Hi all I hope ur well
Am struggling I just want to feel normal again I don't want to feel so anxious and want to be medication free JUST WANT MY OLD LIFE BACK!!!
Has anyone come out the other side of this and got back to normal! I've done cbt course and has helped a bit but I feel like am going nuts today am trying not to take my diazepam to ride how am feeling out!
Am trying to educate myself on anxiety and panic but my brain don't absorb any information, I won't to understand how these attacks work all I know is when ur having a attack it can only ever last at its peak for 15 to 20 minutes! But why am I anxious all the time am I anxious about another attack!
Do I have a anxiety disorder like my doctor said or have I got a panic disorder! How do you tell what is what
Sorry for boring you just got no one to talk to.
Hi Kevin,I know exactly how you are feeling,I too want to be back to my old self,desperately. I too am trying not to take diazepam today,but might give in and take half (1mg,not sure if it's worth it?) Are you on any other medication that could help? I have tried reading all sorts of anxiety help books,but like you,when anxious I can't absorb any info. I'm glad cbt helped you a bit,I'm on a waiting list. Do you feel the fact Christmas is so close is making you more anxious,I know it is with me. Panic and anxiety are so closely related,it's a fine line between the two I think. PS.you are not boring anyone,we are here to help each other and not feel so alone
Hi justine thank you for response am on pregablin as well. Today I've just had enough but I want to battle through it and learn how to battle and get strong minded against this awful feeling I think keep taking diazepam just cheats you out of learning how to calm urself down by urself! Try and be strong
There are some great reading books that allow you to self help yourself thru, CBT is defiently worth a try and maybe some Stress management as stress in most case ( but not all ) is associated with anxiety
Done my cbt course was helpful to a point it was more aimed at towards anxiety and I think I've got a panic disorder cos I panic in big crowds and driving
I hope CBT works for me as Anxiety cause me anxiety with certain appointments.
My therapist encouraged me to look at the new me, not the old one because as she said you will never be the old you again because the old you hadnt had all the same life experiences yet... She was right! I have accepted that i have changed over the years and i have to learn to love the different me that i have become.... Does that make sense? Probably a bit deep if so sorry
HimKevin, I've come through it three times, currently in my fourth relapse and it's by far the worst ive experienced.
Apinan I am sorry to hear your on your 4 relapse it must be frustrating. What have you tried in the past ? You got thru it 3 times is there anything you can go back too
Hi Kevin, I am sorry to hear that you are not feeling too well...
I tend to think that taking medication prescribed to you is the best opition..you can then have a very long period time of calmness, years if need be... then when you feel stronger both mentally and physically you can if you wish begin to wean yourself off slowly.... I have been on sertraline and pregabalin for many years ( with no side effects whatsoever ) and I. Have to say it literally saved my life,, I am quite happy to take them for ever.... I take asthma medications, stations, hrt , and tramadol every day and I will have to lifelong... I really don't know why we view any medication linked in any way to mental health wellness with such suspicion and sense of worry.... I wish you well, take care ... regards.Dee x
Thanks dee! Am just sick of this constant anxiety it's like someone pointing a gun at me and am standing there no knowing if they gonna pull the trigger or not! I just had enough of it all I've done nothing to deserve all this am a 32 yr old bloke don't smoke don't drink and never touched drugs in my life so why me! I just wanna try a different approach to it now and try not to get dependant on the meds I wanna learn and understand but nothing absorb in
She is a fruitcake, your personality doesn't change, you can change your habits. You know it from inside something is wrong, dont let someone else tell you otherwise, it is YOU that knows something weird, not right, odd, not yourself is happening. Not because you have grown up, cause they want a compliance society as they teach awareness this and that, almost similar to hypnosis, which by the way, medical knows how to do and use pyschotherapy to alter a way a person thinks.
Dear Kevin, I feel for you and I sincerely wish that things get better for you, keep asking your GP for more help. Kind regards, Dee xx
I disagree, she wasn't a fruitcake, she saved me from going mad! I had 8 sessions of CBT with her and every one of them helped me see my illness in a different way.... She helped where doctors have failed for years to help me! This was alongside medication too but i don't know where i would be right now if i. Hadn't had both of them