I'm a third year college student getting ready to go into the teaching program. I had an awesome summer and for once it felt like anxiety and depression never existed. Come school, and all I hear...
I took it a few nights ago when I was really anxious. I took a whole pill, and I think the last time I took it, a long time ago, I just took a half, so for the night and next day I was really...
This happens to me. Monday I felt awesome, and after Tuesday it all went downhill. Can you think of anything that has triggered you? What helps me is writing down everything I'm feeling, and every...
Hi sweetsouthernqueen. :] I've had chronic anxiety my whole life too. Started off as social anxiety disorder mostly. Then it just got into general anxiety over everything in middle school and high...
I've been taking Lexapro for about 2 1/2 years now. I remember feeling bland in emotion at first. Some other side effects you described I had as well - tiredness (I've gotten that from every...
I'm very sorry about what happened. You and your family are in my prayers! May God bring you peace and comfort during this difficult time....
I haven't been here in about two years. Didn't have the need to. Just a quick recap - I'm 20, junior in college. Had depression for pretty much my whole life. Loner/painfully shy in middle and high...
Percy - Do you take medication? Because if you do, it could be something with that. What's happened to me in the past is that if I have too much or too little, it makes me extremely exhausted. I'd...
Thank you so much percycat and Kitt. I hope you're right about the narcissists. I think one of the reasons why I'm having more nightmares lately is because our 'anniversary' is on November 1st - two...
I play Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, and there's this one game I have called Mahjong Titans. It's this tile game, hard to explain but pretty fun :D...
If you're having that problem, then maybe the CD alone is causing too much relaxation where you become numb. Try doing something else while listening to the CD, such as reading a magazine or a good...
It's like where you're all edgy and easily irritated. You may have racing, uncontrollable thoughts, lower need for sleep/insomnia, poor judgment in situations, taking very fast...it's like where...
I'm not from Canada but I am very close to it, about 45 mins away...so happy Thanksgiving to all you Canadians. :) Have a nice day! :)...
I have anxiety attacks frequently because of an awful ex I'm trying to get over...I just posted in one of the other threads that I sing a song that relates to getting over an ex and having them...
Well of course the nightmares haunt me all the time so there's the pits...you're all going to think I'm a dork though for what I do to spit out the pits. Have any of you ever heard of the song "Gives...
I remember at my 8th grade DC trip I had sugar all day...I'm not kidding. Pure sugar. We stopped at a candy store and I got all this candy to see how hyper I could get. When we got back to the hotel...
Celey - actually I did accidentally give him my address...I wanted to show him a picture of my house from the sky, one of the satellite pictures from Google, and I didn't know that when you give them...
My success, which is still a work in progress, is getting out of the way of living in my black hole, thinking it was where I belonged and was destined to be...realizing that I had potential to do so...
I don't like taking pills either. I've had the same effects as Kythe - all I've gotten were terrible side effects. Especially from Geodon. I hated that stuff. Works really well for some people...
When I was going through some severe hypomania, my friends started to abandon me. Later on I found out it was because they were afraid and didn't know what to do anymore. Like they never knew when I...
Thank you so much Kitt and percycat <3 I have definitely learned a lot through the relationship, one of my flaws is that I'm often too trusting of people and too gullible at times. I have been...
Great to know that you're doing better, Vel! :)...
Last night I talked to some people on the chatrooms here, and that helped me a bit. I still got some nightmare flashbacks during today (one bad one cuz of an argument with a family member), but last...
Scholiosiskid - I'm the same way. Seems like you, Scattered, and I have the same problem. We should all keep in touch with one another and let each other know if we find coping skills with our...
Kitt - I'm not sure what happens in the upper, but in the lower, at least the area where I'm at in Michigan, the weather's all weird. I completely forgot about the upper though...it's gotta be...
Scattered - I have nightmares too, I share a lot of the same symptoms you do - panic attacks in sleep, and waking up crying. Are the nightmares different each time or are they along the same idea?...
Feerhin - that's what happened to me seven years ago, when my depression first started to kick in. I was sad for no reason and I'd cry myself to sleep as well. To find out if you have depression, I'd...
I'm from Michigan, and the weather here is very odd. Two weeks ago it was high seventies, low eighties. Then last week it got a lot cooler in the beginning of the week, like fifties and sixties. Now...
Kitt - I'm not a country fan but I do like Martina's Independence Day too. She has some good songs. :)...
I would find him a counselor so he can talk to someone about how he's feeling and they can give him coping skills. I'd go to the library and check out a few books on bipolar disorder too. You both...
Michelle - I'm also 18, I've just started college. I also have depression, along with anxiety and possibly bipolar since I have some hypomania. I've been to the hospital too - three times. I felt the...
I'll blast 89X, the local rock/alternative station here, in my car when I'm driving. Some of my favorite artists are Innerpartysystem, Paramore, Acceptance, Linkin Park, and Thousand Foot Krutch, to...
I posted this on the bipolar thread but I want to get to know people who have anxiety too, and I mostly suffer from anxiety than hypomania. So here ya go: I'm 18, from Michigan, just got right out of...
Feeling Good by David Burns is a good book. I'm reading it at the moment and I really like what he has to say. I really recommend it. My inner voice bothers me a lot too. It tells me all sorts of...
When I was on Abilify it gave me insomnia, but later on I'd get really tired. I looked up some side effects though, and different thinking patterns and mood changes are some of the side effects. I'd...
Yeah I started to become very obsessive-compulsive in 5th grade, and it seems that after that is when my anxiety started to kick in....
Hello happyvel, nice to meet you :) A wedding? That must be exciting. I love weddings. You sort of sound like me, getting a fresh start on things, a new part of your life...I'm just starting college,...
Stkitt - I think my flat-iron has that. It probably does, since sometimes while I'm straightening my hair it'll just randomly shut off (which is pretty annoying when I'm in a rush). I still get...
Karen--that's exactly how I feel. Like, about feeling guilty that you're happy, or not remembering what it's like. Sometimes when I start to actually feel happiness or peacefulness something will...
If I leave the house and remember I left something still plugged in, like my flat-iron, or if I was charging my phone and left the cord in the wall...that really freaks me out. It doesn't even have...
I'm 18, from Michigan, just got right out of high school and into my first year of college. As a child I had some separation anxiety, but it was never too bad that I couldn't function. Then in 5th...
I love writing, I write songs and poetry all the time. That really helps me escape everything, because it helps me control my thoughts while still being creative....
I've had a very weird experience with Abilify. For the first few weeks I was on it, it gave me insomnia. After that I felt alright. But then I started to get really tired, to the point where I...
Hello everyone, I'm new here. I've been looking for a place where I can find people who I can relate to, and I came across here. I really like the site so far, it seems like the people here are close...
I remember my 8th grade DC trip...that was so much fun. And when I went to Chicago with my two childhood friends to the American Girl doll place...that was heaven for us. :D When I was in second...
Yeah I can relate. My anxiety and depression started when I was in the 5th grade, and it slowly built up to a chaotic mess. In high school I had some health issues, which was weird because usually...