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Hi all,
Sorry for another "help me" post but I seriousely need some advice as I don't have access to a professional psychiatrist where I am in Asia.

Well it all started about 5 years ago when I got married and had a son :lol:
But seriously....I've always been a high strung person even as a child. somewhat short tempered, impatient, somewhat stressed, somewhat of a worrier,quite ...

I'm not quite sure what is wrong with me, but for almost a year and a half I have just been falling apart inside. I'm terrible with social situations now and I can't bring myself to stay an evening out, I have to leave whatever event, gathering or place I am, no matter how many or how little people. My mind races and I want to get home and it angers me as to why ...

hello, how are you? helllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooo!

I smoke too much.
I worry about things that I have no control over.
I interfere with my daughters lives and how they raise the grandchildren.
I can't go to sleep at times, because I have these crazy dreams about someone hurting my girls and grandchildren, or I'm worrying about a fire, car accident, things like that.
Sometimes I feel like there's electricity running through my body and I can't get it to stop.
There ...

Ok, there are a lot of details, so I'll do my best to condense it as much as possible.

Ever since last year (around the Spring of 2007) I've had uncontrollable anxiety attacks. I'd get them mostly in restaurants, before going on rides at amusement parks and in the classroom. The restaurant and classroom settings were where I got it worse. I'd get this choking sensation in my throat (to steal an analogy from "Bag ...

Is this gonna end someday??

Hi all,

Okay heres the story, about a year and a half ago I was diagnosed with pre-hypertension. I would always stress about work, family, gf problems, ect. and i would have trouble sleeping so I began to smoke marijuana as a stress reliever for all my problems. It began socially for fun but led to it being my main solution for relaxation so I could go to sleep comfortably at night. It would be ...

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Hi,
I've never been diagnosed with any mental health issue.
My mom has suffered from panic attacks, and what I believe is bipolar disorder but that was in the past and never diagnosed.
As a child I had panic attacks and was taught deep breathing.
After completing graduate school, I am at a stressul point in my life.
Anyway...I've noticed...
- having dark thoughts in the midst of intense joy (really dark...like...muders of loved ones). ...

I know alcohol, tea and coffee are a no-no in anxiety, but are sugary foods also to be avoided?