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angelfan
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 Posted - 03/17/2007 : 00:05:54
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Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with depression a few years back and also suffer from anxiety. I was having panic attacks often when i was younger and then started taking paxil and it stopped. I felt wonderful! Two years ago, my grandma go sick. She was in and out of the hospital and i was there when she passed away. Those 2 months brought back my panic attacks. It kind of calmed down until about 6 months ago i was on a bus when i had a really bad panic attack. When i got off the bus, i was hot, my heart was racing, i felt i couldnt breathe, i thought i was gonna die and i could barely walk i was so weak. Now, im terrified of having that happen again. Im going to new york in 3 weeks and i cant even be excited because im afraid that will happen on the plane and i cant get off!! What should i do to end this fear. I dont know about other women, but my symptoms are worse when i get my period. IS this normal?? If anyone could offer some help id really appreciate it. Should i see a psychologist? I think the whole event when my grandma was sick brought it back but im not sure. Please help!!
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| klight317
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Posted - 05/06/2009 : 16:45:16
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Originally posted by angelfan
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with depression a few years back and also suffer from anxiety. I was having panic attacks often when i was younger and then started taking paxil and it stopped. I felt wonderful! Two years ago, my grandma go sick. She was in and out of the hospital and i was there when she passed away. Those 2 months brought back my panic attacks. It kind of calmed down until about 6 months ago i was on a bus when i had a really bad panic attack. When i got off the bus, i was hot, my heart was racing, i felt i couldnt breathe, i thought i was gonna die and i could barely walk i was so weak. Now, im terrified of having that happen again. Im going to new york in 3 weeks and i cant even be excited because im afraid that will happen on the plane and i cant get off!! What should i do to end this fear. I dont know about other women, but my symptoms are worse when i get my period. IS this normal?? If anyone could offer some help id really appreciate it. Should i see a psychologist? I think the whole event when my grandma was sick brought it back but im not sure. Please help!!
People think im crazy when i tell them that i got over my severe depression/bipolar symptoms when i went off my medication. However i didnt do it alone. I also started a "biofeedback" treatment to accompany me while i decreased my medication. My medication started to not work for me after 9 years of success. So i was offered to try something called neurofeedback which is the same as biofeedback. Its a brainwave treatment. painless as well. All i know is that im off almost all of my medication and depression free since november 08. It may not work for everyone but atleast theres another option you can consider. its a little pricey, but its worth it if you can get off meds.
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| jonathanb
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Posted - 01/20/2011 : 17:34:09
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I have to say that I disagree with a lot that was said in this thread - not that I blame anyone, there's only so much information given to us.
I 'suffered' from depression and was on medication for 6 years (serotonin based anti-depressants and xanax). It was all great when I started as I felt there was hope of getting better, but on the long run I noticed that they had no real impact and would have worked just as well as a placibo, and getting off the damn things was ridiculously hard. I wouldn't recommend medication, except light sedatives in severe cases. But I'm getting off my initial topic.
It was in late 2009, I was travelling and my airline lost my suitcase with all my medication - I had to go cold-turkey, effective immediately, as I couldn't get medication from anywhere else for the next 2 weeks. The following 6 weeks were really bad, but I managed to get through it and got off my meds. Depression is one thing, but what followed after was (I think) far worse.
Completely out of the blue about 7 weeks after ending my medication, I thought I was having a heart attack, which after several emergency calls and ER visits was confirmed as panic attacks. I couldn't live life with panic attacks, especially not while being a responsible single dad - I was scared as anything.
I didn't care what the costs were, I had to get it sorted, so I visited psychologists, psychotherapists, acupuncturists, hypnotherapists.. you name it and I went. Over 70% of the time, I was told that I have a chemical imbalance and that medication should be used - I refused everytime, because anyone that has looked into the subject matter even a little deeper than the surface will find out that it's a load of **** that is told to us when they don't know of any other explanation.
Long story short, after well over a hundred panic attacks, I just wanted to end my life. It was just that bad.. until one night at 4 in the morning I found a book through medicaless.com. I'll see if I can find the specific page. I read the book, and since that night (literally) I have not had a single panic attack. I had feelings of one wanting to come on for the first few weeks, but it stoped dead before it even started.
I sincerely wish that doctors and medical professionals would have handed the book to me after my first attack and it just frustrates me so much that they try to feed us these and those pills when there is such a simple and effective solution out there. If you're suffering from panic attacks, I am 100% certain that you'll be able to stop them after you learn all this. Let me just find the site for you..
http://medicaless.com/panic-attacks/
All the best,
Jonathan
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| MAMAjojo
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Posted - 02/29/2012 : 19:56:50
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My sister and my dad had anxiety and depression for as long as I can remember. I never could understand it until November, when I began having them. I was going to the ER almost every week thinking I was having a heart attack. A doctor at the ER referred me to a psychologist who evaluated me. I am the only one in my family that suffers from anxiety and NOT depression (weird).
I was givin lorazepam (1/2 mg) told to take it 3x daily. The first month was great, but the second month, I began to feel really tired all the time. I dropped down to 2 doses a day and then 1.
I find that counseling has helped me more than anything else (with someone you trust). I found a very good therapist that will LISTEN!!
For us women, it helps to know that the hormonal changes you have just before and during your period can cause some anxiety symptoms. My anxiety is terrible around these times, too. I now only take the meds if I REALLY need to. I still have good days and bad days, too.
Discussing your treatment with your therapist as well as your psychiatrist will help you find what will work best for you.
Wishing you all the peace, love, and joy the world has to offer because, the Lord knows, we all need it. |
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