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12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 373

Welcome Nestkeeper,

My nickname is really Carmie but I entered it incorrectly as CarmieSlug (My husbands nickname is sluggo and back on the early days of the internet, we shared an email - that's where my silly handle comes from!)

More importantly, I wanted to welcome you to this group. My first panic attack was after a trip to the ER, too. I am very sorry to read about the losses you have suffered in your life. I also feel for your situation of having anxiety and panic. I experienced days like those this summer and a bit this fall before I found this group and a great therapist. My greatest fear now is that I will have an attack - but this site and these folks here on the forum have given me so many tools and strategies to beat the anxiety. It is a wonderful gift (Hard work - but wonderful to have a means to improve my life so much!)

Welcome!

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 424

Hello Nestkeeper...i can relate to all you wrote..few years back i lost most all my family in 4 years time..i did not have time to grieve one,till there was another dying..my brother,,,,next my mother,next my aunt,then my father,then a close cousin..so i do understand so well, its not easy,but when i did get time to start grieving..seems it took forever for me..yes,like you i cried every day,some time several times a day..so i do understand,i too am on medication,but iam so glad there was something out there to help me..also this site has been so good for me!

I write a journal everyday,i am now walking a mile a day,feel wonderful..but it was not that way when i started here...you do have to work the program..it has takin me awhile to see a differance in myself..but iam getting there..were all here to help all we can,your not alone!

Welcome!

Bren

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2

Thank you for the warm welcome.

Davit, I've noticed you are supportive to many of the folks on the forum. It's nice to have someone who has worked through the program available to us.

Ashley, thank you for the link to the depression site. I will work on that next. I think panic gets in the way of working through the grief for me.

To integrate this program I intend to work on it everyday, learning and/or working on the exercises. I am also starting a training program with a personal trainer who will help me work on nutrition as well as physical exercise. I've had a complete physical checkup to make sure I'm really not dying. LOL. So I can confidently take steps to deal with my panic. Interesting that I found this program at this specific time. When the student is ready the teacher will appear, or so I've heard.

Sincerely,

Nestkeeper

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Nestkeeper

Welcome

We have no control of the past but CBT will make it more tolerable. It will reduce anxiety and panic and give you the tools to live a more or less normal life. It will reduce the effects of emotions with out the deadening effects that come from medication too. It is a bit of work but worth it.

Davit.

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 11218

Hi Nestkeeper,

I am so sorry for you losses. My heart goes out to you. Addressing this grief might be important to the healing process. Have you talked to a grief or counsellor about this?

This program can help you manage the anxiety. Our sister site the Depression Center (www.depressioncenter.net) can help with the Depression. We recommend focusing on one program at a time. The programs are a lot of work, but you will see results if you stick with it.

We can help you get to where you want to be. Keep posting and we will be right here every step of the way.

How do you plan to integrate the program and support group into your daily routine?

Ashley, Health Educator

Here to help :)

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2

Hi, I'm new here. My nicname is Nestkeeper.

Almost five years ago my appendix ruptured. I had my first panic attack when I was very near death.

Since then I have lost several loved ones. My best friend (heart attack age approx. 48), then my sister (liver failure age 42), followed by my mom (breast cancer age 69), and then my other sister (drug abuse age approx. 48), then another close friend (heart attack during elective surgery).

I also lost my father on Christmas Day (cancer age 60) in 1999.

The holidays are especially excruciating for me.

I panic several times a day. Sometimes I panic because I'm afraid I'll panic and I feel like I'm bringing it on myself. I fear dying, but oddly I death, just the process.

I'm on several drugs to control depression and anxiety.

I'm looking forward to some relief. Glad I found this site.

Sincerely,

Nestkeeper

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