HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

What ever happen too .....often wonder

Support Forums
>
Anxiety & Panic Disorders
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 1/15/2014 4:52 PM (GMT 0)
I read post from other suffers from years ago and what they was going through , I often wonder are they healed now , did it just away , doctor at the ER told me other night anxiety can't stay forever it does go away , .... My question is when , 5 years from now will I be one to share my story of how I overcame this ....
Posted 1/15/2014 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
Unfortunately, no one can put a time frame on "when" your anxiety will go away.

But by using your coping skills, and using them daily, even when you're not as anxious, you will get proficient at utilizing them to combat anxiety as it pops up in the future.

The more you practice, like anything else, the better you get and the stronger you get. Likewise, the longer you choose to do nothing (examples like medication, therapy, self-help skills, relaxation),...the longer you give the anxiety a home in your body.

To kick it out, you have to strengthen the rest of you, step by step. But yes, it can be done! I don't think anyone gets "cured" of anxiety....but we learn, through practice, better ways to handle it when it does come up, and then it doesn't feel as severe. We "manage" it better.



M.
Posted 1/16/2014 12:21 AM (GMT 0)
I sure wish mine would go away!! Its been hanging around since I was 15 now Im 26 so 11 years. I do think as long as theres this imbalance in the brain that itll be there. but I HOPE not!! I thought I was doing so good until a few days ago then BAM! its made its reappearance. its really hard n to only take this one Xanax a day that ive been trying to stay on .. only one. as its that time of the month its really hard for me and im suffering. I need one so bad right now im shaking and trembling but I took one upon awakening this morning (terrible morning anxiety this morning) at 7a.m. I don't think Im going to be able to not take a second one but im trying to hold off as long as possible. it makes me so upset that anxiety is constantly running through my mind because of the (physical) symptoms because they are really bothersome. I just want it to GO AWAY once and for all this is making me SOOOO MISERABLE!!!! I totally feel your pain and I am just as well as you SO READY for it to be GONE!

hope you feel better soon!!

Lacey
Posted 1/16/2014 1:58 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Lacey , I'm sorry you been through thus so long , have you ever had any relief through all of this or it's been 11 years of hell , I tired the pill thing and it's not for me , 3 days of Zoloft and it was like hell , one time celexa sent me to Er and one time lexapro sent me to ER , like you I don't know what else do , but put my trust in God ... Its a long journey , praying for cure ...
Posted 1/16/2014 2:11 AM (GMT 0)
Oh Lexapro was hell for me as well!! I did have relief off and on and until about a year or two ago now its been pure constant hell all day everyday when I think im finally getting relief once again its not. It comes back even worse. If I didn't get the trembling and shaking I THINK id be able to cope better. I think the Xanax causes that when it starts to leave my system. I just started on the Xanax about a year or so ago starting out with as needed then it got so bad I was up to 4 times a day. Ive been doing one a day and so proud of myself until today I just took my second one because of the trembling and shaking felt like I was going to start having a seizure and start convulsing if I didn't take it.. I wasn't even breathing right because of it so I had no choice what so ever I was freaking out bad. It makes me so sad because Im trying for baby number three now and I feel like Im going to be in the ER or going crazy literally or die if I cant take my meds when pregnant. Im not letting this stop me from doing what I want but I am in fear. UGHHH. Like you said put trust inn God and pray for a cure. At this point I just want to kick and scream and cry like a baby throwing a tantrum because I cannot remain calm anymore and feel this way inside it hurts to feel this way and Im so ANGRY that I cannot control it!!!!! Physical symptoms are what is the worst for me right now Im wondering if they will ever subside without meds. I miss drinking my coffee ),:

Have a good night!!

Lacey
Posted 1/16/2014 2:19 AM (GMT 0)
Lacey , I know it a all to well , I took Xanax on time and it made me crazy it was cool while in my system when it left my system and I didn't take it again I had the worst panic attack ever , now I'm popping Ativan for the last week because the 3 days I was on the Zoloft was hell and I needed it , I hate taking meds , uhhhh I want to go Way and live again , I'm stopping the Ativan , I don't want this in my system either , this all sucks , meds works for some but it's not for me ...
Posted 1/16/2014 5:22 AM (GMT 0)
So here is my opinion on this subject...

Anxiety is a chronic condition. We have times of remission, just as someone with a chronic physical illness can have.

It could last for days, weeks, years...

...it could be that we even have no anxiety (save for the normal amounts that anyone would) for an indefinite amount of time.

However, the tendency is still there I believe. Afterall, we are still the same organic person as before.

We may have learned skills along the way however, to manage that anxiety and keep the acute effects at bay.

So to echo Merridas post, instead of using words like cured, eliminated, ect...

I think it more appropriate to say recovery, management and such.

I have seem members come back after years of being absent. I say this not to be discouraging, but to be honest and real.

But yes, I think that it is absolutely reasonable for you to be saying sometime in the near future:

"I have made and amazing recovery from my A/P, and now manage my anxiety well!"

Encouraging thoughts going out your way.:)

S.C.
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply