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Severe Anxiety looking for ppl with same disorder. I'm new

Postby HopefullJane » Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:05 am

My name is Jane....I'm a 23 year old from Perth and have had anxiety since i was 17.
Ive come to this site to hopefully find other ways of coping with this disorder. I have taken many different medications, seen loads of gp's/therapists/phsycologists and have tried alternative treatments like hypnotherapy, groups sessions about understanding the disorder.... Ive managed to get to certain points which had got me feeling better and then i seem to fall back into that black whole of hopelessness. It would be great to hear some stories from people who have had good experiences with treatments and have managed to overcome their disorder.
My anxiety is not with a specific situation or thing. I get it in public, i get it at home watching TV, i get it pretty much everywhere and anywhere. I know in my head there is nothing to be afraid of but something there in my brain tries to convince me otherwise. The feeling of fear is awful! crippling! and with this disorder i have also managed to create more. I get paranoid about being sick or ill. If i see a mark on my body i cant help but believe it is a terrible terminal illness of some kind.
When my anxiety comes on i feel dizzy, i feel as though I'm going to pass out, i get that sensation of things not being real, a weak feeling fills my body and i cant hold myself up. The list could go on.
I don't know if its because maybe i am not persisting enough with treatments (and i do know its not a problem where it fixes itself over night) or if maybe i just haven't found the right treatment or med.
I have a almost 2yr old son which makes life so much more difficult because there are just times where i cant bring myself to get in the car and go to the beach or go with him and his father to his granparents for dinner. I miss out on so many thing because of my anxiety and it is depressing and debilitating.
Some one please bring me some hope because this vicious circle of 1 step forward n 10 steps back is so disheartening.
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Postby 4horsegal » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:20 am

Go to therapy and stick with it this time and keep trying medications. If your meds don't work, go back and ask them to raise the dose.

I know the feeling. I am anxious 24/7 and even the smallest things will make me really really anxious.

I do best on medications as it reduces the anxiety feeling.

You may want to ask your doctor to do some blood work to check hormone levels, just in case you have a medical problem causing your anxiety.
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Postby HopefullJane » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:58 am

Thanks for your reply.
I'm planing on starting cbt classes n hope it will help me with dealing with the anxiety comes on. It's just so hard to not run away wen you feel the anxiety coming on, the feeling is unbareable n I feel as though no matter how many times I stay put n get through it the feeling will always be ther and never get easier. Guess I jus have to stay positive and keep biten the bullet. Thanks for the advice.
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Postby OMNICELL » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:43 pm

12 step groups. Work the 12 steps on paper with a sponsor. The 12 steps were originally for chemically based addictions. Their goal is to clear out the persons Psych node channels. Meaning, clear out the resentments. Take a gook look at my behavior around others and the world I live. What is my role in it. When I know My role. I can do something different. Willingness is the key.

What are the resentments from the past. Resentments are the killers. Within the 12 steps. Their is the 4th step inventory of ones life. This teaches me a system for looking at my role and how I feel when dealing with resentments.

I need a family to work with that is connecting, loving and caring. 12 step group. therapy group. Probably not family...

Meds? get them adjusted. New meds are always coming out. They worked to mask the pain , However, they would stop working on me after awhile. I lasted about 5 years for me until they started wearing off.

I need a higher power greater then myself that I can turn to . A real relationship. Not the middle class kind of stuff. But the street level stuff. Survival level relationship with God. A real relationship. I then learn to take God with me at every turn. I will learn to take God with me at every turn. And that is OK because Im sick and need help. And God is their to help me. And because Im coming to the end of myself.. that is when I will reach out to God.

Thier are many more things... It just takes time.. Hang in their..
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