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| Help For People Regarding Panic/Anxiety/Depression
Posted: 4/30/2006 9:17:41 AM | I've been diagnosed with a generalized anxiety disorder and clinical depression. It's easier to know that there are others on this site with the same problems. Thank you.
My biggest trouble is that I am allergic or at the very least sensitive to most chemical drugs. I was hospitalized for a month in '05 because of the common drug, paxil. If you've never heard of a Serotonin Syndrome, I'm not surprised. Either had I. I'd also been on the drugs for three weeks without any sign of trouble, and had taken the drug the year before for 3 months. What it did to me was pretty simple. It basically caused me to regress to the mind of a three year old. I had "seizure-like activity" and had to be sedated most of the time because I was scared of everything and anything. I had to learn how to walk, talk, read and write all over again. I made super-fast progress, but everytime I had a seizure, I'd regress again. After I returned to my normal mind-set and was released from the hospital, my daily functions were never the same, and still aren't. Sometimes I can't think of words and I quite often call things the completely wrong name. Also, for a couple of months after I was released from the hosptial, I suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and I would regress again for a day or so every now and then. It was a completely traumatic experience and has worsened my anxiety disorder considerably and also added "addiction to a sedative" to my list of problems. Since, I've seen a specialist and still have not been able to find an anti-depressant/anxiety med that doesn't give me terrible side effects. I have to live without the help of chemical drugs and the constant fear of putting any sort of pill (herbal included) into my mouth.
Anyway, I'd like to warn everyone out there who has a sensitivity to pharmaceuticals. Either don't take these sort of medications or find a doctor who has the knowledge about drug sensitivities to help you select one and a low dosage to start. Almost all of these drugs can have devasting side effects, so be careful. I'd also like to point out that I am in no way against the use of pharmaceuticals to help with these problems, I just want everyone to be aware of the dangers of putting something into your body without first knowing the possible side effects and how it could effect you. I wish there was a drug that was compatible with me, but it just seems so far that none of them are. They say I could take paxil again tomorrow and nothing would happen, but I will not take that chance.
Right now, I'm doing ok. I cope. That's about it. But suggestions for alternative therapy would be welcome from everyone. I've tried herbal remedies, but I'm still working on the whole "scared of pills" thing. I've tried homeopathy, energy healing, cognitive therapy, group therapy, religion... the list goes on. If you have anything even more out of the ordinary, I would love to hear about it.
I wish you all health and safety. And don't be afraid to message me to ask questions, or just for a person to talk to. | |
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Posted: 5/1/2006 3:49:53 PM | It sucks, on one hand ya have all these fears about healt problems that you dont even have, but you worry about them, and then the worrying may cause you to have the problems you fear. I was on paxil and a host of other drugs for like 8 years, i went off all of them in the fall, i was feeling great up until a few months ago. I had depression and anxiety but no longer felt i was having issues with it so i went off. Now it sucks, i wake up at night sometimes and my heart is racing, my breathing is off and im just plain scared that im having a heart attack. Other nights im afraid to even to go to bed and the cycle starts again, my heart rate is way up, my breathing seems difficult and its scary. I have been seeing my doctors a lot lately due to problems that they said were most likely stress related. One prob gets better, another appears. Even after reading this thread im kind of worried, its a crazy cycle.
Ya want to feel better, but then nothing seems to help so they want to put ya on drugs, but ya fear taking drugs as it leads to other health issues. I wouldnt wish anxiety issues on anyone. | |
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Posted: 5/1/2006 6:55:28 PM | I would never wish anxiety problems on anyone either. I have nightmares and wake up feeling like I'm having a heart attack. And I quite often have nightmares. DJ_smak have you tried any herbal remedies or alternative therapy? There are tons of things out there, but I think you basically have to sift through them and find out what works for you.
Oh, and thank you to the people who've messaged me with alernative therapies. Keep 'em coming, guys.  | |
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Posted: 5/1/2006 8:09:37 PM | | Penny if you are ever look ing for a support group, I found this one on MSN and they just recently moved to their own site and it is a great group of women who run it, it is for women dealing with bipolar, depression, anxiety etc... There were a great many times it helped me just to have a place to go where you did not have to explain things to death because they all know what it is like, They talk about everything from meds to daily support, if ya ever wanna check it out it is www.thebipfamily.net | |
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Posted: 5/2/2006 4:57:57 AM | I am a psychiatric survivor. I was a very quiet child when I was born keeping my distance from others. The way I thought and saw life was quite different from others. From ages 10 to 25, I was in constant therapy and on meds from ages 17 to 25. I was originally diagnosed with Schizophrenia at age 17 but at age 25, was informed the diagnosis was a mistake and was removed from the medications. By then I weighed 600lbs because of the meds. (Over the years I have worked hard to lose the weight =) ) I was then slapped with the label "Personality Disorder" which doesn't apply to me, just for the sake of saving a medical team's butt from being taken to court.
I turned my back on everyone, the psychiatrists, counsellors and everyone and decided to my own theraputic essence to heal the best of me without misleading influence of doctors whom don't know as much as they think. I began writing tonnes of poetry, got into singing/songwriting and was with a couple music labels for a few years. As Kitykat did, I did a similar thing looking after myself without the help of support groups, doctors etc etc
I was born with a chromosome disorder which gives me my advantages with my great size, my slow aging skin and youthful attitude. Yes, this also causes me to have my moods, but who doesn't have moods in this time and age? If one learns about their illness, there is a gain for every loss as I personally see it. If you can harness your life with control and good eating habits, sleeping habits and daily routine, you can over come almost anything that will try to hinder one's ability to lack.
Exercise as Kitykat has mentioned is an excellent way to get you focused and healthy. For people who suffer with chemical imbalances and have the tendency to go into depression constantly, join a gym, get a personal trainer whon you have good chemistry with and who will not only push you, support you and give you a good pat on the shoulder, someone who can also be your friend. When you begin a routine of exercise, the brain produces a chemical called endorphin and amazingly enough this chemical is pretty much the positivity one needs to come out of the shell of depression and it will cut down any additional stress and any other obstacle you feel is preventing you from moving forward.
I do a lot of reading, writing and learning about a vast majority of topics, subjects and human evolution. My gym is actually the best supportive group I could have ever had in my life.
To everyone else who has posted in this thread, you have my faith, loyalty and high regards in whatever challenges you have come acrossed , faced and still enduring.
May God Bless You All  | |
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Posted: 5/2/2006 1:07:28 PM | All I would say that people who go through this stuff and are struggling with these issues should get an understandig of the shit they are dealing with and understand that this IS UNACCEPTABLE and CAN be defeated. I would encourage reaching out to others and trying to communicate with them how you feel and what you are going through and try to establish a conection that way.
I know it takes ALOT of faith to overcome garbage like this, and ALOT of determination and endurance and perseverance, but it IS possible and should be defeated AT ONCE if you can possibly help it.
Get that energy fired up in you, and just know that you CAN, yet not you but (for us Christians) Christ in us!!
You got to put your foot down and just get things together!! We know these negative things will go away because they have no firm ground to stand on to begin with and thats why WE HAVE POWER OVER THEM.
I do wish all of us best of luck on these issues. | |
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Posted: 5/2/2006 2:03:08 PM | Dude, check out some cognitive therapy, a naturalist or naturopathy doctor, and a bunch of exercise. Exercise releases natural pain killing/anti-depressants in your body. Gives you a high thats unbelievable, especially combined with stretching. Diet is important also. Sugars are really bad for you if you do some research on them.
With a change in diet(doesn't have to be huge, take it slow, if you do the right things in the proper time it'll come off) and exercise you'll start feeling better. The cognitive therapy will help you break down your faulty thoughts and turn them into more realistic thoughts. Its not positive thinking, its realistic thinking and opening your mind up to the fact that you have learned some improper thinking methods.
Good luck. | |
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Posted: 5/4/2006 6:14:11 PM |
All I would say that people who go through this stuff and are stuggling with these issues should get an understanding of the shit they are dealing with and understand that this is UNACCEPTABLE .
What makes panic/anxiety/depression disorders so unacceptable?
You know what, I'm not going to waste my time dealing with people who seriously think that. It's sicking actually. | |
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Posted: 5/4/2006 6:44:02 PM | I hate to burst the Excercise suggestion bubble, I understand why you suggest this with the endorphen release in the body. But speaking from my own experience, I have been on long walks 10 miles or better, and have wanted to jump out in front of oncoming cars to end my life. I have walked the entire 10 miles with tears falling down my face. I am walking at not a snail pace, but very briskly, I am moving about as fast as a slow jogger. Depression is a chemical imbalance, just like anxiety and other related mental disease's. That is why there are drugs, as long as they are used correctly and the right dose is administered by the doctors...
Anxiety is a very strong fear in me, and it has kept me away from having a girlfriend, and being truley happy. It is a very lonely life being isolated from others... As someone has already said: "I wouldn't wish anxiety or depression on anyone, even my worst enemy." | |
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| Help For People Regarding Panic/Anxiety/Depression
Posted: 5/5/2006 1:03:40 PM | Wonderful thread that is much needed.
Meds are a hit or miss/trial and error adventure until the correct combination is found.
Talk therapy works wonders as well and it doesn't necessarily have to be with a therapist ... a good friend that you are extremely comfortable with, who listens and is not judgmental, works for some people.
Generally, psychiatrists are there to diagnose the illness and find the correct combination of meds for you. After that you see them less frequently. Social workers trained in mental health issues are generally great listeners.
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Posted: 5/5/2006 4:47:44 PM | What makes panic/anxiety/depression disorders so unacceptable?
I hope I wasn't misunderstood, no offense to anyeone at all. I said that THOSE FEELINGS are unacceptable and they ARE BEATABLE!! Don't let them keep people down. They have no business in us and you need to have authority over them, as do I and all people.
Best of luck to all. | |
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