Severe Anxiety & Aggressive Multiple Sclerosis

I was very thirsty whilst making this video.

Hope these tips help if anyone suffers from anxiety attacks.

I sought professional help for my anxiety last summer when I had recently been diagnosed and my anxiety was awful.
If anyone needs help themselves please check out these amazing websites... or contact your doctor or local mental health services

Help for MS relating issues:

[estebangarcia]

“This too shall pass.” Remembering this phrase always helps me

[amymiller]

This video has come right on time for me, Izzy 👌🏻 Every night when I have hopped into bed over the last month or so, I have just had the worst anxiety attacks. I get so hot and my heart races so fast, and I just can't redirect my thoughts. I downloaded the 'Calm' app and I've been breathing with it when I need extra help as well.
You are doing such a great job with your video content. It's so nice to have a fellow MSer close to my age that I can connect with. X

[janetwathey]

Hi Izzy! What a treat to find another video from you! I also experience generalized anxiety as well as PBA (just the crying bit, not the laughing). I went for years feeling anxious without knowing I had MS, and you are most certainly right that it helps to know others have the same sorts of feelings. MS symptoms vary so much, so it is helpful to know others feel much like I do. I love your ability to stay 'cognitive' and process what's going on with your MS, and tell the story verbally (and with such charm and grace). I do think when I'm anxious it helps to hear myself out with a trusted friend who knows how to listen, rather than to give advice. Even if I just hear myself out on paper or out loud, it is helpful. Staying socially connected with MS has its own set of difficulties. You seem to manage well. I'd love to see daily blogs or short narratives from you. I'm not much of a computer expert, so I don't know how to see your Instagram entries. Not sure what Instagram is really. :) I liked your tips and I agree that staying well hydrated and cool is important. I binge eat my favourite biscuits and cake when anxious, and feel much like you describe afterwards. Miserable, isn't it. But, I do allow myself to 'cave' and have these 'unhealthy' treats from time to time. I am not advising it, however. Would love to see you do a grocery list for MS patients on a budget and a menu plan for a week of healthy meals. I would also love to know the shade and brand of lipstick you wore in this video. Love the color. Great with your dress and pretty complexion. Sometimes small purchases like fun earrings or new lipstick provides a momentary distraction. Meditation is the best, but even then, I still find I need small distractions from MS pain. Thanks for staying in touch. Hugs, Janet

[gamma]

I always look forward to your videos - you stay so positive and inspiring at such a young age. As a 47 yr old guy awaiting diagnosis, I truly admire your spirit :)

[icsdigital]

The white matter lesions in your frontal lobe causes these conditions. It is well documented, and something that I also have. Unfortunately, I have 2 black holes in mine. I pray your medication continues to work. I wish I would had been given better choices and education 21 years ago. But I still have the anxiety, fatigue, etc. after all these years. It doesn't always get better. But I agree, one must try to be as positive as possible. Keep up the good work with your videos. ps. (Lamotrigine 25mg helps me stabilize)

[hannahelorie]

I also have GAD. My MS diagnosis just added fuel to the fire. My stomach was in constant clench mode, and besides grinding my teeth like you, bedtime has become a nightmare in itself.
When I was a late teen, I was diagnosed with Adult Night Terrors (walking, running, etc. everytime REM kicks in), and so my Neurologist, understandably not wanting me to have any sort of night terrors incident, sent me to a psychiatrist for medication to calm me down. If I am afraid enough, I overpower the medication. It sucks when you are stuck in a fear that you can't shake, because it is a part of you. I am not living anymore. I am just surviving.
It is hard for me to concentrate, but I am training myself to. So when I have to go to sleep, I play mental "Scattergories." I think of a topic, then go through the alphabet. So let's say I choose 'furniture'. Then I go armchair, bed, couch, etc. It helps.
Lol, sorry about writing a book in your comment section.

[abotello]

Good to see you, I needed your positivity 👌😍

[russedwards]

I tend to drive to the ocean when I'm feeling anxious, get the scooter out, scoot along the prom and take some deep breaths.... Works for me :)

[KS-ypjl]

You are beautiful, smart, very mature for your age, self aware, and have a great personality. Xx

[aashild]

Great video! I feel you💗 could you talk about your current ms symptoms?

[stanger]

The exact same things are happening to me, everything you said. I too have periods of anxiety terror, and I grind teeth in my sleep and wake up and everything in my head hurts. I also just wake up in the middle of the night feeling completely disturbed, both mentally and physically, and I have to just sit for a while and try and calm down because otherwise I won't be able to sleep. And I too have thoughts like what if my stress causes a relapse (stressing because you're stressed lol) or what if I'm doing something wrong and I could be doing so many things better...

What helps in my case is first of all not letting myself Google about what could happen to me, not look at my medical results, and like you, trying not to blame myself for every single little thing. Another thing is deliberately doing something that takes courage, like going to the dentist when I really feel bad about it, because afterwards when I actually survive that (haha) I feel a lot better, like I'm in control of my life and like I'm very strong x) The thing that helps the most is actually the medicine my neurologist prescribed me, I take Seroxat (Paroxetine) in the morning and Xanax at night so I could fall asleep and not just lay there in panic. I think that, if you haven't already, you should visit a psychiatrist and get some medicine, because it's all about chemicals. I know you don't like taking medicine but it is a lot better for you than being anxious for days and weeks... I think what we have is called panic disorder and probably can't be helped using reason and logic.

[pedromcintyre]

I've had on and off Pheraphy for my Anxiety. I'm speaking to a mor intense form! Its the second time but finding it harder than the first time for reasons ? It's hard but not for everyone. Like you said, a normal day is hard enough. Wish you all the best

[florindalucero]

Now imagine living in a country without an NHS. If I don't have health insurance, subsidized by an employer, I cannot afford what it takes to survive and live.

[karl]

The Anxiety Disorders are Afraid of your Beauty 😂😂😂

[tristamalcome]

I feel exactly this way. I wonder what came first, the anxiety or the MS. What causes what? Today I had such intense anxiety I couldn't go to my kids scout meeting. I sat in the car and cried. Exercise helps but it was too late. I was a mess.

[marsbel]

Grounding your teeth at night is not anxiety at all.VERY few people konw this but this is what happens. At night your body let its guard down (from sympathetic to parasympathetic) in order to truly rest and reset you. One of those resets is detoxification. Detoxification is allowed by melatonin.Melatonin is a major antioxidant and the most powerfull detox agent in the brain (in the rest of your body glutathione is the most powerfull).What happens is that during sleep, your brain shrinks quite literally to 60 % of its size allowing waste material to circulate freely out of your brain into your lymph system. When there is not enough melatonin (different reasons for that), you body uses another way (wich works less but its better than nothing).That way is purely mechanical...wich is grounding your teeth...it creates negative pressure wich allow to do the same job (circulation of waste material such as toxins out of your central nervous system) but it doesnt work that well...this is why it is a constant thing. Everytime you chew something, you detox your brain basically (wich is weird to know but this is how it works)...your body does the same thing at night. You will need to adress your melatonin and your griding will stop...I can guaratee you that. While you try to find the root cause of your melatonin disregulation you can take melatonin supplements but there is a whole protocol (very simple) that you have to follow because it is easy to not do it well and then it will not work for you. This is how i got rid of griding my teeth in a few weeks so....

[annapalmer]

It´s super anoying right...I usually feel like this too...Maybe because I also have to inject myself 3x a week with side effects and marks on my body - it constatly reminds me of what I have.... But the worst thing is that everytime something good happens and I am genuinely happy there is always sth in my head that says...dont be hapyy, It will get bad again anyway....Feel like I just never can´t be really really like your videos, especially food related ones :)))

[hasanid.]

Ive been dx with ms 3 years ago. Im now taking wellbutrin for my anxiety and depression, i cant tell if its working because im coming off an opiate addiction so ill see in another couple of weeks if this medication is working.

[Methylglyoxal]

Have you tried a ketogenic died? :) It is antiinflammatory and very mood improving/stabilising in many people.

[GreenSaverVal]

Meditation 🧘‍♀️!!! Awesome guided meditations on YouTube ..