Good idea chahw :) And thanks....
Hi hurtandscared, yeh I know the feeling, I get gerd sometimes, usually my diet is to blame, so I have to cut out all fats and switch to low fat, feels like your stomach contents are about to fly out...
Hi lulu, good luck!! And can I have some of your weather please :D...
This is the book that Im reading 'The Meditteranean Prescription. Its been a Godsend http://amzn.to/ptIgx5 Also this book 'The Psychic power of running' Ive had it for years its an old book,...
Hi Serenitte, thank you so much for your warm kind words. Im glad I helped. Doctors dont know everything, you have to have experienced severe anxiety & depression and everything else besides to...
Hi lulu, yeh keep moving, If you are going to buy a treadmill, remember they are very heavy and expensive and you have to be very motivated. Why not go out with a friend or a member of your family...
Hi Chahw, yes I found that sitting about made anxiety worse, you can feel it rising up like a volcano. If you want to continue exercising, trying something that you would totally enjoy, obviously...
Hi Benny, you are so right, at the end of the day the fight or flight response needs a physical natural response eg. Exercise. Thats what the human body is designed to do. :) You take care too. AG...
Hi Shannon oh Im glad my post inspired you. I know what you mean, sitting around feeling sorry for yourself, I think alot of the time anxiety is excess energy that cant be released. Especially if you...
Hello anxiety sufferers, Ive not been here for many months maybe a year or so, as I dont suffer anymore, unless im totally out of my comfort zone, eg dentist, long journeys the usual that most folks...
Hi Kmr, just thought Id pop by and help, so many folks have helped me here in the past (especially Skitt). So been there done that got 5 tee shirts to prove it! lol.. Glad its put you at ease. Im...
I cant believe im back here, ive visited this forum for a few years with my own anxiety problems, now cured, but now my hubby has this 'hit and run' OCD id never heard of it until the other day, he...
Im driving down the M1 to Nottingham, on my own, no one to hold my hand if anything goes wrong! Never driven further than town before alone ahah.. This was part of my CBT, getting out of my comfort...
thanks for that kitt /community/emoticons/cool.gif ...
For the most extreme anxiety and stress absolutely NOTHING worked in the clinches of the beast, I just had to ride the tidal wave until it was over. When your heart is pounding and your mind is in...
Hi Broseph, some people do believe that the Linden Method is a money scam but it isnt. If it wasn't for Charles Linden, I would be in a box today, his method got me through some of the most extreme...
Thanks Green Grove. :)...
I just want people to know that their suffering doesnt have to continue. :) thanks Kitt...
Sorry I keep re-edting lol...
I started with anxiety 4 months ago, but have had background anxiety since year dot, its been hell on earth, but strangely enough Im glad ive been through it, as I have learnt so much about myself...
Glad you are feeling lots better kit. My anxiety has gone, I still obsess about my swallowing, but If I dont think about it its ok. Its only the focus on my throat thats there, keep getting spikes of...
Hi rlopez, thanks hun Its so easy to become a cyberchondirac, I hold my hands up too to reasearching, its not a wise move, but I always think that the more clued you are about your own condition the...
Blimey, its been a long time since I been in this forum, ive spent most of my time in the anxiety one. Hows the living arrangements Dencha? Sorry for not replying Kitt x Well...all and I mean...
HI Guys, well Im back, I was very nervous, the worse part of the surgery was the injections wow ouch ouch ouch, I cant remember them been so painful, maybe after my anxiety my pain threshhold is low....
Well its nearly 3am and I cant sleep, just getting my thoughts down. I've just about got rid of all my symptoms of anxiety, its taken 3 and half months, only thing left to shift is my knot in the...
Hi Precious, just picking up on what you said... You say you are avoiding situations that you know bring your panic on like going to Walmart when its busy. I've found that avoiding situations makes...
Hi nellebutter, Yeh the excess phlegm feeling is normal in anxiety, I can also feel like you've swallowed a garden pea, you cant cough it up or swallow it. Its just a certain set of muscles that are...
Hi always love, sorry to hear that your suffering, it is hard. You feel locked inside some sort of never ending nightmare, but it DOES get easier. Ive been to hell and back in the last 3 months and...
Yeh its called Globus hystericus, its completely harmless just very uncomfortable. Its just tension in the throat muscles, the nervous system kind of effects your throat in a big way, anxiety effects...
Hi Dencha long time no speak. I hope you had a good vacation, taking each day as it comes hun, I hope your feel better now. Thanks x...
yes we are all in the same boat Jen :)...
I get anxious attacks more than panic attacks. Symptoms sweaty hands tingling sensations like ice water running through my veins palpitations shaking hands universe feeling (derealization when its...
Im doing CBT now, I got a rush appointment thankfully. Its great, my (NHS) therapist keeps an eye on my every thought as I keep a diary which I email her every morning, its like she is there all the...
yep happy32 :D...
Hi nellebutter, sorry your suffering too. I withdrew my meds as they were making it worse. I prefer to use a more natural option. The book I got is 'emotional healing in minutes' by Valerie and Paul...
I recently discovered the emotional freedom technique (tapping of meridan points accu-points) to try to rid myself of the tension in my body, as my anxiety has caused some very odd symptoms, one is...
I can relate to this, yes my anxiety started 2 days before my period. A month on im still coping with the aftershock! I had a blood test today to check my hormones, cos I had an ectopic and had to...
Ok, ive got globus hystericus, tight band round the throat, throat closing up when trying to swallow, anxiety build up,, the usual. But wait!....I watched a really hilarious video online and my...
I woke up this morning, very lethargic, faint, sick, I must be dehydrated, im trying to drink even though my throat sometimes closes! This heat isnt helping! Sorry your suffering percycat, that...
OH and done the linden method, fantastic to get rid of anxiety...still left with the stupid swallowing phobia...barhh.....
Every morning I wake up with a sense of dread, then I start where my throat closes like a mini gag, sometimes they wake me up in my sleep. I have a fear of swallowing particularly liquids but its...
HI Kitt, will do! Thanks for your replied as always, so much appreciated. Jules...
Hello Kitt and thanks. I am seeing a CBT therapist tomorrow but I will check the link. Again Thanks! Jules...
Oh thanks for the skitt. I have had a look around the anxiety forum. A lot of stomach and throat problems can be caused by anxiety, that's for sure! I've come off my depression meds, I couldnt...
Thanks Dencha, its got really bad this time yeh its mind over matter, its so hard. I joined the Linden Method, it helps a bit. I ended up in the Emergency room at one point, now ive got to go for CBT...
ive got all the symptoms again, but its manifested in a different way now, dont have swallowing probs (dysphagia) but now ive got a fear of swallowing anything including drinks, with slight gagging....
I was taking PPI's and had to come off them after a couple of weeks as my meals were just going straight through, the treatment actually made me feel worse than the actual condition (swallowing probs...
Hi Dibber, Im sorry to hear you are having a few problems. I totally know what you are going through with the anxiety and I have been prompted by another forum member to help. I cant help with the...
So sorry Kit for your loss, I appreciate where you are coming from. I hadn't seen the post to comment. Don't feel downhearted, sometimes people don't know what to say under the circumstances. All the...
Just thought I'd do an update: They found after tests, I have vascular compression of the oesophagus, either caused by my heart or something else. Ive got to now have a chest an xray and a...