hello all. it would be nice to know some success stories. has anyone had any improvement in there conditions or had a full recovery. ? if so how? it would be great to share those stories with others facing the battle.
knock on wood lol I have gotten muchhh better with my anxiety. It still comes and goes but definitely progressed a lot in coping with it.
I first started having panic attacks/anxiety about 8 years ago at 20 yrs old. When I first got them I lost 10 lbs (no appetite) and I was constantly upset/scared. I suffered a lot with denationalization, confusion, and feeling like I was going to end up in a mental institution. I didn’t tell anyone really about it, didn’t try any meds for it at all. I would constantly keep myself busy and go out a lot so that I was distracted- I was mentally and physically exhausted.
Fast forward a few years, I began to be less scared of it. When I’d be in another anxiety phase I realized it was only temporary, the bad feelings would pass, and that I was not going crazy. My family was a big help, I would talk to my parents a lot about my anxiety and they were very understanding (they too suffer with anxiety). I also had xanax prescribed that I take only on rare occasions, when it’s a really bad day. Having the xanax was also a HUGE help, sometimes just knowing I CAN take it if I need to calms me down in itself.
Fast forward to now, I’m a lot more accepting of my anxiety. It still comes and goes. I struggled with a lot of health anxiety in the last year or so after losing a loved one unexpectedly. But I began seeing a therapist and I also read some books on anxiety, such as “Anxiety & Phobia Workbook (6th edition)”. I HIGHLY recommend that book, it’s soo interesting & helpful.
At the moment I’m in a good, no anxiety phase. But I know that won’t last forever. However, I am definitely a lot less scared of my anxiety now than 8 years ago. I’m able to tell people about it, I don’t hide it anymore, and I learned coping techniques like mediation and deep breathing exercises so I don’t even need to use xanax much anymore. I take xanax still for flying but the last time I took it on a reg day for anxiety was at least 2 years ago now.
That was supp to be depersonalization** lol not denationalization
I can feel massive improvements.
Mine started with a burn 6 months ago out where I literally couldn’t function for a month, couldn’t go to work, didnt want to eat and couldn’t sleep.
I got alot of physical symptoms headaches etc which then turned into health anxiety about brain tumor.
I’ve seen a massive improvement in the last few weeks which has come from accepting its anxiety and using CBD oil as I find it really calms me down along with meditation to keep me grounded.
It’s a long battle but I know I’m winning it.
yes it can be is just hard really hard but if you try really hard and strong you can i been recovered for almost 2 years on nov 16 2016 i started exposure theraphy i cant believe last time i had a panic attack was feb 2017 i dont get anxiety high like i used too just little little i have ocd it was hard also depression so i had to push my self to think positive all the time all this worked so much 100% i doing so much better i cry because i cant believe i did this i never been on medication talk to your therapist about exposure theraphy this work 100% for any anxiety disorder if you have depression check your vitamind d3 level use vitaminds and i know is hard but think positive you will make it