Twig-- I agree with Skitt.. set a goal. Go outside for 5 minutes. just sit on your front steps. then go in. Or maybe open the window for a minute and get fresh air and tell yourself positive thoughts...
Dear heart; I know youve been with me for a long time. Through the good times and the bad. But lately youre driving me nuts. I cant handle all the curveballs youve been throwing at me. I dont think I...
Carlybob-- My heart goes out to you... I too have a daughter Carly and shes very special to me, as I know yours is to you.. I will pray for you both and your family as well as I know this is a very...
Lulu-- Ive been in that boat too. I lost my virginity when I was 19. And I got pregnant as soon as I lost my virginity. Yep. the very first time I had sex. how did this happen?? I used a condom!!! it...
hi Brandi-- nice to meet you... Im not pregnant (thank god after 6 kids) but I tell myself before I get into a situation, like driving, that there are all kinds of people in the world, and many of...
Sorry if this is an afterthought, but i recently read on cnn.com that cyberchondria is at an alltime high, and that they did a study on the correctness of the "health" websites and found that 60% of...
Hi Opaq-- nice to meet you.... im curious, what is it about the housework that bothers you to the point of not being able to do it? Is it just too overwhelming? are you worried that you might find...
I agree with Kitt, Mike (nice to meet you by the way)-- Dont feel like you have to fit into other expectations around the holidays... just do the best you can. Things are hard around the holidays for...
How nice!!!! you deserve it! congrats to you SC!...
WOW! COngrats to you! What a nice Christmas present to wake up to!...
Hi Hazel nice to meet you. I had a panic attack the other day at work when I took my pulse for no particular reason and it was 52. now granted, i was just sitting there for ten minutes but even...
hi Hsgirl, nice to meet you. I have a daughter who is 15 and going through the same thing. I tell her that she shouldnt feel like shes the only one who gets scared in front of people.. Once when she...
Thanks for the info Fugs... I appreciate it! I guess she must not have reported me. about three years ago my step son sexually assaulted my daughter. She told me when she was home for thanksgiving...
Thanks for your help, guys, and gals... I ended up telling my therapist because the issue was bothering me that much... Something happened between my daughter and step son, and I think it may have...
Nice to meet you Charlie... When I read your post, I thought I was reading something I had written. I have had anxiety over my heart for years. But this year has been especially bad. I think ive been...
I too have had that problem after surgery.. and its very uncomfortable. Im glad you were able to be at a hospital that made you feel safe, thats always helpful. You should talk to your doctor about...
I DVR all ghost hunting shows I can find and then when im feeling anxious I play them one after another and its enough to take my mind off of things for a bit. I also like to go outside, not matter...
If I go to my therapist and I tell her something happened and it can be considered a crime is she at liberty to report it?? Or does she have to keep it to herself because of patient/therapist...
Brain shivers stink... it always makes me feel like my head is a bottle of soda and someones just shaking it up. :) Oh god, I just realized.. that makes me sound like an airhead. >cough<...
I had a TIA when I was 32. which is a mild form of a stroke. I had a normal day, and after dinner I got this headache. It got worse and worse until the pain was so bad i felt like i had been hit in...
I am currently taking paroxetine, the generic of Paxil, and was wondering if anyone else on here was using it. Im curious about two things: 1. how long do you have to be on it before you stop feeling...
Hi Nellebutter. Its nice to meet you. I have the same thing happen to me all the time too. Ive had anxiety/panic for about 20 years on and off. Depends on whats going on it my life a lot of times as...
Hi Bumble, I too have woken up with tachy heart. sometimes its in the 120's. I was lucky enough to have this happen to me a few times when I was in the hospital and being monitored, and when they...
I wanted to give a quick update: I avoided my mothers calls for two days. finally I couldnt take it anymore and answered the phone. She went on and on and then said, "are you there??" as though she...
Thanks Kitt! When my daughter was 5, we were flipping through the channels on the tv when we came across a special on St Judes teatment center. She wanted to watch it and really took the kids stories...
Hi Brappy, nice to meet you.. Simular thing happened to me... I was at work the other night and out of nowhere I began to feel out of it.. my heart started racing and i felt like i was going to pass...
Happy Thanksgiving (well almost) to everyone here! I am thankful for: My husband who supports me unconditionally, and works his butt off to support us My 6 kids whom I couldnt live without My home...
nice to meet you, cln.. I get a lot of headaches in the morning when im dehydrated. Dehydration is a big cause of headaches. I also find that I get headaches a lot in the AM when i have a cold coming...
Oh Percy Cat! I think youre an inspiration to people with health anxiety like myself. I am so happy that the doctor is going to set you up in a hospital setting so that they can get to the bottom of...
How do you tell your mother to go away and leave you alone? I don;t mean to be disrespectful, but she;s driving me insane. example: Im in bed this AM and its 6:45. The phone rings. It's my mother. I...
Hi Raynebow, nice to meet you. I also suffer from health anxiety as do many other people on this forum. Health anxiety really stinks because you can never escape it. I have found that therapy does...
I take ativan on occasions when I need it. it makes me drowzy, but only calms me a bit. Say, if im panicked at a 10 out of 10 it takes me down to about a 6 out of 10. mostly just tires me out. It...
Twisted-- if it was a blood clot (and yes I have panic attacks about these too, but I should know better having worked in hospitals most of my life) your leg would be swollen and it would most likely...
I had the same feeling at work last night... fine one minute then the next I was in tears. It stinks. my psych told me its from unconscious thoughts. Sometimes the only thing I can do is take a walk...
I dont know if this will help, but I started Paxil about 2 months ago, and when I asked my doctor if the side effects will ever go away she said probably not. I told her I thought that once you had...
I was at therapy this morning.. and my therapist says she really wants to try me with EMDR... has anyone else gone through this type of therapy? and if so, have you found any benefit to it? She says...
I took omeprazole for 2+ years and I had no change in blood sugar......
Hi to all... I recently joined the Anxiety board on Healingwell, and have been lurking here the past day or two and decided to finally say hello, and introduce myself. I am a 40 year old married...
I feel so sorry for you. I too have an abusive mother. She was always telling me i wasnt good enough. Many times she'd grab my hair and swing me into the wall telling me she wished I were never born...
Hey Scaredy Cat, nice to meet you! I was looking through a few of your posts and saw that you have health anxiety. I have a lot of that too.. mostly with my heart. I get chest pain with my anxiety...
Well what a nice thing to say! both of you! Thank you so much! I have been reading a lot of the posts around here lately, and im seeing that some people suffer at night, some in the morning, some...
hello all... im new here.. been reading through a lot of the posts and have found many others who are just like me. So I thought i'd introduce myself. I am a 40 year old mom of 6. I have a 20, 19,...