caitlin, you are a really good person. Your name should be ANGEL hehe. Thanks for inspiring all of us to push harder. I really do feel insecure about my ability to do this alone. I feel that i am not independent. But i want to gain power and just DO THIS. I want to be able to BRING ON the panic attacks without being afraid. I promise i will try doing this...i will let u know how it goes!
HI Warren! I dont like the idea of taking medication either. Especially if it will make me addicted to it. So thats why I chose to go the natural way. I am currently seeing a homeopathic doctor. I really believe in natural medicine and i believe its helping me a lot. To be honest with you, it does take time until u actualy start seeing changes......but its worth the wait. There are no side effects. And the bonus about it is, homeopathic medicine really gets to the ROOT of whyyyyy your having anxiety. It does not just take away the symptoms.....but it also addresses the root cause of this anxiety. Whereas medicine merely supresses the symtoms. I'm not a doctor...so I dont' know if what i'm saying is 100% true.....but give it a try! It is healthier for you!
Hi everyone. For me, some days are better than others. But today feels like a bad day for me. I feel like there is no hope for me to get better. Thats because, rather than waking up feeling energized and refreshed and happy.....I wake up with no energy and i feel like i cannot breath, or take a "good" breath. Feeling this way makes me lose hope. It makes me feel depressed and worthless. Everday i feel my chest is tight and my stomach area is soooo tight....so thats what i feel is restricting my breathing. HOw can i deal with this annoying feeling? How can i possibly start believing in myself and energizing myself? How do i realy challenge these anxious thoughts? I really cannot convince myself that this is just anxiety....i keep thinking i'm dieing or something. NOthing is working for me.....i just want to cry
Gina and Debbi, my thoughts and prayers are with you. Gina stay strong. Believe me, you can do it. And like i told you before, everyone is nervous too.....so its not abnormal for you to feel this way hun. the chest pains are normal as well. Don't worry, just think positive and know that we are ALL here for you. YOu can always turn to us for support and love. We all understand what you are going through. God blessyou.
Thanks Alison for your support. I log on all the time just to hear something sweet like this from someone...it keeps me going.
My homeopathic doctor is giving me a special remedy that addresses my specific anxiety and panic attacks. Cause everyone experiences it for different reasons and in different ways. So i guess u can say its 'customized' for me.
I just get frustrated cause i feel like i'm moving backwards sometimes. In the summer (when i had no school), my panic attacks reduced significantly. I noticed in sept. when I got back to school, I get soooo stressed out easily and this is bringing back my panic attacks. So, in turn, I feel anxious ALL the time. Its like i have no break. And its not just feeling sick.......its actually THINKING horrible things. I dont' want to fall back again...i dont' want these thoughts anymore. I just cannot seem to control them. I hope this passes very soon. I hope we all get better very soon...cause i cannot deal with this anymore. I need encouragement
Debbi and Gina, are you ok? How are u feeling now? Are ur families ok? Please let us know. U dont understand how much you are on my mind. I am praying for you! And so is everyone else! U are going to make it! I promise!
Yes Gina. Thats exactly what happened to me today and all the time. I look around and i feel like everyone is normal except for me. I hate that feeling. I live in this cloud of fear. I wake up to it and sleep to it. I hate it. I wish i can just be strong and tell myself that "its just anxiety." But for me, its not that easy because i'm extremely scared of something happening to me. I want to be the person i used to be too. dont worry, this is part of the anxiety package. We just have to start believing in ourselves. I believe in u .
Hi Lynnp. When i read your message...i related to it exactly. Lynn, you are not alone. I feel the same and i'm sure many others do too. I swear, i feel the exact same. Its interesting because today, as i was driving, i was thinking the exact same thing to myself. I'm SO INTO MY OWN HEALTH and i'm monitoring every change in my breathing and heart beat that i forget everyone around me. I feel like I just dont' want to talk to anybody. My fiance is SO SUPPORTIVE and i love him to death. But i keep fearing that one day he will just get fed up and leave me. I feel soooo insecure about myself. I just keep worrying about myself and i'm afraid that i'm not able to give him any attention. I want a normal life.....i want normal thoughts....i want to be the person i dream of being....the old me. And i'm so sure that you want this too..to be your old self again.
This anxiety has also caused me to feel down. I never believed in depression.....but i'm starting to question whether i'm depressed or not. I do feel sad all the time because of these negative thoughts. I try to control them.......but its hard when i'm feeling as though i cannot breath. I'm trying my best.
U are not alone Gina. And dont' worry, nothing is wrong with you. The doctors didnt' miss anythign. And i have to tell myself that too, cause i think like you. We ARE FINE AND HEALTHY. Here is something that my homeopathic doctor told me that i will never forget: " Anxiety is NOT YOU. It is just an ordeal that you are dealing with now. And it will soon come to an end."
We have to start detaching this idea that we are anxious/panicy people. We are not. We are just dealing with some anxiety now. and i promise that soon we will all be free from it. Just hang in there. This too shall pass.
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