or u need to keep taking them till your last days if u want to keep good results?
were u or someone u know taking such pills and it removed anxiety problems for good, and u stopped taking them long ago and u r cured for good?
You can't "cure" any mental illness. Facing one, like anxiety, will be a lifelong battle. There's no silver bullet that will make it all go away, as nice as that would be.
Talk to your health care provider about options, your illness, and side effects. Together, and with some trial and error, you can find the right prescription for you (if indeed one is needed at all).
Please make sure, however, that a medication, and not a simpler solution, is what is needed. Sometimes talk therapy, meditation, or other treatments can be equally effective without having to resort to drugs.
Remember — the best you can hope for is to reduce your anxiety problem to a manageable level. If you go into this fight with realistic expectations, the outcome will be more favorable for you.
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I am on 10mg of prozac but would like to maybe try something to help me like valerian any other ideas? Last night I got stuck obsessing on my miserable and abusive childhood. I would like to stop that. I do take a mulitvitamin
Just decide if your going to let your past ruin your furture.
You and only you can take your past put it in a box, store it on a shelf in your mind and keep the lid on it. The drugs or any other crutch you use will only help for so long. Eventually your going to have to deal with it and get over it or let it ruin your whole life.
Ever heard of a WHAILING TREE?
In many countries people have a whailing tree around their home. The family will go to that tree and cuss, kick, yell or what ever they need to do to release anger so they can enjoy life. The saying is a tree is stronger than a man and can stand all the pain man can't.
I used to use bags of sand to kick behind the house when no tree handy. Make sure the sand stays dry and loose you can hurt your foot bad kicking hard wet sand in tight bags.
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I have a panic disorder with agoraphobia that I have been dealing with for many years. I’ve lost my job, my home, and I can’t drive without having them, I am working on agoraphobic situation with cognative behavioral therapy and that is slowly working. I have read plenty about what to do when I have an attack and practice relaxation methods, but what I can’t find is when I can feel an attack coming on, what should I do? The relaxation methods don’t work. Example situations would range from when I go out with someone else driving to go to the bank or when I friend is coming over to visit. I am VERY anxious before these events, sometimes for days prior. I was hoping someone had some methods/advice to help me cope with this. I am happy with the rest of my treatment but I don’t know what to do about the fear of having a panic attack…
Thank you!
I am currently on Klonopin, but am working very hard to get off of it as it does not stop the attacks, I have been on it for about 2 years. I have tried well over a dozen anti-deppressents, each one for at least 2 months, some for years, they did not help, some even made it worse. So, drugs are not the answer for me. I have seen many doctors, and still do but this has been going on for many years, the CBT therapy is the only thing that seems to work.
So it seems that positive self talk is a good method? I have tried and continue to but I have not had much luck so far. Thanks for all the responses so far!
Okay i know exactly how you feel because i went thru that time in my life as well where i couldn’t go anywhere without that anxious feeling and getting panic attacks all of the time, at school at home my life was just a big panic attack. But then i started going to cognative therapy like you are but it took a lot of work and time. You really have to listen to what your therapist tells you to do because it will really work. You can’t stop a panic attack from happening but when it comes you can make it very short and they will keep getting shorter and shorter until they don’t come anymore. My therapist told me when i get the feeling like i’m getting one i feel like i am dreaming i say to myself its okay i am okay, i have gotten this feeling so many times before and nothing has ever happened to me. Then the panic feeling goes away. A panic attack is just you reacting to that feeling, if you don’t react it will go away. So try saying that you yourself when you are getting that feeling. You can do it, it takes work but i know you can. If i did it, so can you. Just listen to your therapist maybe right in a diary, tense and relax your muscles for 10 seconds each 10 times this will all get better it is just a phase. Fight those panics! :]
I have a panic disorder with agoraphobia that I have been dealing with for many years. I’ve lost my job, my home, and I can’t drive without having them, I am working on agoraphobic situation with cognative behavioral therapy and that is slowly working. I have read plenty about what to do when I have an attack and practice relaxation methods, but what I can’t find is when I can feel an attack coming on, what should I do? The relaxation methods don’t work. Example situations would range from when I go out with someone else driving to go to the bank or when I friend is coming over to visit. I am VERY anxious before these events, sometimes for days prior. I was hoping someone had some methods/advice to help me cope with this. I am happy with the rest of my treatment but I don’t know what to do about the fear of having a panic attack…
Thank you!
I am currently on Klonopin, but am working very hard to get off of it as it does not stop the attacks, I have been on it for about 2 years. I have tried well over a dozen anti-deppressents, each one for at least 2 months, some for years, they did not help, some even made it worse. So, drugs are not the answer for me. I have seen many doctors, and still do but this has been going on for many years, the CBT therapy is the only thing that seems to work.
So it seems that positive self talk is a good method? I have tried and continue to but I have not had much luck so far. Thanks for all the responses so far!
Okay i know exactly how you feel because i went thru that time in my life as well where i couldn’t go anywhere without that anxious feeling and getting panic attacks all of the time, at school at home my life was just a big panic attack. But then i started going to cognative therapy like you are but it took a lot of work and time. You really have to listen to what your therapist tells you to do because it will really work. You can’t stop a panic attack from happening but when it comes you can make it very short and they will keep getting shorter and shorter until they don’t come anymore. My therapist told me when i get the feeling like i’m getting one i feel like i am dreaming i say to myself its okay i am okay, i have gotten this feeling so many times before and nothing has ever happened to me. Then the panic feeling goes away. A panic attack is just you reacting to that feeling, if you don’t react it will go away. So try saying that you yourself when you are getting that feeling. You can do it, it takes work but i know you can. If i did it, so can you. Just listen to your therapist maybe right in a diary, tense and relax your muscles for 10 seconds each 10 times this will all get better it is just a phase. Fight those panics! :]
Also what about Kava Kava
The best natural treatment is to talk to some who will listen to you and not judge you. Pill and drugs will only temporarly stop depression, but if you can overcome it without drugs then you truly are a strong person.
Also what about Kava Kava
The best natural treatment is to talk to some who will listen to you and not judge you. Pill and drugs will only temporarly stop depression, but if you can overcome it without drugs then you truly are a strong person.
so i have had anxiety for about 3 years now ever since i almost overdosed on cocaine ive been clean since and would NEVER NEVER NEVER think about ever using again but im 19 years old now almost 20 and i get anxiety alot and it seems like everytime it happens my left arm and chest start to hurt i feel like i cant breath and i get cold and clamy i feel like i did when i went to the ER for the drugs i was using and even tho its been 3 years i cant get that feeling out of my head and im just wondering it anxiety can be brought on by painful experiences like the one im describing???
The same thing happened to me. I was using crank though and the same thing happened. Although I was having the same exact pain for a year straight and thought it was because of the drugs I had used. Then one doctor told me that it wasn’t that it was because I had anxiety. he then prescribed at that time zoloft and it worked. THANK GOD!! I eventually stopped taking zoloft and it started again and now take paroxetine.
Anyways I think you should talk to your doctor about these symptoms to be certain that nothing else is wrong with you. If nothing else is wrong then more certain you do have anxiety and can cope with different methods like with meds,breathing techniques, and cognitive behavioral thearapy.
Take care and if you want to talk just e-mail me.
so i have had anxiety for about 3 years now ever since i almost overdosed on cocaine ive been clean since and would NEVER NEVER NEVER think about ever using again but im 19 years old now almost 20 and i get anxiety alot and it seems like everytime it happens my left arm and chest start to hurt i feel like i cant breath and i get cold and clamy i feel like i did when i went to the ER for the drugs i was using and even tho its been 3 years i cant get that feeling out of my head and im just wondering it anxiety can be brought on by painful experiences like the one im describing???
The same thing happened to me. I was using crank though and the same thing happened. Although I was having the same exact pain for a year straight and thought it was because of the drugs I had used. Then one doctor told me that it wasn’t that it was because I had anxiety. he then prescribed at that time zoloft and it worked. THANK GOD!! I eventually stopped taking zoloft and it started again and now take paroxetine.
Anyways I think you should talk to your doctor about these symptoms to be certain that nothing else is wrong with you. If nothing else is wrong then more certain you do have anxiety and can cope with different methods like with meds,breathing techniques, and cognitive behavioral thearapy.
Take care and if you want to talk just e-mail me.
I don’t do drugs on a regular basis. I have but haven’t for over a year. Just curious to see what people response would be to this.
extasy was my choice of drug..
It is definitely possible.
Another way to look at it is the possibility that you were inadvertently trying to self-medicate anxiety that was already present with the drugs you were using…
Most anxiety symptoms and conditions begin to present in the early-20’s. That’s something to keep in mind, too. If it feels like it has come on “all of a sudden”, that’s fairly typical from what I’ve experienced.
I don’t do drugs on a regular basis. I have but haven’t for over a year. Just curious to see what people response would be to this.
extasy was my choice of drug..
It is definitely possible.
Another way to look at it is the possibility that you were inadvertently trying to self-medicate anxiety that was already present with the drugs you were using…
Most anxiety symptoms and conditions begin to present in the early-20’s. That’s something to keep in mind, too. If it feels like it has come on “all of a sudden”, that’s fairly typical from what I’ve experienced.
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