I find playing music and singing along really helps with me, especially at the minute, i have alot of my attacks when out walking so i find some good music and head phones help to take my mind off the symtoms :)
hey, thank you all for welcoming me to the site :) its nice to no your not alone! and big ben and the spice girls, yes that did make me chuckle :) id say more classic rock is better to sing to than the spice girls. guns n roses is my prefered choice hehe
i no i have spoke to a couple of you but thought id tell you my story...my anxiety started when my sister passed away in january 2010 it was a sudden death from a lesion on her brain, after that i started to panic that the same was going to happen to me and as headaches can be a syptom of anxiety, it was a vicious circle as you could imagin, (headache-worrying about dying-panic-worser headache-more panic) but at the time i didnt think about GAD i seemed to still have a prety normal life, as the months went on i noticed more syptoms (still had no idea) and it wasnt untill a day trip out when i had my first real panic attack, i was an hours train journy away from home, it was so scary.
after that things seemed to get worse, avoiding going out, no shops, no friends houses even car journys got to be a problem, i spent alot of time in the house, so far i have the car journys cracked and im able to do that again :) im lucky i dont drive aha, so i found this site and im really glad i have, its nothing like iv seen on the net and everybody is so friendly and welcoming, second day of this sight and i already have high hopes for my future now, cant wait to start noticing a difference.
thanks all off you for taking the time to read my story and replying :) i do feel this site is already helping me, even just reading the myths section helped, atleast now i no i can take controll of my syptoms and that there not going to hurt me or im not going to pass out, that thought alone keeps me calmer, so i feel iv made a big step already.
after 4 weeks of being sat in my house i have finally left, yesterday the wether was beautiful, the sun was shining and i got this urge to take a walk and see my friend thats just had a baby (good reason to go out) and i was really suprised, even though i havnt been on the program long i can already see benifits, just reading some of the myths have helped me and understanding it more, its no longer so scary, so i managed it, walked to my friends, stayed for about an hour then walked home, i felt great and no longer bound to the house :) hoping to have many days just like that and im so proud of myself.
thanks guys :) and yes its strange that it does feel normal, i was really suprised with myself, a nice sunny day does help, as theres nothing worse than sitting indoors on a lovely day, so seen as my friend has had a baby im going to make it a regular thing to go see her, shes a really close friend and shes one of the very few that understands me at the minute, so talking to her and actually getting out the house to do so really helps, i think thats a good starting point, make a few days a week to pay her a visit.
i just want to no if anyone has any oppinions on st johns wort herbal remedy? i have been taking it for around 5 weeks now and i think it is helping, its helped me to sleep better also, iv had no side effects at all, they say its like a natural anti depressant.
i no some prescribed drugs can mask anxiety symptoms to can be hard to get rid of anixiety, i dont feel like its masked my syptoms so im still able to deal with situations im in, which i dont think is a bad thing if im going to learn to help myself, is it ok to keep taking them?
thanks guys
sadie :)
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