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28 Jul 2012, 3:02 am

I am a fairly neurotic person by nature, and require strict adherence to my schedules, or extensive details about any change of plan. Most of the time I can live with this, but every once in a while a wave of inexplicable anxiety hits me with no apparent cause; I'm fine one minute, and feeling strong physical sensations of anxiety the next for no reason at all. Do any of you have this problem? Is it AS related, or symptomatic of some form of GAD? How did/do you get a handle on it? I have situations that are ingrained parts of my routine, and yet every time I go to perform them, even though they're perfectly safe, I've done them a million times before, and I enjoy doing them, I get inexplicably anxious about going, and I have no idea why. It's getting to be a nuisance; any thoughts/comments on the cause?


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28 Jul 2012, 3:07 am

I get sudden feelings of anxiety periodically with no clear trigger. It's become more of a problem for me as of late, though; I have no idea what's causing it, or how to deal with it. :?



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28 Jul 2012, 3:43 am

Free-floating anxiety is a common problem for Aspergians. I be in a 100% safe and familiar situation and still feel like something horrible is about to happen. I get a lot of physical symtoms from it. This is the cause for most of my insomnia also. Note: It's a million times worse when I am in a stressful environment! Sometimes I'm just so tired of the anxiety that I just want to jump off a bridge.


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28 Jul 2012, 6:42 am

Same thing here..

Anxiety attacks without any reason, and things are getting worse under stress

including a lot of physical symptoms


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28 Jul 2012, 7:17 am

None at all last few months

I have strengthened my nervous system with adaptogenic plants
Reduced parasitic load with bug killing herbs and foods
Actively avoided stress
Used cannabis which is ideal for anxiety

My nervous system is in great shape right now



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29 Jul 2012, 1:44 am

Surfman wrote:
Used cannabis which is ideal for anxiety


That actually worsens my anxiety. People tend to respond to it differently.


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