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| Marie - Usher4eva69@aol.com - 15 | | Comments - Did you ever think it was only you? I did until one night I saw an infomercial and realized that I am not the only one that suffers from Depression/Anxiety. By watching that infomercial for the 30 minutes it was on I learned that I can live my life in a happier manner and not always have to be down and out for nothing. I had an anxiety attack the last day of school freshman year. I didnt know what was going on, I felt like I was choking and couldnt breathe, I started sweating and shaking, and knew something had to be wrong, so I went to the school nurse and told me I was fine and that nothing was wrong. I made it through that attack all alone not knowing what was going on or what was going to happen to me I was clueless and worried. I later discovered I had an anxiety attack, now I know how to handel it and I feel much better. I hope that if you are reading this and ever are in my situation you get through it also. |
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| Bob - gospodinhubef@yahoo.com - 57 | | Comments - I began getting panic attacks in '95 after I quit smoking and drinking. This was followed by a severe case of agoraphobia, then claustrophobia, acrophobia, the list goes on. I got on xanax and subsequently have been on paxil and recently wellbutrin (for the depression which followed). I was told that all the alcohol I drank for thirty years had a numbing effect on my central nervous system and/or my brain chemistry. I still get panicky a lot and sometimes want to just get drunk: I don't dare what with all the meds I take. I lost all my money in the NASDAQ and committed myselt a month ago. I sometimes just don't know what to do. Is there hope? |
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| Dan - StarHawk12345@aol.com - 44 | | Comments - Though I was diagnosed only about 4-5 years ago as having Major Depression, I have suffered with "it" most of my life. Now I find myself with Sever Panic/anxiety disorder. It has effected my work (I am now jobless because of "it") and my overall health. Though divorced, I have a wonderful and suportive girlfriend (but with my condition our relationship is often strained). I feel that I am losing it all. I need help now before I get to the point where I do not want help. I know that I am a good person, but feel worthless. I cannot afford my meds or doctors at this point. I just want to disappear.
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| Glenda - glendack@webtv.net - 57 | | Comments - October 2003....
Does the panic ever end? No.
Therapy is trying to teach me ways to deal, but the panic comes and i can't remember the steps to take, all i feel is the panic taking over my body, fear is such a strong force, sometimes i don't even know what i fear, all i know is that i feel alone in the madness. My psych won't give me medication for my anxiety/panic, he wants me to deal with it without meds, he once said i should take a walk when i feel the panic coming on. How the hell do i do that, when i'm afraid to walk out my door? Anyone else have any thoughts about how to deal? |
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| Angela - anaheimlove@yahoo.com.au - 29 | | Comments - Sufferer of anxiety and panic attacks over 11 month period. First and only Panic attack that month started on December 24 2002, reoccured 6 times in July 2003 and none to date. Feel burning sensations in chest and discomfort that recur day after day with maybe a 1 week period of no pain.I also feel like my breathing out is shallow at times
Struggling to date to understand causes and symptoms even when im mainly calm and at rest. |
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| Teri - toohapE2@aol.com - 38 | | Comments - I've been "SUFFERING" with panic/agoraphobia for 6 years now. In the beginning I had no idea what was happening to me. It was very scary. The unknown is far worse than the known. I've been through christian counceling, I had an ER doctor prescribe an oxygen tank for home use so i wouldn't show up at the Emergency room everytime I felt breathless. I became addicted to knowing it was there when I needed it. I have tried a few different meds to help, but Xanax is the only thing that works without side effects. I have learned to live with the changes in my life, although I am not satisfied with just existing. I no longer drive for fear of having an attack while Im alone. I can not keep my new grand baby while Im alone for fear of an attack. Im very dependant on my wonderfully supportive husband. I miss my youngest daughters school events because I cant drive there alone. We are now selling our home so that I can live closer to town in hopes that I could do more for myself. Personally I think we will get closer to town but I will just stay in more because It will be unfamiliar territory. I do have better control over my panic than i use to. Alot of times I can get passed an attack by reminding myself, the alternative to dealing well with this anxiety is having a full blown attack. And I know how aweful that feels. So I try really hard to nip it in the bud! Good luck to all and God Bless You!! |
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| Tracey G - horsewhisperer76@aol.com - 27 | | Comments - i had panic attacks years ago when i was in college. I couldn't eat anything. When I would think about not eating i would get panics, which only made it worse. I am not purposely trying to lose weight, or not eat. I want to eat and be healthy and normal again. I am on lorazapam, which helps with the fearful thoughts and tremors. I read last night, on this site that someone was expirencing shaking too. I guess I'm just afraid that I will lose too much weight. I am only 95 pounds now. I am a small framed person to begin with, and never really weighed over 100-104. Does anyone else out there have this problem too? I've been trying to stay positive, and I have been able to nibble here and there, and drink liquids. But it is so hard once the anxiety takes over. Plus I have no appetite, so it is hard to eat when your not hungery. When I try, I just get a lump in my throat. If anyone is feeling this way and can help, I would really appreciate it. I don't want to go on meds. I have no reason to be depressed. I have a great fiance, a job I like, a nice apartment, I can't understand why this is happening again. I had a stomach virus a couple days ago, and since then, I have had no desire for food. That throws me into the panic attack, because I get scared I won't be able to eat again. Going to try alternative medicine, but when it comes to the moment of trying to eat, I can't get past the lump in my throat, and I feel like if I eat, I will vomit. If anyone else is not eating out there because of anxiety, please e-mail me, I need some help. |
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| Laurie - laurieo826@aol.com - 26 | | Comments - I have always had a fear of dying. Since I was a little girl I would get very upset and cry, but it went away, and I would think of other things. Even now, as an adult, that would happen to me occasionally, but it wasn't a full time problem. Nothing has happened to me, I haven't suffered a great loss or anything like that, but for some reason I have been totalt consumed with dying. I can be doing something fun with someone and all of the sudden I will think something like "someday I won't be able to do this anymore" or something to that effect and it ruins whatever fun I was having. This is the first time I have visited this site and I haven't even talked to anyone yet, but I find myself feeling better just knowing that I am not the only one who feels this way. I used to think about lots of things...I just want to feel that way again...I would love to hear from anyone who wants to talk..thanks for reading. |
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| Carolyn - grossmanconnor@bellsouth.net - 37 | | Comments - Hi! I am a stay at home mother of two. I suffer from panic attacks,agoraphobia and seperation anxiety. My problems were brought on by watching my husband die a slow and painful death with pancreatic cancer. I have been looking for support groups in my area but there are none. Looking to talk to someone else who knows what I am going through. |
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| brianne - billabongbd@aol.com - 15 | | Comments - I have been suffuring from anxiety/panic disorder for 4 years. Its gotten to the point where i have to be homebound from school because i can't sit through classes because of my anxiety. I hate it because im missing out on highschool, and im isolated in my house with no friends. Its hard to see my twin sister go to highschool everyday and comming back happy and making new friends, Im not allowed to play sports since im homebound and it makes me sad and mad. My major panic attack symptom is nausia, i get all the other lovely symptoms but the nausia is the worst, it feels like i literaly have food poisoning or something. I go to therapy and everything, but i just want to talk to someone my age that understand what im going through. |
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| Pam - italianice_pjp@yahoo.com - 24 | | Comments - I have been suffering with GAD for about a year now and it is so hard to get back to my normal life. I am now taking medication but my thoughts still will not go away. It's like an ongoing nightmare. Sometimes I fear it will never go away. |
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| Dan Alessio - danalessio2000@yahoo.com - 35 | | Comments - I have a phobic, anxiety disorder mainly with my speech; and it is severe stuttering and I've done a lot of research about it and it is definitely one of the most frustrating,deep seated-most people who stutter begin doing it between the ages of four and six-anxiety disorders that exists. The cause of it is a chemical imbalance that is triggered by anxiety causing both sides of the brain to work against each other setting off neurotransmitters that tense up the vocal cords. There are also nerve pathways from the brain that produce fluent speech which explains why some stutterers can speak fluently some of the time when they feel little or no anxiety.It is psychological and emotional than anything else, and it mysteriously disappears when a person with the problem speaks to himself or to a pet;therefore, it is conditional and situational and is more of a communication disorder than one of speech. The causes are varied and complex, and one cause is the stutterer's brain hearing himself talk and struggle that perpetuates the problem by treating words as things or objects to force unnaturally out of the body as opposed to treating words as an interrupted sequence of movement-like music or poetry-spoken by normal speakers. The problem is definitely lessened and can disappear completely when background noise is present such that cannot hear himself talk, and in ancient times it was duly recorded that stutterers were fluent when speaking at the base of a roaring waterfall. The right hemisphere of the brain has to do with rote memory, creative thinking, music,and the spacial relation between objects. For a stutterer the right hemisphere has a lot of hyperactivity that interferes with the left hemisphere. For normal speakers the left side is only used in communicating when formulating words from concepts and ideas in the process of abstraction. People who stutter are imbalanced bilaterally since the right hemisphere(dealing with the spacial relation between objects)interferes with the left hemisphere treating words as objects to force out. The mind preconceives the words as "psychological obstacles" before they are formed in the vocal cords that become tensed up because of messages that the brain sends to the nerve pathways to the vocal cords that contribute to the problem. Statistically, one out of every hundred people either has or has had a significant stuttering problem, and I would like to know if anyone knows anyone with this disorder that puts one under great social handicap,and is not something to be jeered at and not taken seriously because society at large is not informed about it. I went to a speech therapist myself to little avail, and many of them do not specialize in treating the problem and cannot understand its complex aspects because of most therapists not having the problem themselves. There are even medications(formerly used for bipolar disorders like depression and schizophrenia) to treat and reduce it, but the side effects can be devastating.Finally there have been high tech devices that are very expensive costing thousands of dollars, and they are worn in a person's ear. They operate on the principles of choral reading and delayed auditory feedback that are supposed to reduce the disorder from fifty to ninety-five percent. |
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| Natalie Wise - CreativeChic21@aol.com - 23 | | Comments - Hi everybody this is Natalie I am a sufferer of depression,anxiety,panic attacks,I have symptoms of all the different anxiety categories,including social anxiety and OCD!I was diagnosed when I was around 15/16 years old but God knows I've had seeds of these problems sprout in my childhood,I grew up a Army brat and had a pretty unstable and unhealthy childhood(propably unhealthy for me because I was a sensitive child though my parents or teachers never noticed that)I have endured alot of moves,school changes,getting picked on everyday of my school life by kids,a slightly chaotic and dysfunctional home life(no alcoholism involved though)I quit school at 16 because I was tired,depressed and couldn't take it anymore.Ever since then I have just been sitting in our house(I still live with my parents)thinking for years of what to do and how to get out of this mess.I don't have a drivers license so that adds to the problem of isolation,at this point I am trying to work on getting that done.I have been on ssri's for years(can't remember how many though)Zoloft now I'm on Paxil cr.I have really good days and sometimes I wake up in the morning basically in Hell,panic racing through my body for no known cause!I do go out to stores sometimes but i always feel like I'm in a twilight zone around people!I'm dizzy,can't see right,sweaty clammy hands and neausia and sometimes panic depending on the situation.I can't see myself staying in my house forever,I have dreams for my future too,suicide is out of the question for me (although I have thought about it on and of for years and did 1 overdose of pills when I was eighteen I didn't want to die at that point though I wanted to get help,but I know now that nobody can help me but myself and God,but other people can support and that's important!Now I know that suffering is for a purpose(a higher purpose)so our souls can grow and evolve,life is like ying/yang,good and bad,light and darkness depend on each other for existence.A soul can't really experience hope(that little light) until they've been through darkness.That's basically what I have survived on all these years Hope,even though I had my days where I felt like just giving up for some strange reason it's always there!Now I am ready to start getting out of this house,I want to finish school and go to college.I know this won't be easy but I will conquer this because now I ready.If anybody out there needs a friend and you are going thru similiar problems and are ready to fight a uphill battle and make life changes please write me!To all of u fellow sufferers out there Good Luck,hold on,God Bless and keep on trucken!!! |
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| jazz - pwink47@hotmail.com - 50 | | Comments - Anxiety...aka... depression..
tired of being treated with antidepressants which don't work.
tired of trying to feel better |
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| betty - sha7716@yahoo.com - 29 | | Comments - Hi, im a 29 year old mother of two beautiful girls. Ive been suffering from panic attacks for 2 years now. It is just now getting to the point where im afraid to leave the house, because i always have panic attacks. I was prescribed Paxil and Xanax, but i also have a pill phobia and wont take the pills. Is there anyone out there that has overcome this disorder without medicine or therapy?? If so, please email me, or if anyone just needs to talk email me, lord knows talking about it makes me feel better....Thank you and good luck! |
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| Judy - whitedoveheaven@hotmail.com - 50 | | Comments - I have been diagnosed as having PTSS by 2 leading specialists in this area, & after several personality testings. Now, everyone tells me there is no such thing as PTSS, only PTSD? It doesn't matter, whatever it is, I wish it would go away. I feel so weak as a human in not being able to overcome fears, anxiety attcks that make me feel like I'm dieing, falling, head spins, breathing problems, can't sleep, & can't seem to find anyone who can relate. My family treats me like I am mental, I try & tell them PTSS isn't mental like what they are thinking.Ignorance of those who are to love you & support you, can really hurt the healing process. All I remember, is there was incest, I was raped by someone I should have been able to trust my life with, I always lived in fear my mom would be dieing fromher bad heart, always sent to say "goodbye", till 1 day, when told to, I burst out laughing uncontrollably wondering how many times can a person die? I am married, but alone. My husband had a emergency heart surgery, which none of my family stood beside me for, I was left alone to deal with that. Then my mom did pass on , recently, my only daughter at age 26 passed on, as I was living in another state. A Dr. did a intestinal surgery on me, he wasn't qaulified to do it, messed up, & for 4 yrs. I have searched for help as I get health wise worse. After my daughters death, I lost everything. My home, my husbands job in sawmills fazed out, we had to move in with my father, leaving behind our 3 wonderful sons, & gr.babys, & pets. Now, I have no where to turn, & not the money for help. I have no friends, I only have my faith in God...which is what see's me through. Thank you for hearing me. (((God bless))) |
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| Pamela - jpbell10@hotmail.com - 40 | | Comments - Besides suffering from a number of chronic illnesses I am not trying to deal and seek counsling for PTSD, social anxiety, and non spec. depression. A lesson to all....deal with your feeling now and confront them. Dont supress them and try to ignore them for years. They will haunt you in the future and be harmfull to you mental health. After 25 yeard of supression Iit has really taken a toll on my health, life, and relationship. I am just thankfull to have an understanding husband and children who are willing to help me heal. |
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| Rona Lee - sissyvis@aol.com - 31 | | Comments - i have had anxiety attacks for years. i just found out what they were about 2 years ago. i am on paxil and doing much better. would like to go off paxil
but i am afraid of having attacks again. they are awful. i still get them once in awhile but not like before the meds. i just lost my prescription coverage and am afraid to go back to the way it was. its so scary. |
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| Cheryl - caward44@earthlink.net - 45 | | Comments - Been struggling with it almost eleven years......doing better. Will talk with anyone that needs to talk. |
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| Lin - - 21 | | Comments - Hi. I have been suffering from anxiety since I was a senior in high school. It has gotten progressively worse over the years. I had medicine that I take when I have an attack but it makes me very tired. I was thinking about going to a doctor to talk about it and see what I can do about it because it is now affecting my everyday life. I hate it. I'm not sure exactly what type of anxiety I have. I had to leave a party a few nights ago because I had an attack (too many people). Well, thank you all for listening I appreciate it. Good luck in all you do. |
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| Priscilla - SgvPrincess626@aol.com - 24 | | Comments - Hi. First time here writing. I just got through reading almost all the postings on the wall. It made me cry. I have been diagnosed with soical anxiety disorder, panic, depression and agoraphoia. It is completly comsumed my life. I cant work. I cant be alone without have major panic and anixiety. I been through therapy, medications, books. ANd im still in the same situation. Thought of suicide go through my head but thats out of the question. Im afraid of dying. My life has drastically changed from what it was just a few years ago. I was happy, fun, ,and most of all able to go and do anything i wanted by myself. That isnt the situation now. I cant go hardly anywhere alone. Or be home alone for a long period of time for that matter. I feel safe only with a certain few family memebers. Im back living with my parents. IT seems forever hopeless sometimes. I feel scared that i will have to live my life like this permenatly. Im young, this should b the time in my life when i am establising myself as a person. Its not happening. I have shunned away good friends, family memeber because i am afraid of going places with them. Its terrible. Unbearable. Im completly depressed. I try to make the most out of it. And for anyone who goes through this you know how hard it is. I just want my life back. I want it back so bad. I need someone to talk to who understands what im going through. To be my age and feel trappt. Id appreciate any kind of support. I am willing to lend a hand for a hand. I just want my life back. E mail me.... thank you..... |
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| Pamela - Peny4yrthghts@aol.com - 38 | | Comments - Hi, I just got through reading the posts and I thought Id share my story. I too thought I was all alone. I've had the Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Major Depression, and Also diagnossed as OCD. Mine started when I was 26 after the death of my Grandmother who died on Christmas Day. Brought on by Religion. I was raised in Church and was taught about Jesus, and salvation. I accepted the Lord as my savior when I was 7 but only after seeing a movie called the Burning Hell. The movie really scared me, and after the showing of it I remember going to the altar and asking to be saved. After this experience and no one to talk to about it, I developed a warped sense of who God is, was. In my 7 year old mind I was terrified of him and was thankful when my parents quit going to church. I didn't go back to church until I was in my 20's. So during this time, mind you I had all these ideas of who I thought God was, and what I thought of Him. In order to get through the scary thoughts of him I belived, I had to seperate myself from him. When I went back to Church, I met the man who was to become my husband. He was a godly man and strived to do what was right, Not perfect but he tried. I didn't measure up. All the insecurities started rearing their ugly heads and I felt the panic when ever we were on the way to church. I hid them, for years. Until My Nanny died, this was the icing on the cake. She was my world, My best friend, My everything. When she died the feelings of OH NO what am I going to do now, hit me like a ball in the face. Heaven really became real cause I knew thats where she was. So I got to dwelling on am I or am I not saved, will I see her again. Then BOOM, I was reading my bible one evening and a verse scared me to death. I shot up out of my chair and ran out the back door, hit the ground and started begging, My heart was racing so bad, and I thought this is it, I'm dying and theirs no hope for me, I've missed the mark.. I remember getting back up on my knees and crying out to the Lord to save me. And an overwhelming peace came over me, I can't to this day describe. I knew he heard me. I'd like to say this was the end of it and I've lived happily ever after but No, He delivered my soul but my mind and body is still here. I struggle with all kinds of insecurities now, religion branched over into other areas of my life, and the anxieties over not being good enough, pretty enough, etc. etc. are still with me to this day. I tried meds, Zoloft helped, and I take a valium only when I feel it getting worse. I realize this is going to be a life long cross to bear, but I have someone I look to when the going gets rough, and believe me it does. I wish It would go away. But for some reason, maybe imagined since thats what we do. It is who I am. But It doesn't have to control me, I can control it. It's when I don't check my thoughts that it gets the best of me, but I am a work in progress and maybe having this makes me a better friend and listener to those who are going through something they don't understand either. Would I wish this on anyone? Absolutely not. I just deal with it the best I can, and I have a support system in my family and friends who do not judge me for it, but are there to listen when I need it. The only one who has helped me, is Jesus, and I don't believe I could have made it this far had he not been a friend who sticks closer than a brother. He doesn't judge me for it, but understands and helps me see things clearly, and when I can't see clearly, he walks with me through them and holds my hand. God bless each of you. Your not alone, and Neither am I... If you would like to talk don't hesitate to email me. |
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| Chrisky1 - bonbon@kynet.net - 56 | | Comments - I have panic disorder and major depression, I write poems where do i post them? |
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| Aran - aran@writing.com - 51 | | Comments - I suffered panicattacks in 1997 for about 6 months it took me years to get over it, Even today I feel fear at the thought of having another.
A message for all those with 'eating problems' such as difficulty eating solid food or proper meals. Use a juicer, turn your food into drinks, it's easier to swallow liquid than solid foods when you're in this state. Or buy those liquid food supplement things. Don't give up, you CAN do it.
I run a support group on writing.com for sufferers of depression and for self harmers, I also run a support group for survivors of rape or abuse. You can find me at aran@writing.com by email or simply got to www.writing.com and type in Elysian Fields in the search bar. There are no professionals there just fellow sufferers. |
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| - aftertherain67@yahoo.com - 25 | | Comments - I went through a seriously physically and emotionally abusive relationship and now I'm having severe social anxiety and panic attacks. I'm afraid if I go out I'm just going to say all the wrong things and people won't like me. I also feel fat and unattractive. The other day I couldn't go to lunch with a group of people because I felt like all the girls were so much prettier than me I started crying. I don't want to go to the gym because I'm afraid people will think I'm fat. I've started obsessing about wrinkles I think I'm getting. I feel like I can't do anything right. I've begun having breathless panic attacks. I've started seeing a therapist but I feel so hopeless! |
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| Jim - jrr58@cox.net - 47 | | Comments - I have social anxiety disorder. I am doing pretty good being on Paxil,but I still can't go places with alot of people like to a concert, a movie, a convention center. |
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| mike tanner - MIKETANNERR@AOL.COM - 42 | | Comments - MY NAME IS MIKE TANNER AND I AM A SOLDIER PRESENTLY SERVING IN IRAQ. I AM SERVING WITH DELTA CO., 101 CAV. I AM NOT A VICTIM OF ANXIETY OR PANIC ATTACK OR PTSS. IN FACT, FOR ALMOST 9 YEARS I WORKED FOR NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH,AND, DURING THAT TIME, OPENED A PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT STONY BROOK, NY. I HAVE VISITED THIS WEBSIGHT IN ORDER TO LEARN MORE AND, PERHAPS TRY TO URGE OTHERS TO VISIT IT AS WELL. MANY OF MY PEERS WILL COME HOME FROM THE WAR, SUFFERING FROM POST TRAMATIC STRESS SYNDROME. THIS IS WHY I URGED REP. TIM BISHOP(NY) TO GET MORE FUNDING FOR THE VA AND TO BE ALERT OF THIS RISING ISSUE. IF YOU ARE A SUFFERER, TALK TO SOMEONE. MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN. I WILL HEAR AND LISTEN TO YOU...I CARE. |
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| MIKE TANNER - MIKETANNERR@AOL.COM - 42 | | Comments - IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO EMAIL ME, YOU CAN WRITE TO ME AT
MIKE TANNER
CO. D, 101 CAV. 256 BCT
APO AE 09326
AGAIN, I WORKED FOR NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH.PRESENTLY, MY CIVILIAN JOB IS DEVELOPMENTAL ASSISTANT I AT LONG ISLAND DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER, ON LONG ISLAND. I TAKE CARE OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED. I HOPE YOU WILL EMAIL AND/OR WRITE. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU..TO LISTEN...TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS...GIVE YOU HOPE. |
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| chiara - nysangel631@hotmail.com - 17 | | Comments - hi i kno i am young almost 18 but ever since i was about 16 i have been suffering as i what i think are panic attacks...im really not positive if this is them but maybe you guys would know and help me figure it out. AT points in the day i get antsy and cant sit still and cant concentrate which is usually followed by major mood swings being mad to hysterically crying to laughing again. i get shaky and i cant stop moving i get shortness of breath and sometimes i get nervous and paranoid. Sometimes going into something like a mall or a crowed place i get disoriented and i have to go to an open space. I have never really talked to anyone about this before besides a friend who goes to college for social work. My family doesnt have medical insurance and we cant afford for me to see a doctor and my school administration hates me and the only person i was talking to was the school social worker and she is on maternity leave. if any of you have ideas or anything please lemme know but i dont know how much longer i can deal with these outbursts...they arent on a schedule they usually just come and go as they want and normally the worst of it is when i am stressed or aggravated which is a lot of the time. I also find myself crying a lot but thats been ever since i was 13 i have been very emotional and tend to keep to myself and dont ask anyones for help...i dont know if its depression or me just being too concerned... please help thank you all |
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| Mike - mikebhanson@hotmail.com - 27 | | Comments - Hey folks. Well it's beena long time since my head went west. I've got the distinct feeling it ain't comming back. Still, you gotta larf eh. Agoraphobia is not so bad, neither's losing your job or life in general to this illness. I know it's scary and every day's a struggle. Unwanted thoughts seem to wreck your head from morning till night, but you didn't really expect life to be all wine and roses did u? Anyway. I used to sing in a band back here in Liverpool. We did pretty well. I'm including the words from a little song I wrote back in the early phases of my anxiety disorder. It went down really well when we gigged it. It's caled "Janey Got Sick". I hope u like it. Goes a little something like this...
Well I never, did you hear,
Janey got sick nearly disapeared,
When she came back she was thinking clear,
She just got a little paranoid.
Now she's really feeling fine,
And she understands the meaning of a damn good time,
Out of the place where the sun don't shine,
Just got a little paranoid.
Just take it one day at a time,
Feel good and don't be too unkind,
To yourself,
We're not angels,
We get a scare from time to time.
Janey woke up with a bug to bear,
Now she's living in a place where the air is clear,
Doesn't have the answers but she doesn't care,
Just got a little paranoid.
She's got a roof on her head and a million toys,
A lot of good friends in the girls and boys,
Bad time with her dreams but she's filling the void,
Just got a little paranoid.
Just take it one day at a time,
Feel good and don't be too unkind,
To yourself,
We're not angels,
We get a scare from time to time.
Laterz potaterz!!
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| A. Non - nospamplease@mail.com - 37 | | Comments - I most definitely have been a sufferer! One of the things that helped me was "EFT", although the practitioners of this "pseudo-therapy" are far too wrapped up in childhood-trauma-repression etc for my tastes. I have a blog that I just started at http://cognitive-cognitive-cognitive.blogspot.com
that might be of interest. Block the address and paste into your web-browser, if you want to visit...you are wlecome. |
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| Patty - arid04@yahoo.com - 24 | | Comments - Hi everyone!! I've been suffm anxiety for the last 2 years off and on. I don't want to take any medications, but if anyone out there knows of an alternative remedies please e-mail me. Thanks!! |
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| Pheren - PARISJHN@YAHOO.COM - 17 | | Comments - I am often |
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| kylaBlue - personalgrowthpoint@mail.com - Undisclosed | | Comments - Dear Group,
I am a fellow social anxiety sufferer. I believe that cognitive behavioral therapy is *key* to healing & life improvement.
I know that that many SA/SP sufferers are not able to afford ongoing therapy (steady, full-time work is a struggle for those with chronic debilitating anxiety) and this type of cognitive restructuring home study program specifically for anxiety disorders, is a “saving grace” alternative.
The program has helped thousands, and the great thing is that you can work on it at home everyday (therapy once per week never seemed like it would be enough) without any monetary worries about continuing with it, as can often be the case with office therapy.
I ordered the program out of curiosity, and was so impressed with it that I got in touch with the program creator, another anxiety sufferer for near 20 years, who created the program out of sheer necessity in her own anxiety ridden life, and was healed by it.
I decided to begin promoting and selling it myself. I wanted to share it with other anxiety sufferers(whether it be social phobia, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia) in hope
that you might receive the same relief, regaining of hope, and regaining of life, that thousands of
others have.
Know that your entire thinking structure can change, and when this happens, unbelievably, those (debilitating) automatic thoughts that you don't even realize happen, change too. After that, your *life* changes…
If you’d like to have the Conquering Anxiety Success Program to work through in your home, you can get it at:
http://www.colba.net/~lifepath/html/programs_books.html
If you follow the program and work hard, I *know* it can help you change your thoughts & change your life quality significantly…
Kyla Jasine
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| Stephanie - stepne82@yahoo.com - 23 | | Comments - After reading everyone's story I realize I am not alone.
This is all new to me. Back in Jan. of 2005 I had wierd feelings come over me. The doctor said it sounds like I was having panic attacks. We were getting ready for a move so I figured I was just stressed and anxious about all the changes.
But things have not gotten any better. I'm currently trying to get help by therapy and some medication.
Anyway, I have more to say and share with others who would love to talk! I just moved to a new location so I don't have much friends. I enjoy having someone there to listen and share stories about how we feel.
Feel free to write me! I know we can all use the support.
Thanks and best wishes to all.... |
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| s - sjac0307@brockport.edu - 25 | | Comments - about a year ago i began having these anxious feelings where my mind raises, irrational and negative thoughts swirl. i have become so consumed with it that i have let it take over my life, especially my relationship. i think there are 1,000 things wrong with me and my self-esteem has plumetted. i'm constantly trying to "think" my way through "it" and pin point what it is. i don't know what to do next and i am breaking down bit by bit. |
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| Cognitive Therapy Interestee - mathhelpbooklets@mail.com - 37 | | Comments - I strongly recommend cognitive therapy for anxiety and depression. Anyone interested in this might want to go to my blog: Anxiety and Cognitive Therapy Blog |
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| Brian - instep4n12@aol.com - 26 | | Comments - I have Panic Disorder and I am a recovering alcholic and drug addict. I have been sober for 5 years now but can not get a handle on my panic/anxiety issues. I just quit another job because I can't handle the stress/anxiety. Being a recovering addict, most anxiety meds are off limits for me because of there abuse potental, and the non- addictive ones don't work for me! Anyone have any ideas or experiences, please let me know. |
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| Melissa - melmerfeld@yahoo.com - 25 | | Comments - "To try to ignore or erase our past is to rob ourselves of our own hard earned wisdom." I have been suffering with anxiety, depression, fear of germs, and agoraphobia most of my life. It has robbed me of living and enjoying life to the fullest. It is a day to day battle. We are not alone. |
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| Judy - dbannie82@hotmail.com - 42 | | Comments - What an awesome site I've stumbled onto! My story goes something like this. When I was 24 I began having what I term "out of the blue" panic attacks. I had to leave work lots of days, although I probably shouldn't have been driving. I nearly had to leave stores while I was in the checkout line because the world began spinning out of control. It turned into a form of hypochondria, due to the physical symptoms of these attacks. I was constantly at my doctor's office for things like chest pains, nausea, etc.; I'm sure my doctor was getting quite tired of seeing me as he could find nothing physically wrong. Finally one day he prescribed Xanax, and that worked wonders - whew! I was only on it for a short time, got better, and then started having symptoms of depression around age 30. I'm now struggling with constant worry and fear - sometimes real issues, sometimes imagined. I'm once again on Xanax and it does help, but sometimes the worry becomes so overwhelming I feel like the world is crashing in on me. I'm very fortunate to have an understanding, supportive husband, as well as loads of close friends, who we get together with often. I do sometimes drink too much, which of course takes the worry and fear away for a few hours, but the "mornings after" are unbelievably hard to bear - not the hangovers, the anxiety. My most overwhelming fear right now is the thought that our beloved 13-year-old cat is aging and starting to have quite a few health problems. I tell myself that I'll be OK when that horrible, inevitable day arrives, but we have no children so have become VERY attached to this kitty. I know the Lord will give me the strength to get through it when the time comes; hopefully my doctor will give me enough meds! I really shouldn't joke about something so serious, but I try to find humor in everything - it really does help. I would love to hear from others who can relate to this constant worry I suffer from. |
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| Judy - dbannie82@hotmail.com - 42 | | Comments - What an awesome site I've stumbled onto! My story goes something like this. When I was 24 I began having what I term "out of the blue" panic attacks. I had to leave work lots of days, although I probably shouldn't have been driving. I nearly had to leave stores while I was in the checkout line because the world began spinning out of control. It turned into a form of hypochondria, due to the physical symptoms of these attacks. I was constantly at my doctor's office for things like chest pains, nausea, etc.; I'm sure my doctor was getting quite tired of seeing me as he could find nothing physically wrong. Finally one day he prescribed Xanax, and that worked wonders - whew! I was only on it for a short time, got better, and then started having symptoms of depression around age 30. I'm now struggling with constant worry and fear - sometimes real issues, sometimes imagined. I'm once again on Xanax and it does help, but sometimes the worry becomes so overwhelming I feel like the world is crashing in on me. I'm very fortunate to have an understanding, supportive husband, as well as loads of close friends, who we get together with often. I do sometimes drink too much, which of course takes the worry and fear away for a few hours, but the "mornings after" are unbelievably hard to bear - not the hangovers, the anxiety. My most overwhelming fear right now is the thought that our beloved 13-year-old cat is aging and starting to have quite a few health problems. I tell myself that I'll be OK when that horrible, inevitable day arrives, but we have no children so have become VERY attached to this kitty. I know the Lord will give me the strength to get through it when the time comes; hopefully my doctor will give me enough meds! I really shouldn't joke about something so serious, but I try to find humor in everything - it really does help. I would love to hear from others who can relate to this constant worry I suffer from. |
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| teresa - sweetteabeach@aol.com - 43 | | Comments - i have fear and aniexty or panic attacks that are so severe at times that i am afraid to get out of bed or go outside i feel at times like something i after me i go to sleep only to wake up in full blown panic maybe at times because of a dream i am so nervous all the time and i just hate being this way when it happens. it almost makes me wish i could go to sleep and not wake up i dont have alot of people to talk to. i am home alone 4 days a week and my one neighboor is recovering herself from heron so she is on lots of pills and not much of a support person somes times i feel like i have agoraphobia i live at the beach and i am afraid to go outside sometimes how crazy is that?hope im whining but i need some suggestions or to learn ways to cope with this thing |
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| steve - stephenlad@aol.com - 42 | | Comments - i have suffered from anxiety for 22years i would like to correspond with people who are also dealing with this contact me at stephenlad@aol.com |
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| Jenny - bigscruff@aol.com - 47 | | Comments - Trying to keep going and wish I never found out anything about me. To me some memories should be left in the grave and I never had shock therapy because I fought against it and now I wish I wouldnt have fought so hard. |
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| Tiffany - Tifagurl332003@yahoo.com - 21 | | Comments - Life is what me we make... |
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| Tiffany - Tifagurl332003@yahoo.com - 21 | | Comments - I had my first attack on December 15, 2004. I was sitting in room after i just got through fussing with my sister. All of sudden i feel overwhelming feeling of fear and pain in my chest,I didnt know what wrong, i thought i was having a heart attack. I was taken to hostipal and my doctor was called and she told me that i had panic attack. I sat on the hostipal bed and wonder why i had to have a panic attack. I was embrassed and wanted to go home. In the car ride home i though " Why did this happen to me", and i still felt scared. I felt like i was going crazy and i still feel like im going crazy. Now that is August 2005 i still feel scared because i keep thinking im going to die or something. I just want to know when my life will be the same again. Or have some happines. I also found out after my doctor told me to found out if anxiety or panic attacks run in my family. As i came to find out my father, and two of my aunts have them on my father's side. And on my mother's side i have one cousin who has them. I felt relieved because i thought was the only feeling this way. When my father turned 21, he told me thats when all started. Even though he doesnt have them much anymore, he tells me it was hard for him to get through it. But he did. And that gives me hope, because if he can help himself i can do the same too. But im far from fine, i want to become better, so i can truly live life with happiness. |
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| katie - cherrytree333@hotmail.com - 18 | | Comments - Im only 18 and for the past 2 years my anxiety has slowley developed. I was in a serious relationship for 3 years my bf messed me around and made me loose all of my friends, when i finally came to terms with his cheating and lieing he left me for someone else. After that my self esteem went right down hill, im scared, fearfull and i constantly have anxiety attacks especially when i meet a familiar face. The person will try to talk to me but i will freeze up, shake and fill with tension in my face so i cant even bring about a smile. I worked in a local shop and whenever someone walked in who i new i would run into the bk have a panic attack and wait for them to go away. Its really upsetting because friends that are not as close dont realise what is wrong with me. It makes me feel like i have a bad personality and that il never make close friends again. At school i got along with everyone and my life couldnt of been more perfect. Im starting college soon and im absolutley terrified about how i will cope. I constantly cry, iv had hypnotherapy and counselling and neither really helped. I just hope that one day i can wake up and feel really happy again. If anyone would like to talk or give me advice on what to do then please email me. |
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| Janet Sara Cesario RN - janc211@cs.com - 48 | | Comments - self-published in a state of hypo mania
all work for awareness and charity
www.trafford.com
"Snapshots in Black and White"
"Seeking the Rose Colored Glass" |
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| Rick Miller - rixahoot@myway.com - 42 | | Comments - Fear sucks!
Hello, I'm all messed up. I've been living with the constant fear of it all for ever. I used to be functional, but I quit working, so now I'm a domestic hostage! People think I'm rude or stuck up because they just don't know. I don't answer the phone anymore (there might be someone on the other end...YIKES). OCD is bad enough: I think I'll clean the house, oh wait, I have to make a list first. I mean really, I can't just get up and do something without a LIST!! Thank god for routines. I live my life in a constant routine.
Wake up.
Be scared.
Throw up.
Talk to myself.
Go to bed.
Let's see...that's about it.
I'm not as bad as I sound, I can function, I just don't want to. Stomach Cramps and paranoia that everyone is watching me. That's why I have a sense of humor. See, if I make a fool of myself in front of people, then I don't have to worry about making a fool of myself in front of people(I think Einstein had a theory for that). Oh well, I found this site and just thought I'd throw up some nonsense to let the world know I'm still alive...If you call this living? |
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| Summer - cabremom02@yahoo.com - 21 | | Comments - I started having anxiety attacks when my mother very first became sick with cancer. I was by her side the day she took her last breath and I was only 15. Anxiety began to run my life. I couldnt sit in class at school I couldnt do anything. I bagan taking paxil and for 4 years or more never had one attack, had my daughter and got married I was going on with life. I thought I was cured, wrong. This past year I got pregnant with my now 2 month old son and decided I didnt want to be dependant on any kind of medication and abruptly quit taking my antidepressant. I was fine until two weeks after my son was born and suddenly the overwhelming fear that I am going to die has once again takin over my life. I hate this and now I am so scared that I will not be able to get better. The doctor has now put me on zoloft and xanax. I ve been on the meds going on 3 weeks this friday and Im not feeling better yet only tired and weak, side effects of the medicine. I hope that myself and all people out there with this problem can find some kind of help. |
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| Jim - tees67@hotmail.com - 57 | | Comments - Social Phobia made me a prisoner in a world which I felt like I never belonged to. I have been seeking help for many years and finaly found it 5 years ago in Nardil which has been a lifesaver for me. I will never be like everyone else but I now know I have found my way back to the world I missed for 50 years. |
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| Terri Otero - oteromom@aol.com - 45 | | Comments - I am wondering if anyone has had a 3-4 day recovery period after an anxiety attack. I've been treated for depression for over ten years, but only had attacks this month. (3 in 4 weeks)
Dr. isn't sure yet it's anxiety attacks.
First 24 hrs. following, I am so sick, I cannot get out of bed, eat, drink. Pretty much sleep 24 hrs. Third day, I nibble on bread, still nauseated, weak, diarrhea. By the fourth day, I can finally shower and dress, just a little weak. Each day gets better. I can't believe it takes so long to recover. Dr. gave me Tenormin and Xanaz to help with heart rate and anxiety. Blood pressure never became unstable the whole time. Any input, please email me. Thank you. |
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| Dave - DJohnson241@gmail.com - 28 | | Comments - "Reality is not real"
"Break from the matrix of life"
http://www.kertera.com - Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Philosophy. |
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| lateria - stressedbookey19721988@yahoo.com - 33 | | Comments - Recently ive been dealing with alot of ugly thoughs I cant stand to been alone even when I in the bathroom. have thoughts of death everyday and stay at the emeergency room until now I just don't go because of all the bilss i have racked up. I really don't have asocial life have no frineds not even aboyfriend.work all the time I use to work alot of long hours but haet doing that because I'm on the night shift and I afraid to ride home alone. Im afraid fo myself what should I do no one really replys back except to sell some medication. reply |
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| Jen - Blondblaze333@aol.com - 24 | | Comments - Hi, I've been suffering from GAD for probably my whole life, but since I started college, it spun out of control, and I had to get help or else I feared I'd take my own life. I was put on medication, and now I'm faced with an even more difficult (yet amazing) situation: professional school. I'm surrounded by smart people who seem so calm and collected, yet inside, I feel like a mess. If I didn't have medication, I'm not sure where I'd be. If I even miss a day, I feel awful. I need it or else I'm afraid I'll "go crazy."
I'm hoping one day that I will start to feel better, maybe once I know that I will be OK and that I am not in danger of ever failing any classes and losing my dream. It is just so unbelievably sad that I cannot live life without my medication. But if it ultimately shortens my life (and there is no evidence of that), so be it.
I'm here to chase after my dream in my schooling. I just hate, hate, HATE how GAD affects me. The chest pains, hyperventilating, and feeling nauseous before exams (and exams are every week) take a huge chunk out of my energy and self esteem, but what am I to do? Sometimes I feel like I'm having a heart attack, and then, sadly, a part of me mumbles, "good riddance." |
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| Danny - razercut2000@yahoo.com - 30 | | Comments - I have never been to the doctor for any problems with my thoughts, Because I dont wanna believe that I have any problems. When my mom was sick and dying I would get these feelings that I was going to die in my sleep, and that I wanted to call my whole family and say bye to them all but I didnt want to worry them. My worst feeling is the feeling of failure. Heaven forbid I make a mistake because im my worst enemy. If im alone its not bad but if someone is around I start to panic and get sick to my stomache and I also have to go to the bathroom immediately. Starting new jobs just means that I lay awake all night telling myself that I cant do it. Even in alot of my dreams im a failure. I thought dreams were supposed to be fantasy. I just wonder if anyone has the same feelings as me. It would make me feel better to know that someone is out there with similar problems. People always say dont worry about it. I just wish it was that easy |
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| kirsten - msbartender@comcast.net - 22 | | Comments - panic attack help |
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| kirsten - msbartender@comcast.net - 22 | | Comments - im 22 and my panic attacks are getting unbarable. what doesnt help is the fact that i am a hypo and my doctor just told me he is takingme off the xanax. i am on lamictal and not feeling any affects yet. please, i am about to make a move across the country and i need some suggestions to relieve my pain. my email is msbartender@comcast.net....anyone please help. thank you.
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| stacy - stacey.mcleod1@ntlworld.com - 23 | | Comments - Hello everyone...
My name is Stacy,I am 23 years old and I live in London with my mother and my boyfriend..
About 2 monthes ago I had my first panic attack,I can honestly say that I have never been so scared in my whole life,I did not have a clue what was happening to me and was sure that I was dying.My mother rushed me to the hospital but I could not get myself out of the car,my heart was racing,I had pins & needles in my hands and the fear that overcome me was so frightening that I was sick outside the car door,I just could not go inside that hospital as I was so so scared so my mother had to drive me home again.
Back at home I sat on the sofa shaking my hands to try and circulate the blood around my body,I was sweating hot and my mouth had dryed up so my sister was pouring water into my mouth.My mother was on the phone to the emergency doctor to try and get him to come to our home as I could not go out the house,my sister was crying and very frightened and all I kept saying to her is that I was "fine and dont "worry about me, when really i was thinking i was taking my last ever breaths but I no way wanted to scare her even more..
After about 30 mins I was sitting up in my bed feeling sick and still so frightened,i thought I had a bad illness like meningitis and that I was going to die,I remembered the symptoms for the illness after reading them from a leaflet in the doctors a couple of monthes prior and was convinced that I had it..
The doctor could not see me that night so I had to wait untill the next day to go to the doctors myself,I woke up feeling so frightened of going but I made myself go knowing that i was probably going to have another attack as soon as i walk out the house as I was so worried but i knew i had to find out what was wrong with me.
The doctor put me on "beater blockers" they control my heart rate so whenever I feel anxious I take one but they do not stop you from having "Fearful Thought" they just calm you down.
Since that night 2 monthes ago I have had only 1 other attack which was no way as bad as the first one because i knew what was happening to me so it was not as half as frightening as the 1st as i have learnt to calm myself down....
My advise to everybody who suffers from panic attacks is to really stay in control of yourself,when you start to feel anxious completely change your thoughts to something positive in that split second that it comes over you,it wont stop the negetive thinking altogether but it should certainly improve it as you wont be giving the negeative thoughts enough time to let yourself become afraid of them.
I really hope ive explained myself ok and im sorry if some people can not understand what i am trying to say,I am still battleing to beat this each day and i have my first counseling course this thursday "my birthday" just my luck lol ( but who's being negeative lol) I am hoping with all my heart that this will be the end of my fearful thoughts and that maybe they can really help me to find out why i am feeling this way and to put a stop to it.I will keep you up to date after my lesson and tell you how it went.
I wish you all the best in trying to resolve your problem and i really do feel for each and every one of you as i know how frightening it is...
best wishes
Stacy
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| karen - karen.king87@tesco.net - 37 | | Comments - Have been having panic attacks for over 3 years now. Treated with seroxat (sort of!). Now trying to reduce medication and panic attacks starting all over again! Is there no end insight? Luckily my husband understands as best he can but I feel such a failure at times. |
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| diana jones - dianajones7@hotmail.co.uk - 38 | | Comments - hi my name is diana my friends call me di.i am so glad i found this site,i know i am not alone with all this.i have had panic and agrophobia for 10years,i was doing so well the last 2years i could go out of the house as long as i had some one with me,then my mum died in november and now i am back 2 were i started.the panic attacks r with me every day and i dont go out much now.i wake up every morning and the anxiety starts.i just want my old life back,but the old diana has gone.i wont give up life is for living not just for surviving.if there is any one that would like to chat.i would love it if u got intouch with me.my e.mail is dianajones7@hotmail.co.uk.thanks bye for now.god bless.x |
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| Brian - MasterFug@yahoo.com - 22 | | Comments - Hello! I started having panic attacks after watching a movie when I was 15. I don't know what it was about the movie, but it really got to me. I remember getting sick, trembling, not being able to sleep, sweating badly, and not being able to control my thoughts. The thoughts that I was going to die, or that I wanted to die scared me badly. That night I didn't sleep much. 7 years later, I am on medication and am finally accepting that I need to get help. The medication has controlled them for the most part, as I don't get them nearly as bad as I used to. I have joined the support group here and will be attending Tuesday's group on Panic attacks.
The problem for me is that when I get the bad ones, I just want to die... I have a wonderful girlfriend and there is nothing really wrong with my life. But I guess I just get so frustrated with dealing with my problem that my mind tells me it would rather die. I know that I would never do it, and I know that it is irrational, but I can't control my mind from thinking it. If anyone has had symptoms like this, please contact me and let me know what you do/did to get over it. I'd really appreciate the help! Thanks! |
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| joshua shallcross - emerald knight@yahoo.com - 25 | | Comments - i am male 25 looking for a group to talk about my panic and anxiety |
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| Cate Smolinsky - smolicious@hotmail.com - 16 | | Comments - hello, My name is Caitlyn Smolinsky and I am doing a research paper for my 10th grade honors class on phobias. If anyone here is agoraphobic or used to be and dosen't mind me asking them a few questions that would be great. Any infromation at all would be alot of help. If you have any infromation at all please e-mail me. Thankyou |
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| Lisa - thedancelisa@yahoo.com - 40 | | Comments - My name is Lisa and I suffer with Panic disorder and Anxiety with aggoraphobia. It's been 3 years almost for me and to live day to day with this illness isnt for me. When does it stop? Or am I going to be a rat for the doctors out there that put you on all kinds of med's. I have been on 28 different kinds and now I am down to 1 because I refuse to be not in control of my life. I was taking Adavin, Now I take Klonopin twice daily to make it throught the day! I had my first panic attack while driving my car. would go into the outside world for almost a year. I have appied for SSI because I cant live not working or surporting my two children. Well one lives at home the other is on his own. But to drive is out of the question and to shop or even to take a walk outside. I hate being alone also. You just never know when or where you might have an attack and that is what scares me the most of this crap I call it! Man if only there was a way to get rid of all this pain. I used to be fun and full of life. This panic has taken it from me. What do I do! If you want to give me any advice, feel free to write me. Thanks for reading my story!
LISA |
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| Robert Jaworski - rj41@hotmail.com - 51 | | Comments - On the Managing Your Boss article - Marilyn Puder-York:
What a crock! Marilyn has obviously never had any direct experience with this situation and sounds like a company hack. Give 'em a pat on the head and send 'em back into the grist mill. |
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| Robin - RobinU0110@aol.com - 49 | | Comments - I feel I am shy and do not express myself on any topics to friends. I
am ready to reveal a strssful history -
something I don't tell anyone. anxiety
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| Lisal - LGManriquez@msn.com - 25 | | Comments - I'll say to all of you the best thing there is for a sufferer is putting hope in God and learn the bible.I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.Nothing worked for me, medicine helped but I did not want to depend on it.So I got off of it and leaned on the lord for understanding and help.It'a all about renewing your mind from all the corruption.Even if you believe it or not this is the TRUTH! Please contact me. |
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| Leah - minniesmommie@hotmail.com - 25 | | Comments - Hello there. I have always has anxiety issues as long as I can remember. I don't know if it is genetic, but my dad suffers from anxiety as well and has been taking valium for probably 15 years or so. I had my first panic attack when I was 21, shortly after 9/11. It happened at work and was very scary and very embarrassing. After that, I never had another panic attack until I was 24 after the birth of my daughter. My husband was working long hours which left me home with our daughter 24/7. The stress got to be too much to the point where I started having chest pains, chest heaviness, shortness of breath, pains in my left arm...I even ended up in the ER twice in a weeks time. I literally thought I was having a heart attack and was going to die...I found myself pleading with God to let me live and not to take me away from my husband and child. I was briefly taking zoloft and in counseling, but decided I didn't want to get dependent on the zoloft and sort of fell off the wagon with my therapy. At present I am contemplating getting back on my medication. My husband has deployed for six months and I'm once again feeling the panic attacks coming back. This all sounds so negative, and I suppose it is but, I feel really good to get this off my chest, to say it "out loud" so to speak. At the risk of sounding cliche, I don't feel so alone in this after reading other peoples' experiences with anxiety and panic. Thanks for sharing, everyone. |
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| Lisa - lisamarie164@yahoo.com - 39 yrs. old | | Comments - I have suffered from anxiety for years now but it's pretty much under control with zoloft. I also have a chronic heart arrythmia and have been cardioverted several times in the last 14 years. I was just cardioverted a couple of days ago and am having flashbacks of the painful shock. is there anyone out there that suffers flashbacks of any traumatic event that can offer me some coping skills.please email me with any suggesions. |
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| Christina - eyecandy1123@yahoo.com - 27 | | Comments - Hello everyone. I had my first panic attack in February of this year. I moved from California to Arizona. I left my family to move here with my boyfriend of 2 1/2 years in hopes of starting a future together. The panic attack was brought on by the move but I am sure they stem from other issues in my life past and present. Panic attacks are so overwhelming and scary. They would leave me weak and tired. From then on I have suffered from GAD. I am seeing a Psych and am taking Lexapro and Xanax. I also see a therapist once a week. I have always been able to have a good time. Now I find myself always worrying that something is wrong with me physically. I am very afraid of dying and that only adds to the anxiety. I will get twitches in my legs from the anxiety and then think it's something else. It's funny because I know what is wrong with me but still try to find other reasons behind what I am dealing with. It's like it's hard for me to accept what I am going through. I don't want to have to depend on medication to make me feel better but it's my only other option for now. I am hoping to get over this hurdle some day. I just want to be "normal" again. |
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| Jill - jgrant58@hotmail.com - 21 | | Comments - I had my first panic attack in a year tonight. I thought I was rid of them for good. The weird thing is that I was in a room full of all my friends, people I usually feel safe with, and out of nowhere I got that disoriented, head spinning, heart racing feeling. It should be a familiar feeling, but it felt just as scary as my first one. I really hope they aren't going to come back regularly. I'm finally starting to get my life in order. I don't think I can make it through another episode.
It seems like everytime I have an attack, I forget that I've experienced these feelings before and I freak out all over again. So maybe someone could tell me... is it normal that now, a few hours after the attack, I'm feeling queasy and nauseated and my legs are still shaking?? |
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| Copesee - decherdpa@comcast.net - 45 | | Comments - Does anyone else out here suffer from fear of thunderstorms, especially lightening. I've suffered for years and have just about had it with my life coming to a complete stand still everytime a thunderstorm is forecast for my area. I'm tired of self medicating and quivering whereever I can hide my self when the storms hit. |
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| William Wright - vercimber@hotmail.com - 27 | | Comments - I had my first anxiety attack 2 weeks ago, and have had attacks on and off since. All I know is that, even thoiugh I used to dismiss this sort of thing in others as psychosomatic and the symptoms of a hyponchondriac, I now have been delivered and recognize how debilitating this sort of thing can be. My doctor put me on Zyban, which is helping, but not enough. |
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| Amanda - amanda_mary_kathrine222@hotmail.com - 24 | | Comments - Every day is a struggle when dealing with panic and anxiety disorder. I sometimes feel like I am all alone and as though I am missing something in my life, the little something that is suppose to make me happy. I constantly wonder if I will ever feel happy or content with my life or will I always be looking for that something that is suppose to make me happy and break me out of this sadness? To all the suvivors on this board there is always hope you just have to keep looking until you find it never give up! Take life one day at a time. |
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| Jiulio Consiglio - info@jiulioconsiglio.com - 34 | | Comments - Hello everyone, I am here to offer inspiration and hope. I suffered from anxiety between the ages of 19 and 33. Tried everything and really got no lasting results-until Nov 2005. After reaching a threshold, I became enlightened, virtually transcended thought. The "thinker" or ego in my mind constantly had me bouncing between the past and future. It would bring on anxiety and then have me believe it would happen again and again-anticipatory right? You see, we have come to understand that the ego is only a "macho" thing, that it only has to do with vanity, etc... In fact it places every automatic negative thought in our minds.
I realize the suffering the suffering that occurs with anxiety, for 14 yrs it impacted my life tremendously-but it brought me here today where I live with a silent mind and live MOMENT BY MOMENT. Practicing meditation will help silence the mind. A silent mind is peace beyond measure.
I will offer 2 suggestions- Practice living in the Now, or moment by moment and challenge your negative thoughts. It is belief in these that causes pain. The fear and anger that is attached to anxiety is like a low vibrating energy-makes us feel uncomfortable. Practice observing the thinker, not react to it. I have written a powerful book to begin a process of healing. It is entitled, Challenge Your Thoughts: Healing Mind, Spirit and Body with Truth
Peace and Blessings, Jiulio Consiglio |
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| Masahiro Saito - masasaito@saito-therapy.org - 62 | | Comments - Hello
I am a Japanese and suffered from social phobia for 3 decades and finally
finished this illness. I am very happy now and established new therapy
called Saito Therapy.
It is very hard to cure anxiety people but gradually increasing number of
people succeeded to get out of this metal problem in Japan by this therapy.
Please visit my site. You can start new life.
http://saito-therapy.org/english/index.htm
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| Jeanette C. - jrc527@yahoo.com - 59 | | Comments - I look in the mirrow and I wonder where the person I use to be went, sometimes I get a glimps of her looking back at me, but all to quickly she is gone, and the new person I have become is there and how I long for and miss the person I use to be..........6 long yrs I have suffered with the anxiety/panic attacks..negative people, with negative thoughts can bring me down faster than anything, and trigger an attack. At times I feel the anxiety and panic is gone, but I now realize it never ever really goes away completly.....it, like so many other things, seems to go into remission for a while, and then....well, those of you on this site know what I am talking about...the only good thing that has ever come out of this horrible feeling is just knowing that once you have experenced something for yourself, you are then able to feel for others and maybe be a help and an encouragement to them~along this roller coaster ride of fear and dread of the next epasode........God Bless each of you that lives with this strange disease.... |
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| Jeanette C. - jrc527@yahoo.com - 59 | | Comments - I look in the mirrow and I wonder where the person I use to be went, sometimes I get a glimps of her looking back at me, but all to quickly she is gone, and the new person I have become is there and how I long for and miss the person I use to be..........6 long yrs I have suffered with the anxiety/panic attacks..negative people, with negative thoughts can bring me down faster than anything, and trigger an attack. At times I feel the anxiety and panic is gone, but I now realize it never ever really goes away completly.....it, like so many other things, seems to go into remission for a while, and then....well, those of you on this site know what I am talking about...the only good thing that has ever come out of this horrible feeling is just knowing that once you have experenced something for yourself, you are then able to feel for others and maybe be a help and an encouragement to them~along this roller coaster ride of fear and dread of the next epasode........God Bless each of you that lives with this strange disease.... |
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| Jeanette C. - jrc527@yahoo.com - 59 | | Comments - I look in the mirrow and I wonder where the person I use to be went, sometimes I get a glimps of her looking back at me, but all to quickly she is gone, and the new person I have become is there and how I long for and miss the person I use to be..........6 long yrs I have suffered with the anxiety/panic attacks..negative people, with negative thoughts can bring me down faster than anything, and trigger an attack. At times I feel the anxiety and panic is gone, but I now realize it never ever really goes away completly.....it, like so many other things, seems to go into remission for a while, and then....well, those of you on this site know what I am talking about...the only good thing that has ever come out of this horrible feeling is just knowing that once you have experenced something for yourself, you are then able to feel for others and maybe be a help and an encouragement to them~along this roller coaster ride of fear and dread of the next epasode........God Bless each of you that lives with this strange disease.... |
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| Jeanette C. - jrc527@yahoo.com - 59 | | Comments - I look in the mirrow and I wonder where the person I use to be went, sometimes I get a glimps of her looking back at me, but all to quickly she is gone, and the new person I have become is there and how I long for and miss the person I use to be..........6 long yrs I have suffered with the anxiety/panic attacks..negative people, with negative thoughts can bring me down faster than anything, and trigger an attack. At times I feel the anxiety and panic is gone, but I now realize it never ever really goes away completly.....it, like so many other things, seems to go into remission for a while, and then....well, those of you on this site know what I am talking about...the only good thing that has ever come out of this horrible feeling is just knowing that once you have experenced something for yourself, you are then able to feel for others and maybe be a help and an encouragement to them~along this roller coaster ride of fear and dread of the next epasode........God Bless each of you that lives with this strange disease.... |
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| Jeanette C. - jrc527@yahoo.com - 59 | | Comments - I look in the mirrow and I wonder where the person I use to be went, sometimes I get a glimps of her looking back at me, but all to quickly she is gone, and the new person I have become is there and how I long for and miss the person I use to be..........6 long yrs I have suffered with the anxiety/panic attacks..negative people, with negative thoughts can bring me down faster than anything, and trigger an attack. At times I feel the anxiety and panic is gone, but I now realize it never ever really goes away completly.....it, like so many other things, seems to go into remission for a while, and then....well, those of you on this site know what I am talking about...the only good thing that has ever come out of this horrible feeling is just knowing that once you have experenced something for yourself, you are then able to feel for others and maybe be a help and an encouragement to them~along this roller coaster ride of fear and dread of the next epasode........God Bless each of you that lives with this strange disease.... |
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| Jeanette C. - jrc527@yahoo.com - 59 | | Comments - I look in the mirrow and I wonder where the person I use to be went, sometimes I get a glimps of her looking back at me, but all to quickly she is gone, and the new person I have become is there and how I long for and miss the person I use to be..........6 long yrs I have suffered with the anxiety/panic attacks..negative people, with negative thoughts can bring me down faster than anything, and trigger an attack. At times I feel the anxiety and panic is gone, but I now realize it never ever really goes away completly.....it, like so many other things, seems to go into remission for a while, and then....well, those of you on this site know what I am talking about...the only good thing that has ever come out of this horrible feeling is just knowing that once you have experenced something for yourself, you are then able to feel for others and maybe be a help and an encouragement to them~along this roller coaster ride of fear and dread of the next epasode........God Bless each of you that lives with this strange disease.... |
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| Jeanette C. - jrc527@yahoo.com - 59 | | Comments - I look in the mirrow and I wonder where the person I use to be went, sometimes I get a glimps of her looking back at me, but all to quickly she is gone, and the new person I have become is there and how I long for and miss the person I use to be..........6 long yrs I have suffered with the anxiety/panic attacks..negative people, with negative thoughts can bring me down faster than anything, and trigger an attack. At times I feel the anxiety and panic is gone, but I now realize it never ever really goes away completly.....it, like so many other things, seems to go into remission for a while, and then....well, those of you on this site know what I am talking about...the only good thing that has ever come out of this horrible feeling is just knowing that once you have experenced something for yourself, you are then able to feel for others and maybe be a help and an encouragement to them~along this roller coaster ride of fear and dread of the next epasode........God Bless each of you that lives with this strange disease.... |
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| Jeanette C. - jrc527@yahoo.com - 59 | | Comments - I look in the mirrow and I wonder where the person I use to be went, sometimes I get a glimps of her looking back at me, but all to quickly she is gone, and the new person I have become is there and how I long for and miss the person I use to be..........6 long yrs I have suffered with the anxiety/panic attacks..negative people, with negative thoughts can bring me down faster than anything, and trigger an attack. At times I feel the anxiety and panic is gone, but I now realize it never ever really goes away completly.....it, like so many other things, seems to go into remission for a while, and then....well, those of you on this site know what I am talking about...the only good thing that has ever come out of this horrible feeling is just knowing that once you have experenced something for yourself, you are then able to feel for others and maybe be a help and an encouragement to them~along this roller coaster ride of fear and dread of the next epasode........God Bless each of you that lives with this strange disease.... |
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| Jeanette C. - jrc527@yahoo.com - 59 | | Comments - I look in the mirrow and I wonder where the person I use to be went, sometimes I get a glimps of her looking back at me, but all to quickly she is gone, and the new person I have become is there and how I long for and miss the person I use to be..........6 long yrs I have suffered with the anxiety/panic attacks..negative people, with negative thoughts can bring me down faster than anything, and trigger an attack. At times I feel the anxiety and panic is gone, but I now realize it never ever really goes away completly.....it, like so many other things, seems to go into remission for a while, and then....well, those of you on this site know what I am talking about...the only good thing that has ever come out of this horrible feeling is just knowing that once you have experenced something for yourself, you are then able to feel for others and maybe be a help and an encouragement to them~along this roller coaster ride of fear and dread of the next epasode........God Bless each of you that lives with this strange disease.... |
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| cassy clark - rjcclark@comcast.net - 29 | | Comments - getting a grip |
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| cassy clark - rjcclark@comcast.net - 29 | | Comments - I have had anxiety/depression for 6 yrs now. I had short lived success with prozac, and lorazepam. I have now chosed to stay off of the antidepressants, due to the side affects. But now I cant seem to get a handle on the anxiety. the lorazepam is not enough. the anxiety just builds up inside and I can't get anything done, I just want to sleep or zone out watching tv so I dont have to listen to all the thoughts rushing through my head. I just get so overwhelmed. It helps just gettting this out in a place that others feel the same, Thank you. |
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| Rudoplh - matticc@gmail.com - 24 | | Comments - I haven't been diagnosed with agoraphobia or depression but the symptoms show up in so many ways. Noone in my family believes it but they do see a major problem in the way I behave. avoiding acquaintances, relatives and friends because I can't think what to say to them. Conversations don't last very long or none whatsoever for whole days. I can't help acting weird around strangers, not talking and absent-mindedness. Waking up in the morning is filled with anxiety and I only get up because I have to go to school but all along the way I feel so depressed and I don't really feel upto it, I am afraid of failure in everything so I don't do much. In college or at school it interferes cause of the large numbers of people on campus at anytime. This has been going on for a large part of my life with some periods of contentment and bliss but this is the way I have been since childhood and haven't known anything else, it has become part of my personality. My family thinks I am going through a phase and expect me to get over it, it is expensive to get drugs for treatment and stuff like therapy for me especially here where males aren't supposed to show weaknesses like this or have emotional instability at all. Drug abuse from age 19 to 23 was one escape but I have stopped and I am counting on guidance from Jesus. After reading about this in lots of articles now I have hope that I can change or at least live with the way I am. |
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