Hi everyone, It's been about 10 years since I posted in here. I had a surgery that set me into a terrible anxiety spiral that lasted months and months back then but I fully recovered and felt 100%...
Hi Nik, I've absolutely had this strange sensation before. Really hard to explain but it sounds much like what you're saying. I think the actual "split second stop" sensation probably happens to a...
Hi Kitt, that's great that you are feeling better! Hope is very important and losing it is one of the worst things ever. You give it to people all the time on here. Your advice and comments are...
debaser, pain killers caused me to panic like crazy! I bet you the culprit was the pain killers and not the tacos! glad you're feeling better!...
thanks Kit, Cat and everyone :):). What really helped me was something that is going to sound weird. I adopted the "fake it till you make it" philosophy. With panic disorders, it's hard to believe...
I'm not sure if anyone would remember me but a couple years ago i came on here at the lowest point in my life. I was suffering from panic attacks up to 5 times a day and i honestly didn't think i was...
amazing!!!:)...
thank broseph and green grove. I actually know of a lot of people that have suffered from panic attacks/anxiety and honestly ALL of them tell me that im going to get better. i hope they arent just...
agreed! yes i defintely get tension headaches!! here's my secret.... a lot of water...i drink like 3 big glasses, wait 10 mins and if i still have a headache i'll take ONE advil liquid gel...i always...
hi everyone. sorry i havent been posting lately - i've been really trying hard to distract myself... it's been about 4 months and i haven't had a panic attack, but i still am left with this general...
I was just curious.... do most people in here have other conditions besides anxiety/panic? Like did your anxiety stem from another health condition? or are there a lot of people that just have the...
hahaha! well good for you for laughing at yourself about that! dang those eye problems, i hate them! but it sounds like you have the right attitude now :)...
let us know how it goes with your rheumy cordelia :) i hope she has really bright ideas as to treatment as well ! it's true about the anxiety being worse than "the real thing"....but in a sense...
good luck cary-ann! im falling asleep as i type so i gotta keep this short but i certainly know what you mean about those "edgy" days...but hey you made it through! and it sounds like you didnt have...
YES! thats exactly the feeling i would get when i was panicing......definitely can be anxiety that's what it was for me exactly... deep breaths and some jumping jacks help :)...
thanks kit and donna :) Im a little worried because I think did have some glare in my vision before i took clonazepam at all...i think.... but that was right after i had surgery and i was on other...
hey scott! i think it's definitely gradual... and it takes a long time, but you can defeat it. I'm not completely better yet myself but i've noticed changes as i start to get better....slowly but...
hi there Cordelia-Mary im so sorry to hear about your diagnosis as well...I love Nanners' idea about a pet! my mom works with a lady that is in a wheelchair (this lady is a teacher -- a really good...
ben, the population of mexico is 109,955,400 of that 429 people have died.... it's been blown way out of proportion////The swine flu is less dangerous than just a regular flu! in america the...
vestabula...thank you! did you ever get off of lepraxo??? was your vision just weird while you were on the meds??? i can handle temporary bad vision but permanent scaress me. nanners and boo thanks...
i love your new user name :) sounds like you're really giving the cbt a good shot!!!! go ben go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hope your sessions keep getting better and better. :)xo!...
hi everyone! I have officially not had a panic attack for 11 weeks and one day!i've had a few moments where i think one coming on but i just did some jumping jacks and it went away! my therapist told...
i'm just getting over a killer strep throat and an ear infection and i didnt even panic once :):):):):):):):) theres hope guys i think there really is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
guess what :) I haven't had a panic attack for 5 weeks!!! i've had moments of uncontrollable crying but probably only for about 4 days of the 5 weeks! :):):):):) thanks for all being so nice. i'm...
racer, after talking to you today i can tell youre a very kind person. It's hard to tell when things are really tough - but everything will work out. I hope that everything with your sisters works...
i have researched this like crazy. apparently diet can really help. in my experience i don't know if im seeing improvements because of my new diet or because my brain is just leveling itself out...
maz! im sure youre beautiful!!! sorry to hear about the surgeries... i think youre an amazing person. you seem to handle things really well, even though you might not feel that way at times. again,...
i get a hot flash or a cold flash and i feel like the world is going to crash in on me. I feel like im aware of how the world is spinning (how ridiculous is that??) and my heart goes a mile a minute....
((((((maz))))))))) im so sorry!!!!!!!!! happy belated birthday, i hope you're feeling better today. you really do have to believe that better days are ahead, and luckily for you they most definitely...
i dont want to die, but i dont want to live like this. I've been trying so hard lately not to look up anything on the internet or even go on the internet at all. I've been trying to ignor this...
hi everyone, I have a question about clonazepam........ i started taking a whole .5 dose at night and i wake up in a cold sweat and very anxious...i hate that i can't tell if it's a side effect of...
I was just wondering..... when im really in a bad spot and full-on panicking i say the serenity prayer over and over in my head....do you guys have phrases that you tell yourself when you're...
bojalaisgirl, please take a little comfort in knowing that you're not back at square one. you have fought and won this battle before...you know how to get through it and you know that it's possible....
i've been on the clonazepam for probably about 5 weeks...i was only taking half of a 0.5 though....i just recently went up to a whole 0.5 im going crazy i cant stand this....
welcome ganolivos, last night at 7:30 i took the velafaxine and I was fine...until at 12 i took a clonazepam as well and about 5 minutes later i felt so nautious and my skin felt like it was on fire...
thank you raniah you are very kind. I'm so scared. I have read that venlafaxine and other antidepressants can cause people (especailly people under the age of 24 - im 20) to have suicidal...
i am hysterically crying. can venlafaxine make you more anxious? has anyone experinced this??? my depression has been caused my by anxiety...today i was going for a walk with my mom and i just...
hi Paulos, what do you do every 9 days? you don't need to be embarrassed everyone here just wants to help. what's causing your headaches? i know that when i take pain killers, coming off of them...
glad you're back home!...
Hi percy, I take clonazepam which im pretty sure is in the same drug category as ativan. you've only been on it regulary for a few days right? It definitely takes a while for it to take full effect....
Hi all, my doctor perscribed venlafaxine today because he says i'm depressed....im certain that my anxiety has led to this...but at this point im willing to try anything to shake this miserable/scary...
i was just reading over the things everyone said to me in this thread...and i just want to say that i am so thankfull. you have all been amazing, honestly. your kind words and advice have been really...
I think i messed up i should have just kept posting on this thread instead of making new ones but i couldn't find it lol.... so i got some xrays and they look good, i don't need more surgery :)YAY....
I think success is being able to handle what life throws at you. if you can be happy then you are successful, happiness is more important than anything to me....
hi maz!! im so sorry to hear you're sick... wishing you a really quick recovery!!!!!!!!a...
hi danigirl, i am very new to anxiety as mine only started over a month ago...but i can relate to what you're describing on a smaller scale. Before i ever had any issues with panic attacks or anxiety...
thank you so much kit and percy, I don't know if you read my thread before about my surgery but I'm kind of hoping that this is something that will pass once im fully recovered from that. it's been 8...
thank you nanners... i do have a book on CBT that i've been reading and working through. I'm wondering though.... i know anxiety disorders aren't something you can cure, but do people live in this...
i had a panic attack 3 days ago and since then i've had the whole general anxiety thing.... last night i felt one starting and i talked myself out of it and i took deep breaths and a clonaz and it...
st.kitt....im too scared to read about Raynaud's Phenomen. i can't bring myslef to click on the link im so scared...im 20 and i dont think ive ever had something like that happen to my before i...