Hit this thread if you are nauseous, not working, pacing, panic attack, etc.

[maseman]

I am a 33 year old guy with a good job, family, pretty well-grounded.

I am a mess tonight. I haven't been able to work (or think) for a week. Time seems to be creeping along and I look at the clock every fifteen minutes or so. My stomach is in knotts, a little nauseous, etc. I seem to be pacing, forgetting little things like my car keys when I go outside to drive somewhere. This election means everything. I want it done and over with ASAP.

Anyone else going bananas?

[HopeFor2006]

1. Yep, Can't wait until tomorrow!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. Yes

I'm optimistic, and at the same time ready to hang myself if this somehow does not go our way.

[lisa58]

I'm recommending for my husband - he's where you are - looking forward to relief tomorrow.

[Tallison]

3. Yeeees

I've reloaded the Alaska Daily News home page fifteen times in the same number of minutes waiting for the personnel board investigation of her to finally break.

Everything about my interest in this race is compulsive and borderline neurotic.

I'll need detox come Wednesday.

[calimary]

4. I have very very short fingernails at the moment. And almost NO cuticles left.

AY-Yi-Yiiiiii...

[Caution]

5. Right there with you. Total freak out over here. Really looking forward to going to NH to canvass

I need to feel like I'm contributing to this one very badly.

[Jade Fox]

6. I wish i could go to sleep and wake up in 24 hrs......

The tension is killing me.

Four years ago I was sure Kerry would win (which he did). I listened to the election exit poll results in the morning and relaxed because Kerry was ahead. Then mysteriously, it all began to change.

That was a bad day. I'm not eager to repeat it.

[Genevieve]

7. Same here. nt

[vanderBeth]

8. Yep, yep, yep

[gizmo1979]

9. Haven't slept decent

since last Thursday.I was feeling better until florida.

[AtomicKitten]

10. I'm jumping out of my skin. Aaarrggghhhh.

[cliffordu]

11. Dixville notch in less than 6 hours!!!

[progressiveforever]

12. Sure, we're all nervous--and I do understand- but, this is better than before

The last two were really bad and the ending was horrible---this time, we have done all we can and our candidate is phenomenal. Try to relax--if there is any anxiety to be had, it will be only if the horrible thing were to happen. Then we all worry.

But try to relax--I feel for you and if I were 33 (I'm much older), I Would probably be where you are.

[Phoonzang]

13. I've seen the fucking Rev. Wright ad 4 times in the last 2 hours in the Philly market

and it's driving me up the fucking wall. I can't really sit still. I need a drink. :beer:

[Ikonoklast]

14. If my stomach was in knotts I'd be worried, too.

:hide:

[H2O Man]

15. I can appreciate why.

This is a huge event. And there is a lot of emotion.

Even if you are nervous/anxious, I hope that you are able to enjoy this time.

(I am totally relaxed, but we all "do" things like this differently.)

[ThatsMyBarack]

16. I'm a walking Pepto Bismol ad!

[Dems4me]

17. I was mad&shocked for the 2000 election, I was heart broken & scared in 2004- But I just

don't know how I will handle this election if we loose. I will be
just absolutely devistated. Right now, my hands shake and I am an
emotional basket case. When I think about it my heart races and I
feel literally sick. You are definitely not going through
all this alone- :scared:

:hi

[sarge43]

18. I've had a stress headache for over a week now.

I was phone banking this afternoon and everyone in the place 'fessed up to being borderline - what's the clinical term? - oh yes, bat shit.

[bagimin]

90. Same thing with me

I've taken so much fioracet w/codiene that I can't stand up straight.
Still got a headache.

[sarge43]

91. I'm going to take a nap.

Looks like it'll be a long evening. Maybe this thing will damp down to rubber hammer level instead of jackhammer.

I swear this is like living through the Apollo 13 mission again.

[TimeChaser]

19. I've got butterflies flapping around in my belly,

I want to turn on positive music and sing my lungs out.
I want to draw happy pictures, write stories.

I'm nervous, but optimistic :)

[psychobueller]

20. AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I just want to VOTE ALREADY!!!!

[Fluffdaddy]

21. I have not been about to sleep for 3 days

[demo dutch]

22. Yeah I want my life back on Wed with an Obama win

[progressivebydesign]

23. Spending WAAAY too much time here! House is a mess! Dinner is.. umm.. not planned.

My family really wants the election to be over soon so that I'll rejoin society. Volunteering tomorrow morning will help me.. I think.

[Fluffdaddy]

24. I called off from work tonight so I can be in the voting lines a 6 AM

[Bryan]

25. Hi, thanks for setting up this thread

Midway through the day, anxiety gave way to dread, and I find myself experiencing a failure of nerve; my unfounded gut suspicion that voters just aren't going to turn out for Obama has found new strength. I'll be making my rounds tomorrow on autopilot.

[FatDave]

26. I'm amazingly nauseous.

My wife bought a bunch of marked down Halloween candy, and I ate way too much candy corn.

On the election though, I'm cautiously confident.

[Erin Elizabeth]

27. Oh yes.

I have a lot of work to do and I am working on it here and there (on the laptop) but I feel horribly distracted. On top of that, today was a bad day for just various bad luck reasons. Gah.

My stomach hurts and I feel like a ball of nerves.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

28. Bananas, coconuts and various and sundry other kinds of fruit

All of my nerves are shot. I am snapping at my husband. I oscillate between ecstasy and dread. You are entirely not alone!!

[Wednesdays]

29. When I hit the GOTV phones tomorrow

I will be so busy I won't have time to get nervous. :)

How about the rest of you?

[rainbow4321]

30. Yep..pretty much. I was OK at work cuz I was busy.

Now..not feeling so good.

[Jed Dilligan]

31. You just described me for the last 8 years!

[Chorophyll]

32. A little bit, yes.

It's sort of like meeting someone you really, really like after having your heart broken a few times. Exhilarating and terrifying, and you can't let yourself get too excited.

[smirkymonkey]

88. Perfect way of describing it!

I just want to be sedated and when I wake up I want to hear that Obama is the next president of the United States. I can't deal with the waiting - I just want to know!

[paranoid floyd]

33. Yup

I'm Canadian and I seem to be going through the same emotions. It's frustrating not being able to vote, but I know the good in America will do the right thing and elect Barack Obama the next President of the United States of America.

Do it for all who've come before. Do it for your friends, your family, yourself. Do it for Brarack's "Toot". Do it for all of us who know a decent, righteous, and just America is still a noble ideal. Do it because the world needs it done.

Hell, do it so I can finally get a good nights sleep.


:)

[Splat Banjo]

34. One more night, I told myself all day today

One more night and then I can finally sleep.

Nah, I'll be too excited to sleep tomorrow night. :D

[Lucy Goosey]

35. Oh god, yeah.

I keep calling my Dad for reassurance, "Dad, Obama is going to win this thing, right?" I'm 33 and I haven't lived at home in 12 years, but I need my Daddy at a time like this, apparently.

[crispini]

36. If I wasn't working so hard I'd want to puke

I am phonebanking and hanging out on DU at the same time. When I stop phonebanking I start to panic.

Of course, I'm also working on a local campaign and we don't look anywhere near as fantastic as the Obama polls, haha.

[wildeyed]

37. Phone banking helps.

At least I am doing something.

[Generator]

38. Flipping. the fuck. out.

After all we've been through the last eight years says the ad for the Democratic Senate challenger in my state-and all of it is there-war and horror and yes..four years ago my heart just shattered when Kerry conceded. Here we are.Waiting.

[racaulk]

39. I'm right there with you.

"I am a 33 year old guy with a good job, family, pretty well-grounded." <---Yep, that's me too.

I haven't been able to concentrate or be productive at work for at least two weeks. I've been reading DU, poll sites, and other political blogs religiously and have been getting NOTHING done from 8 to 5. I'm pretty sure that I'll be the same way tomorrow, and I've all but given up any pretense that I will be productive at all until Wednesday. My stomach is in knots with equal parts worry and excitement.

This election cannot be over fast enough! For the sake of my mental health and my job, I need this election to be DONE!!!

Hang in there, it's almost over! :hi:

[maseman]

55. Yup

Three Killian Reds and things are starting to relax a little.

[BoneDaddy]

40. Breathe, have a glass of wine, make love to your partner

chill out and I am a hypocrite cause I am going thru the roof!! lol

[Clio the Leo]

41. I am coming down with a cold .... pray for me. ....

... and if you are near my polling place tomorrow, bring me some Dayquil while I stand in line.

[Truth2Tell]

79. Yep, Getting physically sick.

Lack of sleep. I thought I had stopped doing this shit to myself after I turned 30.

[greenmutha]

42. Yup. Count me in. I am totally obssessed.

I have even taken to sleeping with the TV on all night, with one Tivo tuner on MSNBC and the other on CNN so I can flip back and forth. I haven't slept an entire night through for over two weeks now! :silly:

[Bryan]

43. Dammit, now I'm having mood swings

I ate some sugar, and now I'm calmly optimistic again. At this rate, I'll probably be back in the dumps before bedtime.

[elshiva]

44. Yes. BRING ON ELECTION NIGHT ALREADY!

[Zookeeper]

45. This news and poltics junkie has barely been able to watch the...

news or visit DU for the last week.

I'm on pins and needles.

[MassLiberal]

46. Yes! Help!

I have no life! I spend all my time HERE and on MSNBC. And I'm a wreck, even though Mr. MassLiberal keeps telling me Obama is gonna rule tomorrow. Nervous co-workers and I kept muttering to each other all day today, "I can't stand it anymore!"

I can't stand it anymore!

[codjh9]

47. Yep, giddy and anxious at the same time - have a ton to do but got little done today.

But hang in there, buddy.

[shellgame26]

48. same here

no sleep all week

[Life Long Dem]

49. Sometimes people need to liven up the board.

:banghead:

Get some sleep tonight! And do what the doctor ordered.

Have a good night! And do your schoolwork!

[Christian30]

50. I have been so tense!

I had such a hard time concentrating today. I can't wait for this to be over.

[mzmolly]

51. Yep.

K and R

[PatriotGames]

52. I agree. I am a mess too!

[susanwy]

53. I've been like this guy all week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwyrGwM4a7M

:rofl:

[GetTheRightVote]

54. Sure thing, people around me looking at me weird but I can not help it

I am so worried that they will steal it from us again and the hope will disappear once again.

:grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr:

[NEDem]

56. I'm a basket case.

I've been the rock for my worry-wort friends and wife. Tonight I'm a nervous wreck.

[PBS Poll-435]

Do you have early exit poll numbers?

Where can I find them?

There is nothing on the internet!!!!!!11!!!

[Condem]

57. As calm as a cucumber.

It's over. We will win. I'll Joe Namath that.

[dos pelos]

58. You're riding a landslide,avalanche,tsunami

and you don't even know it.Landslide music for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nuiIqMQ4sA&feature=related

VOTE !!

[Laelth]

59. Sounds familiar, yes. n/t

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.

:dem:

-Laelth

[undergroundpanther]

60. I'm having a reaction to the stress

I feel depressed than pissed than tense it has been going on for awhile.I freaked a little a few times,and my body has been aching,can't sleep,and when I get exhausted it's like I have been shot with a tranquilizer dart,I collapse and sleep for hours,filled with dreams,wake up tense and go through this shit all over again.

There is alot of shit going on related to my trauma issues on TOP of the election anxiety.

[undergroundpanther]

61. STRESS!!

I feel depressed than pissed than tense it has been going on for awhile.I freaked a little a few times,and my body has been aching,can't sleep,and when I get exhausted it's like I have been shot with a tranquilizer dart,I collapse and sleep for hours,filled with dreams,wake up tense and go through this shit all over again.

There is alot of shit going on related to my trauma issues on TOP of the election anxiety.

[illuminaughty]

65. Please don't think I'm writing for an "awww" moment

Because I'm used to my disease. But I woke up with a bad MS attack. This one in the form of muscle spasms from upper back to calves. Couldn't teach my classes and this is the first I've sat up all day. Doc put me on steroid pack this afternoon. But, like you, there's a lot of shit on top of election. I should have seen this coming.

But it pisses me off. I worked on the last election..remember the devastation. I just haven't been healthy enough to work this one, but I at least want to feel good for election day to celebrate.:party:
COME ON ROIDS, Get workin'!

[undergroundpanther]

66. Damn

Ya know I was lucky this year, I can actually WALK to my polling place.Now, I wish they would have worked that out a lot sooner,than I would have volunteered.But hell when I go to vote I might ask if they need any help,simple stuff like door greeting pointing people to the right table or whatever.Maybe if I got enough on me I could walk to a nearby store and get the folks there some coffee or something.

[illuminaughty]

69. That's what I was hoping to do.

Especially for the poor people who are standing there for so long.

Try to unstress, I think we'll be feeling a lot better tomorrow at this time. (Knocking on wood)

[marlakay]

62. Already had 3 large glasses of wine

and ate a bunch of cookies i wasn't hungry for...we just finished watching Bill Maher. Missed the show friday night. Love John Legend.

[NotThisTime]

63. I'm with you, so nauseous, can't pull it together, I tried to sleep - can't, I'm a mess...

[VenusRising]

64. Full force anxiety.

My back hurts, my stomach hurts, my palms are sweaty, I feel light headed.

I'm so ready for this to be over!

[camera obscura]

67. I'm vacillating between anxiousness and just plain giddiness

but overall I'm just restless! I seriously can't sleep!

I think I'm gonna scrub the house clean before morning... I just need something to do with my hands.

[qwlauren35]

68. It's 1:45AM, EST... and I'm wide awake.

If that isn't going bananas, I don't know what is.

And I have the shakes.

[undergroundpanther]

70. Don't feel bad

I usually am up until 5 am,and some days I got to get up at 7am!! two hours.
Anyways I am an insomniac from hell.Have been nocturnal for years even as a kid.My mom told me what I could watch on TV as the rest of my family slept. I watched alot of twilight zone and star trek up at 3am at age 6.Sleeping very little,has been a lifelong pattern for me I'm lucky if I get 4 hours.
PSTD can do that to ya.

[donheld]

71. Ok, now add getting an eviction notice and

having to move within 30 days through no fault of your own. Now you get my mental condition.

[lady raven]

72. Add me to the list

But I know this: YES WE WILL!

[RubyDuby in GA]

73. I am sitting at my desk at work right now and I can tell you that I will get no work done today!

And I will be a ball of nervous energy until I hear it with my own ears tonight and tomorrow and next week too that Obama is our President-elect.

[maseman]

75. I'm at my desk now and not even answering the client calls today

[ronnykmarshall]

74. I couldn't sleep last night.

I'm getting ready to get in the shower and go vote!!!

[David__77]

78. I've taken a sleep aid the last three nights.

I wanted to be well-rested because I imagine I'll be up late tonight!

[David__77]

76. I'm having a hard time. On a conference call, with racing heart!

I can't concentrate! I need to find a monotonous task to district me for several hours! This is hard! I'm so stressed - much more so than four years ago. Then, I was pretty sure we would lose. Now, I see that we will win, but that's somehow more anxiety-inspiring!

[nygrl224]

77. me too

I feel like I won't survive if he loses! I would be so devastated.

[TrogL]

80. I think I need to calm down

I'm not even American, but I'm sitting here hyperventilating when I'm supposed to be working?

[footinmouth]

81. Basket case here

I haven't accomplished a thing in a week and I keep having bad dreams, all election related. I'm pulling an all-nighter tonite to watch the returns. Another night with no sleep. If this race goes the wrong way, I'm instructing my husband not to wake me up for 4 years.

[pinstikfartherin]

82. Oh yeah!

I was about to vomit when I woke up this morning. I'm giddy and nervous and a whole mix of everything!

[Mz Pip]

83. First polls close in less than 6 hours.

I am a nervous wreck. I am not watching TV or listening to the radio. I'll check into DU every couple of hours. Am spending the day cleaning house. Might as well make use of all this nervous energy. :scared:

[tallahasseedem]

84. Hello maseman...

33 year old female...will not be going to my graduate classes tonight...pacing uncontrollably, re-arranging the house, cleaning like a mad woman, and spontaneously tearing up at the thought of an Obama presidency. I have no idea what I'm going to do when the husband and kids get home! LOL!

You are not alone.

[spinbaby]

85. I found the cure

Get out there and help put up door hangers and make phone calls. It makes you feel like you're accomplishing something while you wait. I spent a beautiful morning driving around the countryside putting up door hangers, now I'm having lunch, next I'm going to vote, then I'm going to see about making phone calls. I don't have time to worry.

[EnviroBat]

86. I'm off for the next three day's

This whole thing has caused me some health issues, and I'm having a heart-cath on Thursday. I want to know that Barack is president by tomorrow without distraction.

[Carni]

87. I have Halloween candy around you think YOU'VE got problems?

Been gourging myself mindlessly on sugar since yesterday...I will be lucky if I can fit in the damned car to get to the polls tonight!

Candy + spazzed out nervous person eating with wreckless abandon does not a good combination make!

[GreenPartyVoter]

89. Yeah, I feel ill

[mistertrickster]

92. YES! You are not alone. nt

[OHDEM]

93. I started a similar post today.

LOL Plus to top it off, I woke up with bronchitis on Sunday and I'm still sick! I'm afraid I might fall asleep and miss it all. Argh! I've been waiting literally for YEARS to get a great President into office and I might sleep thru his big moment.

Trying to stay awake to see the race called in Ohio!

[Sugar Smack]

94. Here's what I've eaten today:

Mini crunch bar
mini Baby Ruth
a few tortilla chips
spinach croissant
4 cups coffee
bits of jack cheese
apple
baked potato
exposed fingernail tips
mini hershey bar
roasted almonds



:puke:

[complain jane]

95. anxious, at work, getting nothing done, neither is anyone else, energy in the air,

people bouncing a basketball in the hallway here (I work in an art department, anything kinda goes) from nervous energy and anxiety

[yardwork]

96. uh huh (mouth full of candy)

[Sugar Smack]

99. .

Same here. :hug: :grouphug:

[yardwork]

101. I think I've given myself diabetes.

[Borgnine]

97. AAAAAAHHHHH!!!

AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yes We Did]

98. Yes... I have accomplished nothing this week.

I have about 7 websites to update and can't bring myself to work on any of them.

Been chain smoking all day...

And chomping on peanut butter cookies...

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

100. Gore/Kerry PTSD. I am so mistrusting and afraid of being hurt again

I'm like a puppy mill puppy who sees a big green meadow but is afraid to leave the crate. Whimper. Hold me!

[Hans Delbrook]

103. OMG

I couldn't have said it better myself. I have PTSD too! When they said the exit polls showed Obama up I had a flashback to 2004 and felt like throwing up.

[MadrasT]

102. What you said, my friend.

:hug: It's insane, just freakin' insane...

[bmartello]

104. I'm cracking a beer right now! AHHHH!!! nt

[MissDeeds]

105. Drinking Chardonnay, trying to calm down

I want to be excited, but we've had two victories snatched from our grasp by the devious right wing. I'm taking nothing for granted. BTW - I got NO sleep last night.

[David__77]

106. Yeppers.

I'm walking around every couple minutes or so.

With prop 8 in California, it'll be a long night for me!

[avaistheone1]

107. Oh yeah. Couldn't sleep well last night.

I was feeling confident earlier in the day, and now I am ready to hurl.