Anxiety attacks?
I don't know about "normal" but I have those a few times a week. I will wake up sometimes in a panic/anxiety attack. Sometimes things will cause them, most of the time it's nothing. They just show up! Very hard to leave the house when my stress is higher, like when I am out and about that makes it easier to get them. Whether there is a specific catalyst or not.
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Your Aspie score: 180 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 27 of 200
Autism-Spectrum Quotient is 48
AS, OCD, ADHD - Diagnosed
PTSD - Undiagnosed
<"May the Gods have mercy on you for I shall show none...">
I have them too. It's the thing that keeps me from living an entirely fulfilling life. I've tried just about every known method to manage the anxiety. Most anti-anxiety herbs or meds effect me like speed, or not at all. The only things that work are alcohol (not on the spot, but if I drink right before bed, I have a calm day the next day) or xanax (used kind of like the booze). Both require me to slowly increase the dosage for them to work though, so I generally just suffer through the anxiety (and the constant judgement and attitude from people around me that think I have some choice in the matter).
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- incorrigible
HFA mom to AS CrashNomad(14) and HFA Spritely(11)
and wife to NT Beast
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