I am an Anxiety sufferer & i can say that i would DEFINITELY choose to go through Depression than live a life of constant FEAR, i would seriously choose to be depressed than all the Anxiety symptoms i get, not being rude of anything but people with Depression seriously dont know how good they got it when it comes down to people that suffer from Anxiety. What about you & why ????

Tags: amp, Anxiety Symptoms, constant fear, depression, sufferer

A friend & I are debating. I say chatty people with anxiety tend to talk circles around talk therapy & thus meds are more effective; and that talk therapy has the better track record for short term depression. My friend contends that talk therapy with or without a combo of meds is the most effective treatment for both depression and anxiety, short or long term for either.

Tags: amp, anxiety, circles, term depression

I’ve had them since i was little and they came back recently. I don’t like to sleep at night, so i stay up and think to much… and i can’t make them stop unless i stay up and this really hurts me because I’m so tired all the time. The things i worry about are really stupid and i think its because i stay up so much is the reason i have them… PLEASE help me i don’t know what to do……
Im generally a really chill person I don’t know what the f^%& is wrong w/ me…

Tags: amp, sleep

Since ive noticed (the past 3 months or so), i have all the symptoms of G.A.D (general anxiety disorder). I was curious with others knowledge/exp. This Tues, im going to see this family dr, (new dr) whom ive never seen yet, due to my insurance changing. My question is, since i have yet to see him, even with me explaining my anxiety symptoms/problems, will he give me a prescription for anxiety on my first visit? Or will i have to come back or go to another doctor? I tried Xanax once before when i had a panic attack, and it really calmed me down. Will he give me Xanax or Valium if i ask? I know there are alot of drs who are reluctant to give out meds like these, cause unfortunately the people who abuse it decrease the chance of others who do need it. I dont want to be put on anti-depressants. Just something for my anxiety to take whenever i feel like im going to have a panic attack. So again, j/w if this tues he will give me anything being my 1st visit & can i ask for the meds i want?

Tags: alot, amp, anti depressants, Anxiety Symptoms, drs, family dr, general anxiety disorder, insurance, meds, panic attack, valium, xanax

no…you’re not "ill". chances are you are experiencing the natural symptoms that are part of the decline in reproductive hormones as we all age (both sexes)-for females, you can get this & still have your period. these things can be mild or even disabling in some people. hormone treatment will rid it.

what this hormone decline is called is andropause in men & perimenopause in women, this falls under the category of menopause in general. this can start as early as age 5 in people. the symptoms are the same for both sexes.

there are more symptoms than those listed above, 35 to be exact that you can get (if you’re not having some now). for reference on this, you can see these websites:

andropause (male menopause)

http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=53&a=5977

35 symptoms of menopause

http://www.project-aware.org/Experience/symptoms.shtml#doom

–posted by someone who cares. no one will try to offer you anything to buy, this is free. look it up, it may help.

Tags: amp, both sexes, decline, experience symptoms, females, hormone treatment, jonesbahamas, male menopause, menopause, perimenopause, reproductive hormones

no…you’re not "ill". chances are you are experiencing the natural symptoms that are part of the decline in reproductive hormones as we all age (both sexes)-for females, you can get this & still have your period. these things can be mild or even disabling in some people. hormone treatment will rid it.

what this hormone decline is called is andropause in men & perimenopause in women, this falls under the category of menopause in general. this can start as early as age 5 in people. the symptoms are the same for both sexes.
there are more symptoms than those listed above, 35 to be exact that you can get (if you’re not having some now). Also, if you have sleep issues, it can cause "voices". For reference on this, you can see these websites:

andropause (male menopause)

http://www.geocities.com/stuffs2read/male.html

35 symptoms of menopause

http://www.project-aware.org/Experience/symptoms.shtml#doom

—posted to help people who may have this; not asking for help for me.
Sorry, guess I didn’t phrase the sentence correctly regarding "hormone treatment will rid it". I meant any hormone treaments that ARE NOT HRT. I don’t recommend HRT to anyone due to risks as well as the likelihood of side-effects from the pills (these pills have about 20 side effects with them that you can get).
Speaking of my goofing, I just realized I never gave a link to a website that medically explains the "hearing voices" part. You can "hear voices" and/or experience a host of mood, behaviorial, emotional, thinking changes if you’ve had any "sleep troubles". Information on what symptoms sleep issues can cause and some examples of how these symptoms can show up (in what ways would you feel or think or behave differently), you can refer to this website on sleep information facts:

http://sleepinformationfacts.ebloggy.com/

P.S. Generally, doctors tell the public that sleep issues can cause things like "sleepiness, having trouble taking tests, trouble concentrating, or falling asleep while driving" but they don’t give the full list of symptoms unless asked for it much like they don’t tell the public every change the body has during missing meals. There’s just so much medical information to share about the body it would fill a library so they limit what they say unless asked.
To the person who says they see shadows and point of light zipping around, this can be caused by having a sleep issue of some kind (a sleep issue can even include when you lose some sleep regularly to talk with friends or other activities). The reason sleep can do this is because they body & brain needs its full 8 hours (or 7.5 to 9 in some people) and can’t have it interrupted very much (like getting up to go to the bathroom no more than 3 times a night, generally). Also true, if you’re only getting this problem while you’re about to go to sleep then it’s hynagogia which is when the mind prepares for sleep the brain waves can register as being asleep with your eyes still open & you can even be moving around still. Hynagogia is like the dream cycle starting up but sometimes you’ll be aware of it occurring, & it includes visual effects when you see things and can even hear & feels things as well. In my next post I’ll leave a website about hypagogia since I’m running out of room.
A good website to start with about hynagogia is:

http://www.geocities.com/stuffs2read/genmed/hypna.html

Tags: amp, both sexes, decline, doctors, ebloggy, experience symptoms, females, hearing voices, hormone treatment, information facts, likelihood, male menopause, menopause, perimenopause, phrase, pills, reproductive hormones, sleep, sleep troubles, sleepiness

How do you deal with your anxieties?
The best way to deal with it?
How do you mentally control your emotions?
Do you try to get busy?
Tips?
Sorry too many questions :s

Could be a date, going up on stage to get that award, visiting in-laws(for the first time), first day at work etc..
I hate when my anxiety kicks in & it can really drive me mad..

Tags: amp, anxieties, anxiety, emotions, first day at work

hi like i said im 18 yrs old & this is seriosly taking over my life.i dont know why this is happening to me & now i kan get 2-3 panic attacks in one day and it makes me sad bcuz i cant control it.i told my mom but she said i need to control myself,but for the people that suffer from this know how hard it is to control a panic attack.and it really sux bcuz now im like afraid to go out bcuz i kno ill get one or sumtimes it just happends out of nowhere ughhhhh this has made me real self concious,i lost all my confidence now,especially when i get hot flashes & i get really red & i just need to run out of where ever i am,it makes me sad.im 18 for godsake i need to be not hiding but enjoying my life,but i just kant…..& i also sing in church & i alwayz get panic attacks when im singing up there & i kan feel my face getting hot & it feel like im goin to faint ,AND I JUST dont kno wat to do anymore

Tags: amp, confidence, hot flashes, kant, mom, panic attack, Panic Attacks, self concious

About me: I’m 35, male, 5′7", 165lbs, Stress & General Anxiety Disorders since 2003. Tri-glycerides level 240+ in 2005 and now has come to 190. BP stays within 120-130 / 85-95. Cholestrol is on borderline. No physical activity for last 9 yrs after leaving college & joinging software development.

In fall of 2005 I ran after my son for about 40 yards and when I stopped, tangling started from left toe and went all the way up to the left eye. It statyed there for about 5 seconds and then went away. Couple months later, I lost the vision for about a minute at my home while moving my head up from down. Stayed calm and eye-sight came back (thanks God!)

Went to see a Dr. who said I should start physical activity & should bring tri-glycerides level down.

Last couple yrs I did not get anything bad but had a pin like feeling moments ago after eating doughnuts. I guess my question is Am I getting mild heart attacks? How to confirm? I am now really woried after reading symptoms. Thanks!
I must say every doctor I go to, seems to be blaming stress & anxiety for every symptom. Isn’t it crazy? or it is such a disease which can cause so many things?

Lately I am having some chills in body here and there (sometimes knee, sometimes thigh, etc). Then some areas of body got very sensitive to temprature. For example, if my cloth is wet and touches my lower left abdomen, it feels like someone has put ice cube on it. Then I am having this 2" diameter spot on my back under right shoulder where there is always some tangling/nimbness…

Whenever I talk about anything like this doctors keep blaming stress and anxiety.

I agree that I am under lot of stress and have bad habit of sitting on computer for extended hours because I am working on some personal (dream) application, but is stress & anxiety so bad? Why I have all these nasty symptoms? Am I working more than rest of the world?

Tags: abdomen, amp, anxiety disorders, bad habit, bp, calm, chills, cholestrol, diameter, doctors, eye sight, god, left eye, many things, personal dream, physical activity, rest of the world, software development, Stress And Anxiety, tri glycerides

I am already diagnosed with Anxiety/Panic attacks and getting medicine the 28th, (it’s horable..it happens in classes at school), and my therapist said Depression as well.

I also noticed that there was something called Compulsive Picking Disorder — I cannot stop PICKING at my scalp! It causes dandruff and I swear my hair has thinned because of it — I’ve been doing it for years almost every night.
+ More then 3 years (even more I think) I swear my nose is very huge and I critcize my shape & size of my nose, my height and my hair (how thin it is) and I can’t stop. I think I have Body Dysmorphic Disorder.

THESE are what the symptoms are(and what I feel)
* Being preoccupied with minor or imaginary physical flaws, usually of the skin, hair, and nose, such as acne, scarring, facial lines, marks, pale skin, thinning hair, excessive body hair, large nose, or crooked nose.
* Having a lot of anxiety and stress about the perceived flaw and spending a lot

PLEASE HELP WHATS WRONG WITH ME?!

Tags: 3 years, acne, acne scarring, amp, anxiety panic attacks, body dysmorphic disorder, crooked nose, depression, excessive body hair, facial lines, medicine, pale skin, physical flaws, shape, stress, thinning hair

When ever I am in class at college I have severe anxiety & once before a panic attack (Almost went to the ER for it) How do I get rid if anxiety?

I want to get a education but I can’t because it is so bad for me when I am in the class room I’m on edge, anxious & I just can’t stand it, I tried 2 semesters but left both times because of it all.

Tags: amp, education, panic attack, semesters, severe anxiety

What worked for you? I am DX with Bipolar I, ADD, OCP, & Anxiety Disorder. I am 30 years as of tomorrow and have been suffering since I was 14. DX since I was 19. I am disabled and am receiving SSD. So I am serious here. I was once a bank manager making almost 100K per year winning many awards for being the top sales person & manager. I was really successful until the worst took over.

I am asking people who have had experiences with the natural supplements if they worked. I have bought the Dr. Daniel Amen system and will be attending his seminal in 11/09. He suggests Fish oil and many other treatments.

What worked for you? In the past years I dealt mostly with the manic side but within the past 2 years I have been dealing with the depressive side. Medications made me gain 40 pounds within 6 months. That in itself makes me very depressed. I am trying to lose weight and have stopped all of my meds. I have also had a problem with alcohol. I have gone 2 weeks without drinking. I was on Lamictal, Ativan, dextrostat (ADD), & Prozac.

Tags: alcohol, amp, Anxiety Disorder, ativan, bank manager, bipolar, dextrostat, dr daniel, experiences, fish oil, lamictal, meds, natural supplements, prozac, sales person, ssd

HEY THERE

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Tags: amp, anxiety panic, apparent attempt, circumstances, depression, free blog, journeys, many different things, panic attack, private message, quot, teasers

I feel that they’re making my life worse & putting pressure on me, & trying to control me. My case manager is a big burden on my life right now, & the things she tells me & the pressure she puts me through triggers off an anxiety attack for me, rather than her helping me cope with my problems & feeling better. I think she’s too hard on me & she expects too much out of me. She thinks that because I have a college degree in Spanish, then I’m SUPPOSED to be fluent. Sadly I’m not. I told her that my undergrad professors told us we’re not gonna be fluent upon graduation because of their curriculum. & my case manager is saying I’m making excuses. I’m not. Now I feel bad & I feel guilty & that it’s MY fault that I’m not fluent. Ancient Spanish literature won’t help someone pursuing a translating job.

***BTW, everyone who attends this clinic has a case manager, so I didn’t do self-harm to get a CM. It’s the clinic policy for mental health treatment. But I feel like treatment ain’t helping.

Tags: amp, anxiety attack, case manager, college degree, curriculum, graduation, job, mental health treatment, professors, self harm, spanish literature

I would really love to stop them in their tracks.
& go to parties without all the uneasiness.

Tags: amp

My husband works but i really need to go back to work because we need the money but I can’t even leave the house without having an anxiety attack. I have severe OCD & Panic attacks. I am 22 years old & I haven’t worked that much maybe a total of 7 months as a teenager but since then my disorders have gotten out of control. I don’t know how I am going to get work being like this, I have tried all of the treatments & meds & I don’t think I can qualify for disability b/c of my work history. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Tags: 22 years, 7 months, amp, anxiety attack, disability, meds, money, Panic Attacks, teenager, work history

*dizziness
*confusion
*brain fog
*spacing-out
*vision feels a little off (not completely blurry but different)
*palpitations
*lighheaded like Im going to faint (but I dont)
*always tired
*irritated easily
*pressure in head/ears
*nightmares

I was rear-ended 2 mos ago and had whiplash. 2 wks later the symptoms started. I also had just been put on Prozac 40mg after 8mos of Lexapro teh day after the accident.

I have had a complete blood workup and everythign is normal except my iron is a little low but I’m not anemic. I just had an MRI and CAT scan & both are normal. The neuro doesn’t think anything is wrong – said it could be like a post-concussion syndrome even though my head didnt hit anything except my head rest. I tested neg for Celiac disease and have no allergies. Ive had anxiety my whole life and was on Prozac for 10yrs until I switched the the Lexapro a few months ago. Ive stopped all anxiety meds for a month & half now and i’m not. PLEASE HELP

Tags: allergies, amp, anxiety, brain fog, cat scan, celiac disease, confusion, dizziness, ears, head rest, lexapro, meds, neuro, nightmares, post concussion syndrome, prozac, rear ended 2, whiplash, whole life, wks

i often start to shake & my heart starts beating really fast. then i start to breath kind of funny. sometimes i get hot flashes as well. but then after a minute or two i am fine.

i am a shy person, so i may just get nervous around people, but are these symptoms of a panic attack or something?

Tags: amp, heart, hot flashes, shy person, symptoms of a panic attack

I am 16 and I have suffered from anxiety for about 10 years, as a kid I would get very anxious about going to the cinema/theatre, eating at restaurants, eating at other peoples houses and going to new places.

I then started to get anxiety attacks every single morning and effected my school life so I would just be naughty. I am now in the last year and I’ve been getting excluded & it’s causing me to have panic attacks.
Our school has an internal exclusion room with cubicles but I cannot sit there because of my panic attacks but the teachers aren’t taking notice so they exclude me. My mum has rang up but now has to write a letter.
I went to the doctors last week and I think I’m going on medication.

Anyone know how to deal with this kind of stuff or had any other symptoms?

Tags: 10 years, amp, Anxiety Attacks, cinema theatre, cubicles, doctors, medication, Panic Attacks, restaurants

I went to the Dr. on Saturday and was diagnosed with Irratible Bowel Syndrome. He prescribed Reglan. I took it on Sunday and kind of felt weird all day. On Monday, before I took it, I started to shake uncontrollably, sweat then shiver and felt like I was having an anxiety attack. I went to the ER and told them how I was feeling & they gave me phenagram to calm me down. I asked if it could have something to do with the Reglan and they said no. They spoke to my doctor & he said to continue taking it. Has anyone else had these symptoms and will it go away? As bad as it was today, I am afraid to keep taking it. Any advice?

Tags: amp, anxiety attack, bowel syndrome, reglan, shiver, sweat

I get anxiety attacks when I feel trapped, so I am nervous about a cruise I’m taking in a couple weeks & the plan ride to get there. Does anyone have any tips for handling anxiety attacks while traveling? Medication doesn’t really agree with me, so that’s probably not an option.

Tags: amp, Anxiety Attacks, couple weeks, cruise, medication

For this & other reasons, I get disability benefits, But It’s not enough to support my family. I am afraid to lose my wife, whom I’ve been with for over 13 yrs. It’s a marital suicide, though I can’t imagine living without her, She is fed up with the whole situation, Is often hurtful & hostile towards Me.

Tags: amp, disability benefits, suicide

I’m asking because I’ve been taking ativan for years and it didn’t seem very effective for panic attacks/tachycardia and long term anxiety, but was okay for short acute symptoms; however I needed to take stronger doses of it for it to work. It also produced more of a drowsy/tired&weak body syndrome.

Xanax however, seemed to work much much quicker, and for whatever reason its effects lingered more. It seemed to completely stop any panic disorder/anxiety/tachycardia right in its place, and gave me more of a mental calm, and my body wasn’t as affected as much.

Ativan seems to be more of a muscle/whole body relaxant, more so than a mental/mind anxiety/panic treatment,

whereas Xanax seems to be better for being a "chill pill."

Any ideas? Any other drugs in the same class more effective, etc?

Tags: acute symptoms, amp, anxiety panic treatment, ativan, chill pill, drugs, mental calm, Panic Attacks, panic disorder, tachycardia, xanax

I’m extremely worried there’s something terribly wrong with me. I’m a 17 year old male. I don’t smoke or drink. My parents are from Ireland and they’re extremely healthy both near 50 years old and all my grandparents are alive except one who died 4 years ago at the age of 84. The only physical illness that runs in my family is diabetes– my granfather in Ireland has this. There’s no history of cancer, heart problems or anything in my family.

Let me say a few things about myself as well. I go to bed very late. Sometimes I don’t go to bed at all– insomnia from anxiety and depression. I’m 6′5" and usually all I eat in the morning is a bowl of cheerios… if even. I don’t eat lunch, instead I come home from school at 2:30 PM and either eat fast food or make a sandwich at my house. I eat dinner around 5 PM and then snack consistently until around 10 PM. I never exercise… Occasionally I go on a walk or walk home from school but I DON’T play any sports or anything. I have bad posture and I often sit in front of the computer for like 2 hours hunching forward straining my neck. I never drink water. All of these poor habits have enver bothered me before so I don’t see why they would bother me suddenly. All my "symptoms" have happened only after two bad anxiety attacks in which I went to the hospital at 2 AM in fear of having a heart attack.

Yet after I had two anxiety attacks I’ve been having symptoms that are REALLY bothering me. I’ll show you what I did today and how I feel today.

I stayed up till about 1 AM last night (I stayed up all night the night before) and woke up at 1 PM today… Got up, took a shower, put my clothes on, ate one bowl of oatmeal, and went out with my friend. I usually have this weird discomfort in the back of my head/top of my neck but it was gone today and I think this is probably because I used a more supportive pillow. I woke up with a headache as usual though. It went away like an hour after I woke up. Anyway I was feeling pretty good till I got to the town centre with my friend after walking half a mile. I started feeling vertigo but it quickly subsided. Then I felt good walking around town till I started walking home by myself. By the time I sat down at home I was exhausted and when I moved my arms they felt very heavy and felt like they were moving slow or something. Then I tok a bowel movement and it was very odd…. It was palish, and looked like a bunch of rocks lumped together– could this be from the oatmeal?

I just normally get headaches, a vertigo-like feeling, neck stiffness, muscles aore all over my body, fatigue, constantly hungry, dry skin, occasional dry mouth, I feel like I’m going to pass out after standing up after getting comfortable in a chair, and urine seems like it smells. I feel more dizzy and the headache gets worse when I move my eyes.

Sometimes when I get very little sleep my heart starts fluttering and there’s pain there– but I know this is from anxiety because the doctor told me and my EKG is completely normal and whenever I calm down or get more sleep it goes away. Yet the other symptoms are constantly there.

I live in a pretty high altitude ear Los Angeles. Wheneve rI go up into the mountains my ears pop on the way up… But living in a high altitude has never bothered me before so I don’t think that could be causing this right now.

The symptoms seem to get worse when I hear loud noises like practicing with my band.

I had a blood test and urinalysis and a check-up with the doctor like a month ago and everything was normal and the doc said there is nothing seriosuly wrong with me. She says it’s all anxiety/stress/depression.

I honeslty don’t understand how emotional problems could cause so many physical problems though.

My symptoms get worse when I think about having a serious illness….

Could I just be dehydrated? Could it be diabetes (my grandather has this.) Could I be anemic?

What the hell is causing all this. It doesn’t disrupt my life biut it’s just annoying and it scares me that I have some serious illness.
Oh my god, as I said before I’ve always had these habits for like the pst two years. They’ve never bothered me so why would they suddenly start causing all these symptoms in the last month or two?
Even when I do exercise and get sleep and eat I still feel these symptoms.
ScorpioR… – I never had a bowel movement like that before. It just happened for the first time and I’m pretty sure it’s because I ate a huge bowl of oatmeal and nothing else.
I’m 6′5" and 170 pounds.

Tags: amp, anxiety and depression, Anxiety Attacks, bad posture, cheerios, enver, fast food, grandparents, having a heart attack, headache, heart attack, heart problems, insomnia, oatmeal, physical illness, poor habits, posture, quot, sandwich, snack

i am sooo stresssed sometimes! first of all i just had a child in april. everything seemed dandy and all of a sudden this "disorder" came along. my sex drive is wayyyyyyyyy to almost completely gonee! my husband sometimes stresses why i dont want to have sex. my husbands blod pressure is always at hyper tension1. he feels extremely light headed sometimes. and it ALWAYYYYSSSS seems everytime a responaiblity comes his way that he doesnt find intruiging he feels SUPER SICK, DIZZY, he cant breathe, chest tightness, etc etc etc. I tried working out 30minutes a day and he would get stressed/anziety/panic disorder everytime to watch the baby for those 30 minutes. i feel like he almost sits there for me to pity him…how is he feeling? i dont understand anxiety!

i havent got one night of complete rest since my son has been born. i havent gotten any maassages. my husband wants to be with me 247 because he feels protected around me. but when he’s sick all the time..i begin to get frustrated and just want to say he doesnt know how to deal with responsibilty
omg james i totally feel like were on the same page! im gonna research that book! anything is worth a try at this point

Tags: 30 minutes, amp, anxiety, chest tightness, dandy, omg, panic disorder, sex drive