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Topic: recovering from anxiety
vanfalcons Joined Mon 12/01/08 Posts: 18	Thu 12/04/08 10:06 AM
hello. my name is jason. i know how crippling anxiety can be and how it can dramatically alter your life. in april 2006 i had a major panic attack hit me out of the blue. i didn't know what was happening and was scared to death. scared i was dying. i began to have frequent inexplicable physical pain especially in my chest. i became convinced that i was having heart problems and for the next 2 years i went from doctor to doctor. each time i was disappointed to hear the words "we can't find anything physically wrong with you." everything always kept coming back to anxiety. at one point i went to an outpatient program at a psychiatric hospital and visited a psychiatrist. i took several kinds of meds, both for mental and physical problems. each time some drug didn't work it made me increasingly desperate. within 2 years i lost my marriage, my job, my car, my home and had to file chapter 7 bankruptcy. but i am here now to tell you that i finally found the right doctor and got the help i needed. i have taking prozac for a year. it has been my miracle. now i am in the process of rebuilding my life. if anyone can relate to this and needs encouragement, let me know. if you have a spouse who is having anxiety or depression problems, please don't give up on him or her.

beauty314 Joined Sat 04/19/08 Posts: 1709	Thu 12/04/08 10:20 AM


johncarl Joined Mon 11/26/07 Posts: 5074	Thu 12/04/08 10:30 AM
been their and i know the pain with it. i too had to use drugs to fix it. that was about 15 years ago and have not need them for that long. i get it from stress. i have learned to deal with stress. yea at times it is hard.l hope that you have a good life from here on out.

CircuitRider Joined Fri 07/04/08 Posts: 2065	Thu 12/04/08 10:39 AM
Thank you for sharing this with us... As a former FireFughter-EMT, I can attest to the amount of stress and how horrible someone having a panic attack can feel... Bro Clark

SKPCG Joined Mon 03/03/08 Posts: 14708	Thu 12/04/08 10:51 AM
I have never had it to the degree you have. I do have a phobia of driving highways that started to really hit in 2006. I finally had to get to a hypnotherapist. Not 100% but I'm better than I was. Weird how stuff sneaks up on us, huh? I stopped Prozac and had taken it for stress over my second husband. Got rid of the husband and soon after the divorce, got rid of the stress!!! Best wishes to you. I do know how debilitating anxiety attacks can be. Thankfully, not to the degree you describe.

PATSFAN Joined Mon 12/10/07 Posts: 42782	Thu 12/04/08 10:59 AM
Have not had to deal with it in awhile, but I had it , pills did nothing for me, it pops up now & again.

vanfalcons Joined Mon 12/01/08 Posts: 18	Thu 12/04/08 11:34 AM Edited by vanfalcons on Thu 12/04/08 11:36 AM
i can't imagine the things you saw doing that job, bro clark

zanne46 Joined Sun 07/01/07 Posts: 5610	Thu 12/04/08 05:46 PM Edited by zanne46 on Thu 12/04/08 05:48 PM
I am dealing with everyday anxiety,intermitten depression and panic attacks.... Oh ya and migraines for yrs. Been to many doctors...to many suck...so I leave... I am under 3 doctors care now. 1 who takes good care of me 2nd keeps trying other meds..after trying them I refuse to take again..he also agrees with what I am telling him.. He would like to see me off the zanax...which he says really isn't much..but he put me on clonazepine....why I don't laugh..smile..joke and feel like a zombie on 0.5 mg BId....I don't understand... Tramadal was poison to me....never again.. Prozac...I tried for migraines..couldn't get out of bed for 2 weeks and lost 10 lbs..that was some yrs ago..again will never touch that again.. Before all of the above I actually was fine..still fighting..I wasn't depressed. When my son enlisted in the Marines Oct 16,2007....all hell hit me.... I just want to get better...I am better when he is in the USA....but he won't be back til May 09.... This is just pure hell.....and I don't believe in the devil.... My best to you and all who suffer depression, anxiety and panic to what ever degree....

MsWizard Joined Sun 07/01/07 Posts: 5488	Thu 12/04/08 07:16 PM
I am dealing with everyday anxiety,intermitten depression and panic attacks.... Oh ya and migraines for yrs. Been to many doctors...to many suck...so I leave... I am under 3 doctors care now. 1 who takes good care of me 2nd keeps trying other meds..after trying them I refuse to take again..he also agrees with what I am telling him.. He would like to see me off the zanax...which he says really isn't much..but he put me on clonazepine....why I don't laugh..smile..joke and feel like a zombie on 0.5 mg BId....I don't understand... Tramadal was poison to me....never again.. Prozac...I tried for migraines..couldn't get out of bed for 2 weeks and lost 10 lbs..that was some yrs ago..again will never touch that again.. Before all of the above I actually was fine..still fighting..I wasn't depressed. When my son enlisted in the Marines Oct 16,2007....all hell hit me.... I just want to get better...I am better when he is in the USA....but he won't be back til May 09.... This is just pure hell.....and I don't believe in the devil.... My best to you and all who suffer depression, anxiety and panic to what ever degree.... Zanne. You better than most know what I've been through with panic disorder and PTSD. You are a wonderfully strong woman. That will over come pretty much everything.

zanne46 Joined Sun 07/01/07 Posts: 5610	Thu 12/04/08 07:26 PM
I am dealing with everyday anxiety,intermitten depression and panic attacks.... Oh ya and migraines for yrs. Been to many doctors...to many suck...so I leave... I am under 3 doctors care now. 1 who takes good care of me 2nd keeps trying other meds..after trying them I refuse to take again..he also agrees with what I am telling him.. He would like to see me off the zanax...which he says really isn't much..but he put me on clonazepine....why I don't laugh..smile..joke and feel like a zombie on 0.5 mg BId....I don't understand... Tramadal was poison to me....never again.. Prozac...I tried for migraines..couldn't get out of bed for 2 weeks and lost 10 lbs..that was some yrs ago..again will never touch that again.. Before all of the above I actually was fine..still fighting..I wasn't depressed. When my son enlisted in the Marines Oct 16,2007....all hell hit me.... I just want to get better...I am better when he is in the USA....but he won't be back til May 09.... This is just pure hell.....and I don't believe in the devil.... My best to you and all who suffer depression, anxiety and panic to what ever degree.... Zanne. You better than most know what I've been through with panic disorder and PTSD. You are a wonderfully strong woman. That will over come pretty much everything. u have mail agai. the one u can't find is below the ones we are answering back and forth. Thoriginal one was send 40 + min. ago

Thomas3474 Joined Mon 11/10/08 Posts: 2713	Fri 12/05/08 01:53 AM
hello. my name is jason. i know how crippling anxiety can be and how it can dramatically alter your life. in april 2006 i had a major panic attack hit me out of the blue. i didn't know what was happening and was scared to death. scared i was dying. i began to have frequent inexplicable physical pain especially in my chest. i became convinced that i was having heart problems and for the next 2 years i went from doctor to doctor. each time i was disappointed to hear the words "we can't find anything physically wrong with you." everything always kept coming back to anxiety. at one point i went to an outpatient program at a psychiatric hospital and visited a psychiatrist. i took several kinds of meds, both for mental and physical problems. each time some drug didn't work it made me increasingly desperate. within 2 years i lost my marriage, my job, my car, my home and had to file chapter 7 bankruptcy. but i am here now to tell you that i finally found the right doctor and got the help i needed. i have taking prozac for a year. it has been my miracle. now i am in the process of rebuilding my life. if anyone can relate to this and needs encouragement, let me know. if you have a spouse who is having anxiety or depression problems, please don't give up on him or her. I feel for you bro and you are not alone.I'm sure you probably thought you were crazy and would be locked up in a mental institution.It's a terrible thing to live with and ruins your whole life even if you are normally a happy person.I am still dealing with my anxiety.Even thought I am healthy I always wonder when I go to sleep if I am going to wake up alive the next day.Sometimes I feel cursed.What kind of life is it when you can't even get peace when you are sleeping?Although as I get older I can take these problems with a grain of salt I often wonder what my life would have been like if I didn't struggle with depression and anxiety on a daily basis. One thing I can look forward to;I know I will lead a much more happier and peaceful life once this is taken care of.

vanfalcons Joined Mon 12/01/08 Posts: 18	Fri 12/05/08 09:58 AM
hello. my name is jason. i know how crippling anxiety can be and how it can dramatically alter your life. in april 2006 i had a major panic attack hit me out of the blue. i didn't know what was happening and was scared to death. scared i was dying. i began to have frequent inexplicable physical pain especially in my chest. i became convinced that i was having heart problems and for the next 2 years i went from doctor to doctor. each time i was disappointed to hear the words "we can't find anything physically wrong with you." everything always kept coming back to anxiety. at one point i went to an outpatient program at a psychiatric hospital and visited a psychiatrist. i took several kinds of meds, both for mental and physical problems. each time some drug didn't work it made me increasingly desperate. within 2 years i lost my marriage, my job, my car, my home and had to file chapter 7 bankruptcy. but i am here now to tell you that i finally found the right doctor and got the help i needed. i have taking prozac for a year. it has been my miracle. now i am in the process of rebuilding my life. if anyone can relate to this and needs encouragement, let me know. if you have a spouse who is having anxiety or depression problems, please don't give up on him or her. I feel for you bro and you are not alone.I'm sure you probably thought you were crazy and would be locked up in a mental institution.It's a terrible thing to live with and ruins your whole life even if you are normally a happy person.I am still dealing with my anxiety.Even thought I am healthy I always wonder when I go to sleep if I am going to wake up alive the next day.Sometimes I feel cursed.What kind of life is it when you can't even get peace when you are sleeping?Although as I get older I can take these problems with a grain of salt I often wonder what my life would have been like if I didn't struggle with depression and anxiety on a daily basis. One thing I can look forward to;I know I will lead a much more happier and peaceful life once this is taken care of. you hit it right on the head. i had many when i was scared to go to sleep.

vanfalcons Joined Mon 12/01/08 Posts: 18	Fri 12/05/08 09:58 AM
hello. my name is jason. i know how crippling anxiety can be and how it can dramatically alter your life. in april 2006 i had a major panic attack hit me out of the blue. i didn't know what was happening and was scared to death. scared i was dying. i began to have frequent inexplicable physical pain especially in my chest. i became convinced that i was having heart problems and for the next 2 years i went from doctor to doctor. each time i was disappointed to hear the words "we can't find anything physically wrong with you." everything always kept coming back to anxiety. at one point i went to an outpatient program at a psychiatric hospital and visited a psychiatrist. i took several kinds of meds, both for mental and physical problems. each time some drug didn't work it made me increasingly desperate. within 2 years i lost my marriage, my job, my car, my home and had to file chapter 7 bankruptcy. but i am here now to tell you that i finally found the right doctor and got the help i needed. i have taking prozac for a year. it has been my miracle. now i am in the process of rebuilding my life. if anyone can relate to this and needs encouragement, let me know. if you have a spouse who is having anxiety or depression problems, please don't give up on him or her. I feel for you bro and you are not alone.I'm sure you probably thought you were crazy and would be locked up in a mental institution.It's a terrible thing to live with and ruins your whole life even if you are normally a happy person.I am still dealing with my anxiety.Even thought I am healthy I always wonder when I go to sleep if I am going to wake up alive the next day.Sometimes I feel cursed.What kind of life is it when you can't even get peace when you are sleeping?Although as I get older I can take these problems with a grain of salt I often wonder what my life would have been like if I didn't struggle with depression and anxiety on a daily basis. One thing I can look forward to;I know I will lead a much more happier and peaceful life once this is taken care of. you hit it right on the head. i had many when i was scared to go to sleep.

angelindarkness Joined Sun 11/25/07 Posts: 6492	Sat 12/20/08 02:27 PM
Have not had to deal with it in awhile, but I had it , pills did nothing for me, it pops up now & again. In my case? Doctor prescribed meds I have been taking on and off for the past few years don't really do much for it - they just dull it and make it slightly easier to cope with. But, when it is bad, its really bad. I'm sure you can relate to how painful it is. Sometimes it isn't biochemical, comes from unresolved loss - or it can be from both.

angelindarkness Joined Sun 11/25/07 Posts: 6492	Sat 12/20/08 02:32 PM
Before all of the above I actually was fine..still fighting..I wasn't depressed. When my son enlisted in the Marines Oct 16,2007....all hell hit me.... I just want to get better...I am better when he is in the USA....but he won't be back til May 09.... This is just pure hell.....and I don't believe in the devil.... I suspect that the reason it feels this way is that the meds have taken away the anxiety that your psyche used to use to fight the underlying Depression. I wonder if that is why your Depression was intermittent - maybe hidden under the anxiety. Now, you are left with the depressive symptoms. Grief unresolved. Loss. Or anticipated loss. Wishing you and your son God's grace. Love & Light~

PATSFAN Joined Mon 12/10/07 Posts: 42782	Sat 12/20/08 02:33 PM
Have not had to deal with it in awhile, but I had it , pills did nothing for me, it pops up now & again. In my case? Doctor prescribed meds I have been taking on and off for the past few years don't really do much for it - they just dull it and make it slightly easier to cope with. But, when it is bad, its really bad. I'm sure you can relate to how painful it is. Sometimes it isn't biochemical, comes from unresolved loss - or it can be from both.

angelindarkness Joined Sun 11/25/07 Posts: 6492	Mon 12/22/08 12:34 AM


debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Tue 12/23/08 01:50 PM
hello. my name is jason. i know how crippling anxiety can be and how it can dramatically alter your life. in april 2006 i had a major panic attack hit me out of the blue. i didn't know what was happening and was scared to death. scared i was dying. i began to have frequent inexplicable physical pain especially in my chest. i became convinced that i was having heart problems and for the next 2 years i went from doctor to doctor. each time i was disappointed to hear the words "we can't find anything physically wrong with you." everything always kept coming back to anxiety. at one point i went to an outpatient program at a psychiatric hospital and visited a psychiatrist. i took several kinds of meds, both for mental and physical problems. each time some drug didn't work it made me increasingly desperate. within 2 years i lost my marriage, my job, my car, my home and had to file chapter 7 bankruptcy. but i am here now to tell you that i finally found the right doctor and got the help i needed. i have taking prozac for a year. it has been my miracle. now i am in the process of rebuilding my life. if anyone can relate to this and needs encouragement, let me know. if you have a spouse who is having anxiety or depression problems, please don't give up on him or her. I feel for you bro and you are not alone.I'm sure you probably thought you were crazy and would be locked up in a mental institution.It's a terrible thing to live with and ruins your whole life even if you are normally a happy person.I am still dealing with my anxiety.Even thought I am healthy I always wonder when I go to sleep if I am going to wake up alive the next day.Sometimes I feel cursed.What kind of life is it when you can't even get peace when you are sleeping?Although as I get older I can take these problems with a grain of salt I often wonder what my life would have been like if I didn't struggle with depression and anxiety on a daily basis. One thing I can look forward to;I know I will lead a much more happier and peaceful life once this is taken care of. i can so relate to you. anxiety has totally taken over my life until they put me on lorazepam a benzodiazapine, and meds for sleeping as my anxiety is so bad at night. i have wrote to the OP as i can relate to him so much. anyone who wants to talk, feel free to send me a message

fairycatcher31 Joined Sat 01/26/08 Posts: 3680	Tue 12/23/08 01:54 PM
But what do you do when the person suffering from the anxiety shuts you out???

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Tue 12/23/08 01:59 PM
But what do you do when the person suffering from the anxiety shuts you out??? thats a hard one, because my anxiety got so bad i couldnt have a conversation it effected my speech and i felt like i was dieing with the pains in my chest, i couldnt have lived with me during the worst of it so i admire anyone who does stick by there partner etc. just be there i guess and do what you can, its a hard one this because anxiety can be so extreme, its horrible.