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The Advice Guru
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| Try acupuncture, or reike.
You may have a block and need to get the positive energy flowing |
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Location: EDGE OF INSANITY | Just checking in on you to see how you are today!!  |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Being on a computer I can type a bit more now.
I have dealt with it for a number of years. Been on medication as well. Don't be afraid to take it if you feel you need it! It can help a lot. However I would recommend having a psychiatrist recommend a med for you. My regular doctor was not good at finding the right thing for me, or the right dosage. Best to find a specialist if possible.
Talking to other people helps a lot, so feel free to PM me. It's a long road to doing better but one worth traveling.
Mine is hereditary- both my parents have issues with anxiety/panic attacks and my mother has anxiety and depression.
The best thing for me is outdoor activity- riding, hiking, even walking or bike riding. I hate being in the house, and I hate winter the most.
It's not something that goes away, but you can learn to cope and feel better. Lots of us have been there. Don't give up and don't give up hope, even though sometimes you probably want to. Feeling better is something worth fighting for! |
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| LRQHS - 2014-04-01 2:11 PM I have/did/still do sometimes but they are not as bad as when it first reared it's ugly head. I'm on Effexor. I had trouble with the benzos....Xanax and Ativan.....they really worked, but I loved them too much. What finally really worked and saved me was seeing a counselor. I saw just a regular old counselor and she pin pointed when, how and why in one visit. And that's what we worked on....how to see things differently and identify triggers and stay away from them. I've been off of benzos for I guess 2 years now, unless you countt the really old one I got from my Secret Santa lol....thanks Lori......depending on the benzos to make it go away doesn't work in the long run. They are fantastic short term.....and when I say short term, I mean a few weeks max.....I really wasn't on them long....a couple of months....but coming off of them was worse than the panic attacks....if you can imagine that.....it multiplied them. So, counselor for sure. Pm me if you need to talk. I probably don't even need Effexor now. I'm on a dose so low my doctor says I just prophalactically take it. I'm still crazy though...it doesn't fix that.
Welcome! I'd be seriously impressed if it still had any effect -- what year were they from? LOL!
My prayers to all who suffer.
I have the opinion (you know how those are) that you just need to embrace your 'crazy' and make it part of you! Look at LRQHS! What would our lives be without her? She has learned to take the negative and turn it into BHW entertainment. Now that is commendable.
Seriously, we are all crazy. Your crazy and my crazy are different, but who as long as you aren't dangerous it's what makes you YOU!
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Location: I can see the end of the world from here! | 23 years ago...out of the blue. After 3 months I found out it was caused by pesticide poisoning (one that is no longer on the market...go figure). So scary. I was put on Xanax for a couple months but it didn't help...just adding one chemical to another...what helped me the most was the realization that I wasn't 'afraid' to die, I wasn't sincerely 'afraid' of anything...that it was all 'smoke & mirrors' including the physical pain...it didn't exist anywhere but in my imagination...something I could change and did. I get a lot of flack from a few ppl aobut this, but...beer became my 'calgon' (remember the old 'calgon take me away' commercials?!). I didn't even have to open one...just the simply deciding that 'I' was in control and could 'esccape' whenever I wanted was enough! Anyhow...yes, we're all crazy, some of us just manage to hide it better than others!
Good luck getting a handle on it...it's a journey that not everyone understands...God bless you! |
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | Men usually tend to deal with it different than women. I know I do and did and it wasn't the best. But women tend to deal with it uncontrollable and rely on drugs to cope. Men seem to make fun of that because I have and do at times. I just see that women pick and choose when they want to be crazy. |
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 Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | You've gotten some really good advice here. I feel besides the love of horses a lot of us have in common anxiety and/or panic to some degree. It was a few BBs who basically helped me through my anxiety for the last year or so. I haven't found anything to help me yet, I've tried several different medications and a counseler and it hasn't really worked for me but I think that's mostly my fault. My panic has gotten worse with age and basically when I have an episode I just hold on and wait for it to pass, sometimes are harder than others. I have anxiety daily and panic maybe once or twice a week. The biggest thing is to reach out to someone, anyone. Don't let yourself be alone. Don't feel like your a bother because anyone who has anxiety or panic knows exactly what you are going through. Reach out. |
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| Hey everyone, thought I would send an update. Today I made it through my entire day without a Xanax. Since my first episode was at work I have experienced them the most at work. The first day I had to go outside for awhile, Tuesday I took a Xanax before I got here and by the end of the day I felt like I was under control. But I was miserable most of the day, I sat all night thinking about how this was going to ruin my life if I didn't control it. I know that I am the only one that can fix it. Today I made myself sit breath and feel every unwelcome ridiculous horrid feeling of anxiety and just kept going. I practiced meditating lastnight and feeling my breath go in and out of my body. It helped me today. A couple times I teared up and once I just started laughing at myself. My biggest problem is breathing when I am anxious. I told myself the dizzy was me, the tight chest was me, and the feeling of wanting to run away was me too.
I am still taking the paxil but only taking half of the dose the doctor recommended, in hopes that if I choose to stop taking it I will have an easier time getting off of it. Tomorrow I go to the counselor and hopefully that will help even more. I still have my moments of feeling damaged, broken or unwanted because I have this problem, but today I did start to feel hopeful.
Thank you again and again for the support and stories. |
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Location: Who knows | LRQHS - 2014-04-01 2:20 PM
Oh..know what else helped....a lot of these people here.....they'd pm me or vice versa and we pretty much talked til it passed. I can give you a list of people that just checked on me or made me laugh...sent me a candle (dam Bonnie Morgan Gray making me tear up again)....anyways pm me if you need.....I'll talk your ear off.
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 Love Me Some Robert Redford
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Location: WV | Making a phone call always makes me feel better if I have a panic attack and can not get it under control quick. I have learned to control a lot of my panic attacks and anxiety. Medication's like xanax, ativan etc I refuse unless it's an emergency. Have not had anything like that in years. Taking medications is not on the top of my list but a you have to in some cases. Everything your are feeling is part of the anxiety. It will get better and you will see relief. Anytime you would like to talk or chat feel free to pm me. I will give you my phone numbers and you can call me day or night. I agree with getting a Psychiatrist and Psychologist. A good Psychologist is worth their weight in gold. |
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates | I take celexa daily for depression/anxiety which helps tremendously. I do have xanax for really stressful days but rarely have to use it because the celexa works so well. Maybe paxil isnt the best thing for you I'm sure if you're dr. Feels it isn't working he can adjust meds |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | barrelracr131 - 2014-04-01 2:16 PM I have dealt with this too. Meds do help until you can get control of it through other methods.
I don't have the time to type much now, but feel free to pm me with questions. It can be really debilitating but there is light at the end of the tunnel
i second seeing a psychologist and or psychiatrist.
Yes, this. See a psychologist...I had panic attacks for the same reason you did. I was on xanax for awhile...it helped, but what helped the most was the counseling. As I learned some things about being emotionally healthy, the anxiety decreased until it was gone. The pain of the relationship lasted a long time, but the anxiety went away after a few months. Prayers... |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I've never dealt with any of this but all I can say is my heart, hugs and prayers go out to all of you that suffer from this. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Glad to hear you're ok. Keep us posted. We will help if we can :) |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | Douglas J Gordon - 2014-04-02 12:50 PM Men usually tend to deal with it different than women. I know I do and did and it wasn't the best. But women tend to deal with it uncontrollable and rely on drugs to cope. Men seem to make fun of that because I have and do at times. I just see that women pick and choose when they want to be crazy.
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BHW's Lance Armstrong
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | CrossCreek - 2014-04-02 10:19 PM Douglas J Gordon - 2014-04-02 12:50 PM Men usually tend to deal with it different than women. I know I do and did and it wasn't the best. But women tend to deal with it uncontrollable and rely on drugs to cope. Men seem to make fun of that because I have and do at times. I just see that women pick and choose when they want to be crazy. that was an uneducated and unkind thing to say...just sayin'
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| I'm so sorry. My first panic attack was around this time last year. I couldn't breath and was home alone. I live 20 mins from town and didn't make it 5 miles, I thought I was having a asthma attack. Then I want numb could feel my heart beating. I was in a out of body experience. Lucky I made it to a fire department that we have out here. Two guys were there and soon the ambulance. I have been living my life since trying to avoid another situation like this. I remember my body kept trying to go in panic mode several days after till my meds kicked in. I am now taking lexapro everyday and have ativan just in case. Xanax didn't help me. Like you I don't want to be on meds forever. Its a hard thing to go through. It will get better though. Your not dying your just going threw fight or flight mode. Once your meds kick in you will feel alot better. Try to find something really relaxing to do if u feel one coming on. Sometimes the only thing for me is to jump in the shower. I like the way the water sound and its usually a stress relief. I don't no what you drink but try and cut out caffeine products for awhile and see if that helps. Just doing this has helped me greatly. Your not alone and having someone to talk to helps greatly. Are u taking the Xanax daily or is it just in case? Feel free to pm me but you are not alone! It really bothers me knowing you are going through this. I know how scary it can be but it will get better! |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Yes I refused to take the meds and gave them to my husband and then divorced him all better now |
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| Yes, I have, and it was horrible. I worked at a really stressful job in a veterinarian's hospital, my home had just been foreclosed on, I had broken up with my alcoholic, unemployed, boyfriend of 10 years (because I lost the home because of him) and I had just moved back in with my mother and stepfather who argued about everything. On top of it, I weighed 242lbs and my horse was diagnosed with degenerative bone disease and he was the ONLY thing that was good in my life.
I used to do destructive things to myself like cut, take drugs, or get in fights...but I just held all of this stuff in because as an adult there are much bigger repercussions than as a child or a teen who is "acting out." One day at work the doctor really laid into me, and at lunch I went out to my truck to relax...and I thought I was going to die. I had several more panic attacks that day, and the following days. I went to my doctor and he gave me Xanax and told me to quit my job. Of course I couldn't...but I did get laid off.
It was a blessing in disguise. I no longer had to deal with them, and moved out to the country to do a work/board/rent exchange at the place where I keep my horse. I no longer take any medications for anxiety other than benadryl at night so that I can fall asleep.
My honest recommendation is dump anything that you can that is stressful. Of course there are things that you will have to deal with, but anything that you can, including friends and family that are more negative and add to your stress levels. Gone.  |
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