One word I'd use to describe my anxiety is.....

Dibilatating

I'm about to have a flare up of my anxiety as I have just gotten cross-contaminated with wheat and gluten in my meal...

So I'm feeling the pre-panic butterflies -- that flutter in your chest, that bubbling feeling that an attack is coming, that concern that builds in the corner of your mind and you don't know why it's there other than you THINK you're about to have a panic attack which isn't helpful.

It is also accompanied with the urge to run around the room screaming waving my arms like they do in the Muppets.

Paralising

Me

chaotic

Painful

CAGE

Entrapped

Paralyzing

Confusing