Anxiety is taking over my life?
i have been going through the same thing for years, TELL YOUR PARENTS, it will only get worse, trust me, if it's already making you a hermit then its time to get meds, im sure you dont have to resort to meds, getting them is not that easy you will have to get them from a psychiatrist first so go to your doctor and get referred to a psychiatrist and tell them, AFTER you tell your parents of course. Don't hide it, it will ruin your life. You can always try natural meds first and or different breathing techniques but none of that worked for me. I have taken effexor xr but it gave me naasty side effects so i am on paxil and have been on and off of it for 9 years and it does the trick. Anxiety sufferors usually have a lack of seretonin. Anti-Depressant meds help your body keep the seretonin levels even therefore you feel good, hope this helps. Tell someone.
Anxiety is taking over my life?
I've had anxiety problems for years now. I get heart palpitations with my anxiety sometimes (heart flutters). I've also had the heart monitors on, and they come out normal. Have you tried taking something for your anxiety? Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan, Haldol...they might help. I currently have Xanax and it helps me. Since I've been taking it, my heart symptoms have decreased. Has your doctor done an echocardiogram (a sonogram of your heart) or a stress test (walking on a treadmill while hooked to a monitor and having special medications given to watch your heart better)? That might be something else to consider before you go through with a heart cath. Sometimes I don't even feel anxious when my heart starts to flutter, but when I take my xanax, it settles down and I don't have the problems anymore. I have started exercising too, which has helped. It not only strengthens your heart, but helps you to release tension. Yoga is supposed to help with that. I don't do yoga, I prefer to walk and jump-rope, along with a few other excercises. I also started reading. I choose to read romance or nonfiction books, I stay away from the mystery or action/horror books since they can elevate anxiety. Also if you are on any street drugs (marijuana, cocaine, caffiene pills (nodoze), they can all cause the symptoms. My husband took Ginsing pills to help with his energy levels and ended up with heart palpitations and chest pains. Good luck on your problem. Just keep following up with your doctor.
This anxiety is taking over my life what should I do ?
Please don’t judge me on what I’m about to say the reason I don’t go get help is cause I don’t want to sound like I’m crazy or a threat to anyone , I’m really scared and have no one to talk to but here I go ever since I was 12 years old I always heard voices in my head telling me to do horrible things to people like my mom and dad and brothers they’re more like images in my head it’ll go away and come back a few months later and till this day I still have it except I feel like it’s stronger now it tells me to hurt my husband and my baby daughter and I wake up in the middle of the night sweating and crying , I always tell the voices to leave me alone and I tell them I’d rather kill my self then to ever hurt my family , it shows me images of me hurting my daughter in her sleep and hurting my husband in his sleep I’m not capable of that I’d rather kill myself , I always pray to god to make those voices go away and it doesn’t help I don’t know what to do anymore I want to take myself to a mental hospital cause I can’t sleep anymore or take it anymore , it’s been happening for 3 weeks now especially at night I tell my husband about it but he brushes it off , my parents know I heard voices when I was younger but I’m so scared to tell my mom
Anxiety taking over me life?
I can understand what you are going through as I am going through the same thing. I have anxiety that can make me feel like I want to dig a hole and crawl inside sometimes. I was going to a psych doctor for a little while but he seemed only mildly interested in my issue and gave me Lamictal. I do not like the medication at all. It does nothing for me (and I've been on it for awhile). The doctor kept saying we just need to keep you on it and up the dosage. Well, needless to say I stopped going to that doctor and am going to see a new one. I thoroughly suggest going to see another doctor and explain every single thing that you are feeling. That is the only way they can completely understand what you are going through. Good luck. I feel your pain and sincerely hope that you too are able to beat this. Anxiety and depression is a horrible thing to go through but with good doctors and people around to love on you I think you will be okay :)
Anxiety has taken over my life?
My anxiety has taken over my life. I can't do anything anymore. I don't even want to get out of bed in the morning. :( I tried seeing a therapist, but she turned out to be a total dud and not helpful at all. I tried to see another, but the only one near me that accepts my insurance just rings and rings, so I go frustrated and gave up. I just don't know what to do anymore. I am so sick of living like this. Help.
PLEASE, my anxiety is taking over my life?
I'll tell you about treatments you may not have had, but the thing I want to emphasize is that you have to recognize the symptoms for what they are. Fast heartbeat and sweat don't bother us when we've been running, but they seem terrible with at attack. Running away from an attack makes it worse. Let it come and go, like a summer shower. Controlled breathing was shown to be more effective than cognitive therapy in a clinical study. http://pahealthsciences.com/biofeedback.... http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/12/21/... A self-help support group that uses a methodology designed by a psychiatrist has been helping people for generations. You can find out by googling Abraham Low Self Help. The author recommended most often by mental health professionals is David D. Burns (When Panic Attacks). This is a very brief summary of his advice for panic: * Exaggerate your fears instead of running away from them. Try your hardest to “crack up.” * If you’re afraid of doing something silly in public, do something silly, on purpose. * Expose yourself to whatever you’re afraid of instead of running away. * Keep a daily mood log and write down negative thoughts. Identify the distortions in your thinking and replace them with more realistic, positive thoughts. * Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of worrying and avoiding whatever you fear. * Substitute reassuring, peaceful images for frightening daydreams. * Distract yourself with intense mental activity. * Write a dialog with an imaginary hostile stranger who puts you down for feeling anxious. * If you are ignoring problems that need to be dealt with, get in touch with them. Confronting a problem you’d rather forget can free you from worry. There's another approach that you might call semi-self-help because you should consult with a doctor before trying it. It's called interoceptive exposure therapy. The idea is teaching yourself not to fear the symptoms of the attack. A study compared CBT with interoceptive exposure. "There were no significant differences between treatments as to reductions in panic frequency, daily anxiety levels and a composite questionnaire score, at posttest after the 12-session treatment, and at both follow-ups (4 weeks, 6 months)."
Anxiety is taking over my life! Help?
Effective natural treatment for anxiety is shown at * http://your-mental-health.8m.com/blank_2... and page i. Passionflower (as directed, or 1 drop in a cup of warm water, 4 times daily; view http://altmedicine.about.com/od/anxiety/... ) may be helpful, short term, with other herbal remedies shown at http://www.online-herbal-remedies.com/he... or L-theanine: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=l-theanine%3B+anxiety&btnG=Google+Search If using a RECOMMENDED * brand of St. John's Wort (take with meals to avoid possible stomach upsets) view the websites about it on page B*, and if also using UP TO 50mg of 5-htp daily - http://www.foodforthebrain.org/content.asp?id_Content=1635 refers- in addition, (or UP TO 200mg of 5-htp if NOT using the wort. I note with interest that in the study referred to, 300 mg of 5-htp was used) take with a very low protein meal, to maximise the amount crossing the blood/brain barrier, with no, or extremely little protein 2 hrs before, to 2 hrs afterwards. I suggest beginning with 50 mg on the first day, and if no adverse reaction, keep increasing it until reaching the desired level, to let your system accustom itself to it gradually. Google maximum safe dosage. Alternatively, use SAMe, but nothing else. I'd avoid medications, except as a last resort, and even then, only use temporarily, as they don't address the causes, merely (imperfectly) treat the symptoms, and carry risks, and side effects. Learn and employ the relaxation techniques (begin with Progressive Muscle Relaxation) and the EFT variant for use in public places, in case it is needed there. View http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110809233516AAc55Wj about panic attacks.
Help, I feel like giving up... Anxiety is taking over my life.?
Its really hard to answer a question like this in a small comment box - obviously this is a serious problem and shouldn't be taken lightly, but i also want to help so i say... Stop being afraid - decide that that part of your life, being afraid all the time - is over. This may sound ridiculously impossible but just go with it. Tell yourself everyday that 'being afraid' is over. Nobody is ever in control of everything. Find a therapist or friend to talk to. This can be very hard when you dont even think you can leave the house, but sometimes its like talking about the problem takes part of it out of your body. Does that make sense?! You've done alot by even writing this email. Personally for anxiety, exercise helps me alot. Walking around the block, home work out dvds etc, are awesome - and you can do these privately, hopefully get your confidence up and then maybe take a class out side the home. This will help with the anxiety, restore confidence and energy, distract you from thinking about negatives for too long, and hopefully even boost your amount of (hopefully supportive) friends. Remeber, you're still here - so part of you knows there is the possibility of things getting better. And they will. Everything changes - weather you want it to or not! Hope this helps. Don't worry. It won't always be like this.
Anxiety has taken over my life?
God can be your savior. About a year ago I suffered from anxiety/panic attacks, depression, dissociation (feeling like I was in a dream and nothing around me was real), post traumatic stress disorder, and a drug addiction. I was going to kill myself and I knew that I just couldn't continue living this way. I had more than 5 years of mental health treatment including several long hospitalizations. Anyway before I made the attempt I prayed to GOD. I prayed that I knew no one else could help me, not the world or anyone in it. I knew that only the creator of the universe, the one who can bring people who were dead for 3 days back to life, I knew only that GOD could help me. And I prayed to him to please bring me healing and the holy spirit to guide my life and transform me. That I believed that Jesus the Christ was raised from death for me and I wanted to accept him... because of the evil in this world I desperately needed him to save me. The next day my drug addiction was GONE! I did not want it at all! I started reading the bible DAILY and my anxiety and depression and attacks are all gone. If I go more than 4 days without reading God's word I feel that sense of sadness come back, it is just so uplifting to be in his word. I am completely cured for about 8 months now. I urge you to pray to the living GOD, the GOD who sent Jesus the Christ, and raised him to eternal life. Pray to him and he will not forsake you. He is the comforter. I will be praying for you friend. May GOD bless you spiritually and heal your wounds. With love, Alicia
Anxiety and depression is taking over my life?
Hi Dorothy I feel what you are going through and there is light at the end of the tunnel for any one that wants to take the next step. I find anxiety, depression and feeling scared are all part of the same symptoms although there are not enough people out there that really understand it and its complexity but i found one site that seems to really tackle the specifics of the problem. I think deep down it comes down to self esteem and being able to progress and move forwards. The only thing out there that i have seen that tackles these issues is the http://www.thelindensmethod.com/ . It really does hit the spot, I got the dvd and package way back 4 months ago and some of the tips that i uncovered in addressing your own body balance and what foods we eat really does have an effect on us. We have to teach our minds new habits and new ways of thinking. One of the many tips i have learned in reducing anxiety from the dvd is drinking 4 cups of cammomile tea a day, also with the same cobination of healthy foods especially ones with vitamin B6 works wonders over time. Charles Linden use to be an anxiety sufferer he suffered from panic attacks, social phobia, low self esteem, depression you name it the list goes on. The one hope we all have is that he has conquered alot of his phobias and anxietys this is why he developed a program to help people. What ever you do just understand the is hope and options out there for everyone. Keep learning and keep growing ;). Good luck