where I've come home crying because of all this. It's just all too overwhelming for me, having nearly every person staring at me as I pass, looking at me like I got two heads.

No, I don't flap my hands or do anything else unusual in public, and I don't wear unusual things or have an odd gait, if that's any use to you. That's the whole point - I am so anxious about it because I don't exactly do anything that's any different to the other thousands of people you see in the street, and being ''the village idiot'' is somehow disturbing when you're not behaving like one.

I get anxiety every single day from hundreds of different triggers. It is never easy but I manage to make it in to work the vast majority of the time.

I have a prescription to take when my anxiety becomes an uncontrollable attack, but I can't take it and think at work simultaneously so instead, I take about four breaks a day to walk around my building/block and calm down. I am really lucky though...I don't think many people get those kinds of priveleges at work.

Yes. I have a pinched nerve in my back that has caused my right foot to be tingley and numb. Before going through a bunch of tests over the summer, I more or less convinced myself over a period of several months that I had multiple sclerosis. No idea if this is an Aspie kind of thing or if I'm just a spaz.

I worry about loads of things: my health (both mental and physical), my cat, my family, and my special interests. My family rightfully tells me that I worry way too much. I am trying my hardest to work on toning down my worrying by trying to rationalize it in my mind. I stop and ask myself "what would my mom say in this situation?" (because my mom is my primary advice-giver). I'm also trying not to complain as much. So far my strategy seems to be working.

Anxiety is a more or less constant companion to me. I used to be moderalty hypocondriacal, but it has reduce considrably as I have gotten older. I am kind of to the point with anxiety that I just accept it as part of who I am. I think it is wired into my brain between AS and PTSD.

I have major anxiety issues. Iget panic attacks from the oddest things, over-obsess over tiny problems, etc. it can be really rough sometimes.

My anxiety literally causes shortness of breath most of the time. Offlate PTSD has been setting off panic attacks. Seriously I feel like I'll just die from all the worrying I do one day. I wish I could catch a break, but I just seem to be losing myself a bit by bit everyday.

I have anxiety when I think about death,myself,life,the goverment,my interests,religous confusion,lonliness,people and thousands of other things.

This forum makes me feel anxiety. Today I was perscribed Prozac so I hope that helps.

Yes, I experience high levels of constant anxiety. Most of it is unrelated to the ASD though. I tend to get anxious with the ASD when I'm overwhelmed by sensory stuff and having to do more than one thing (you can throw in a change of routine and having unexpected things thrown at me too).

The rest of it is basic OCD, which leads on to many panic attacks. Medication helps helps with the panic attacks, but it doesn't help the OCD much. There's really nothing to help the anxiety with the ASD mediated stuff, other than avoidance.

I tend to worry more in the winter because of snow. I hate snow. Wish it didn't exist.

I think snow is beautiful but it is cold. It is kind of a paradox.

The anxiety you are all mentionning is generally about things that could happen, possibilities. We must learn to evaluate the likelyness of an event :

- totally unlikely
- unlikely
- might be
- likely
- very likely

Generally, you don't need to think about what is unlikely, except when they can be direct and fast consequences. For example, if you are unlikely to have some disease, you can forget it until you get more information. But if you are walking down the street, even if you think it is unlikely that a car is coming, you must check this. It's much about the speed of it.

Yes, I do get anxious often, tho' not so much about health related issues. More to do with money, relationships, jobs, the world generally.
That sort of thing.

I've never found medication to help, except with sleep. But everyone is different.