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Posted 10/24/2006 11:05 AM (GMT 0)
can anxiety & panic attacks be completely cured?

ive always wounderd, because when i started having mine i asked my dad if he knew what was rong with me. He said yes because he used to have them years ago. but he got over them he said.. no medication or anything like that. but im not sure how long he had them for. ive had them for over a year and a half but i cant see me just getting over them. im on no medication either...

and is it true that anxiety is full of mixed emotions and that if your angry you dont feel anxiety? '' i read it somewhere lol ''

Posted 10/24/2006 11:39 AM (GMT 0)

Hi Spenty,

Welcome to HW were happy you found us here. I'm no expert on this but yes I have heard of people beating anxiety and depression with and without meds. Me personally I'm on meds and see a counsler to get me thru mine.

Yes it's true that anxiety is full of mixed emotions rushing in all at once but even if I'm angry I still feel anxiety and usually makes the anxiety worse. Hope this helps.

Posted 10/24/2006 12:07 PM (GMT 0)
thanks it did. in the article i read it said it takes your emotions all into 2 emotion. weather its happy. angry. or what ever but angry is ment to be your most powerful emotion.. im not sure tho but just something i heard lol
Posted 10/24/2006 1:28 PM (GMT 0)
Hi spenty,

I had anxiety and panic attacks for over 30 years. In that time I had various medications, occasional therapy and very little else in my life.  The drugs helped to reduce it, while I was taking them, but they were never expected to cure it.  So eventually I stopped taking them, found the problem and worked on curing myself.

I have not had any problems for 11 years now.  I no longer get unduly anxious and never panicky. 

Anger is an emotion that is constant in anxiety although it does work as a distraction sometimes. 

So yes it is completely curable, and no anger does not help it.

Posted 10/24/2006 1:28 PM (GMT 0)
Hi spenty,
I feel the same way MsKittie does. Anger sends me right into panic mode. People have been cured from anxiety both ways: with and without meds. Remember that what works for one person does not always work for another. Are you seeing a therapist? If you are trying to avoid medications for the time being, you may want to get a therapist. S/he will teach you how to deal with the anxiety and hopefully try to get to the root of it.
Posted 10/24/2006 3:20 PM (GMT 0)
Hi there
all have given you fantastic input I will just reinforce that IT can be cured and no anger does not help IMO ..........
You take care and post often glad to have you with us
Lyn
Posted 10/24/2006 10:30 PM (GMT 0)
nope im not seeing any therapist.. ive had it for over year and a half now and im still here! lol so thas made me realise that its harmful but effective.

i used to be soo confident when i was in school. now im embarrased to see friends that i havent seen in a while :S and ive only been left school for about 2 year

so it started mainly half a year after i left school.

tonight i have taken some things called ' Kalms ' .. its says on the bottle: take 3 or 4 tablets a hour before bed...

thinking maybe this willl calm me down when sleeping as i sometimes wake up thinking i cannot breath.

thanks for all replys everyone.

Posted 10/24/2006 11:05 PM (GMT 0)
and also lately ive been feeling like im always thinking.. like ill be walking normally and ill be thinking.. n then i come back to reality and find just turn dodgey :S real weird lol
Posted 10/25/2006 3:23 AM (GMT 0)
Spenty:

I don't know if it can be completely cured. I've had mine for almost 13 years. I'm past the stages that i see some on the board going through. I usually don't get full blown panic attacks anymore (knock on wood), but I have never returned back to "normal". I still dread them.

I guess it also depends on how bad the anxiety is. When i was first diagnosed, my doc said it is not cureable but will become more manageable. I feel alot better now than i did in the first 5 years that i had it but it's still not completely gone.

Oh, and I pretty much have gone through these past 13 years without anti-depressants and only occasional Klonopin.
Posted 10/25/2006 2:00 PM (GMT 0)
Splenty could you please remove the reference to Bin Laden in your sig line ...........
Much appreciated
Thanks
Lyn
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