Blog Entries

Finally The Courage To Speak Out

shute210@sbcglobal.net — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

This is a hard post for me to write because in the past few months there seems to be more and more posts claiming that anxiety/panic disorder is not a true illness. That it can be cured by simply ignoring the symptoms and letting them come and living through them or by laughing at them. While this alone may work for some who are experiencing mild anxiety attacks, in most true panic disorder cases it doesn't. I am afraid these claims are making a lot of new people on the site feel as thoug [...]

Remeron

timothyroseland@gmail.com — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Well, I decided to take Remeron. It's not as if I hadn't been prescribed in the past so I wasn't doing it illegally or technically without consent. I took the lowest dose and man, I slept through the night for the first time in weeks!

It feels amazing to have all my anxiety gone. I don't want my anxiety to completely disappear because it's the lack of anxiety in the past (with my old Effexor) that kept me unmotivated. I want some anxiety, I ju [...]

Sunday 5th Feb

charlottecomley@hotmail.co.uk — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Sunday and anxiety is at a peak. Getting pain in my chest and upper back since last night, keep saying to my fiance i cant breathe...but he keeps telling me i am and its all in my head. Rang my Mum...again...its all in your head . Dont normally get chest pain with my anxiety, but have been told ive often complained saying i cant breathe, when i am, but i start feeling the need to breathe in hard, or breathe out hard, or do this cough, almost like a nervous tick. h [...]

Whelp, third entry already...

timothyroseland@gmail.com — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

This is what happens when you can't focus on anything else and have been laying in bed all day, not sleeping, look of horror plastered on my face. I watched a little TV that let me laugh loudly. God, that felt good. I've always had a hearty laugh and every time my abdominals jolted and the thrust of pure enjoyment pushed out of my throat... well, let me tell you. It was temporary pure bliss. The second I'd laugh though, it hit me that I'm wasting [...]

Friday Night in with Gin

timothyroseland@gmail.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Well I hadn't had a real drink in a while and was expecting more to happen last night so I had a few gin drinks and got tipsy. I know it's unwise to drink with anxiety disorders but I did anyway. I had the beer earlier and I guess that was the gateway, if you will.

Anyway, a funny thing happened. I was still anxious. I got to the point of drunk but I was still incredibly anxious. My best friend was over, the one who I always feel most safe aro [...]

hi

kikecindy@yahoo.co.uk — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

hihihhi everyone..first,i wish evryone d very best..am jes scared of diein..so each time i tink of dat,a kind of feelin runs tru me,dat makes my heart pound n leaves me worthless n scared all tru d day..i feel dat evri symptoms i feel is gonna kil me or am i runnin mad..thks survivors in anticipation of ur prompt n favorable reply

Feel the fear and send it packing.....!

CHAPPY@LIZARD.KAROO.CO.UK — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Hi everyone reading this,

Guess a quick introduction is needed. I'm 51 and I had my first panic attack when I was around twenty six so I should say that I've been a sufferer of panic attacks for around 25 years. However in those 25 years I could tell you all about the horrible times I've had with the palpitations, sweats, tingling, dizziness, upset stomachs, feelings of unreality ... yep, all the usual suspects, but I thought I'd show a different [...]

"CBT" What it means..

bex_evolution@hotmail.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

CBT stands for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

CBT helps individuals overcome their fears by changing their unhelpful thought patterns and teaching sufferers to manage their physical reactions to distress. In this way, CBT is able to relieve both the physical and emotional components of anxiety disorders.

In cognitively-focused treatment, the therapist helps the patient to identify and examine the specific thoughts that are contributing to thei [...]

My 3 week journey of anxiety, and health problems...

tad_stricker@yahoo.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

I haven't been feeling well now since the day after Christmas. I went running on Christmas morning. The day after, I felt horrible. I believe I pulled a muscle, or strained something in my lower abdomen. This continued on for weeks... and then a rib joint at my sternum started popping. Yes, popping like a knuckle would. This happened a couple of weeks ago, 4 times in one day! The pain was so intense it made me cry. I'm a 33 year old guy [...]

Just started CBT for Anxiety course

bex_evolution@hotmail.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

I have just started a 7 week course to help me with my anxiety. I hope it helps, went to my first one yesterday. We set our selves 3 goals. My 3 are:

Be able to reduce anxiety while in heavy traffic or a major intersections

Be able to reduce anxiety while in public places like cinema or supermarket

And stop my thinking bout IBS like searching for toilets when ever im out as that really heightens my anxiety.

Yesterday I managed to sit in very congested traf [...]

My mind in a nutshell.. a very long nutshell

timothyroseland@gmail.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

This was copied/pasted from my journal entry from earlier today that I keep on my computer so I apologize if it's a bit crude at times:

I don’t understand why my panic attacks are so crippling these days. My mental state is so exhausted these days. I’m so tired from panic that I can’t talk myself out of them. I am always thinking about them. I can feel the panic flowing through my veins.&nb [...]

Hi, I am new to this...here is my story of my panic attack experience

mrscenteno6@yahoo.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Hello,

I am new to this. I would like to introduce myself. I have been struggling with panic attacks since I was 19 years old and right now I am 31 years old. I have never been on medication for it, the reason why is because I am afraid that it will trigger me to feel worse, etcc... I would like to hear your side to see if it does help you by taking meds or not. what are the pros or cons? My biggest sturggling is that I can't be alone in the house or I will [...]

Everyday Is a struggle..

rhageg321@gmail.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

I've never had a problem introducing myself to people, or making friends. I've always been somewhat popular, but I recently started universtiy & I've never felt so alone, with no class mates, people talk to me but won't go to lunch with me, not that I've asked.

I'll never ask incase I get the "I'm meeting someone" or " I'm going home now".

I've started over analysing every thing some body says to me, I'll be so [...]

Need encouraging words

woodsar@goldmail.etsu.edu — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

As I write this blog i'm laying in my bed crying my eyes out. I need enouraging words from people who know what dealing with severe anxiety everyday is like. I feel like I have reached my breaking point and Idon't have any of my family supporting me as they think i am a drama queen please help.

Need encouraging words

woodsar@goldmail.etsu.edu — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

How to break it to my parents....

bob_me3@hotmail.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

...that I don't want to go to my own graduation.

I have a lot of mixed feelings about it. I do kind of want to go, to celebrate the past three years I've put into my degree. To stand on the stage and get my certificate and get that well-known photograph taken. I want to go to the after party and chat to all my class mates and have fun.

On the other hand it's going to be SO stressful. For one thing it's not at the local church, it's at [...]

What really ticks me

woodsar@goldmail.etsu.edu — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Tonight while at dinner, my family was discusing my classes since im a junor in college and the only one left in the family in school. I had to drop a class because my panic attacks were so bad in that class there was no way i could keep up with it and be physically and emotionally healthy. my famliy was trying to tell me what i should do and was mentioning every thing that really causes my panic attacks and i reached my boiling point, raised my voice and said stp telling m what to do its [...]

Remember?

maria.maika@hotmail.com — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Do you remember what it was like as a kid? your biggest worry stemmed from whether or not your mom would take you to your friend's house that weekend because if she didn't, it would be the end of the world.

We grow up realizing that the things of the past represent a simplicity even if they once were complicated. So the biggest problems stems from the present and the future. There's always a new problem, a new anxiety, or anything else that could trigger a downward spiral in [...]

A question for everyone...

charlottecomley@hotmail.co.uk — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

I also have health anxiety... Does anyone else have this, or had this, and how do they deal with it? I am constantly worrying about my health. I get many strange symptoms that the dr puts down to my anxiety disorders, which i struggle to understand. Any comments or info, would be appreciated...

Its a sunday

charlottecomley@hotmail.co.uk — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Today is the worst ive felt for a few weeks... for an overall length of time. Feel in a high state of panic with physical symptoms for about 4 hours now.... Fiance is out, but it came on beforehand. I seem to be 'worse' when he is with a certain male friend? I have no idea why. I always feel uncomfortable around him and this i dont understand as he is very nice to me and always pleasant. I dont get it? When he is in our house i always want him to leave- but i never say this. & [...]