Since first grade my parents have known I’ve had terrible anxiety issues. And I guess after first grade it kind of not went away but was under control. So, we thought that was then end of it.
Back in September, I started to have really bad anxiety attacks and my parents took me back to a psychologist and we found out I had bipolar, which runs in my family. From September until January I had tried 5 different medicines, none of them really worked and I haven’t taken them since. I was okay with out them for a while, since they weren’t really to control depression issues but the manic side. I personally don’t want to take the pills because I don’t like how I feel when I’m on them, and the depression isn’t a problem right now. But since I think February my sleep cycle has been really messed up, when I was on meds. my sleep was under control. But I can’t sleep at night, and when I do normally get to sleep it’s around 5am. (Back in September my parents pulled me out of school because I had missed to much) I don’t think it’s insomnia because it will be like one day I won’t sleep at all, the next day I can sleep for over 14 hours, the day after that I’ll have normal sleep and then it will repeat. My parents have been worried, but since I have been getting work done and my sleep is the only thing thats really messed up they haven’t been pushing me to take medicine. My sleep pattern is starting to bother me, and I don’t want to have the constant changes in it.

To the question, are there any natural, or alternative treatments for bpd? Medicine right now is not going to be an option. I’ve been looking into alternative treatments, and some say a good schedule will help. Any tips on how to help get my sleep pattern normal again?

Thanks.

Tags: alternative treatments, Anxiety Attacks, bipolar, depression issues, first grade, insomnia, medicine, medicines, parents, pills, psychologist, sleep

I already know a lot about my anxiety, I went to a psychologist, but it didn’t help much, well, it did a bit, but obviously I’m not cured, and I never will be.
I’m wondering what social anxiety is, and does it naturally come with anxiety, like when I’m in public, I’m so paranoid of everyone, I think everyone is out to get me
I’m 15 and if I’m with my mum I still need her to come to the toilet with me and everything, the other day she asked me to wait outside the shop with all the shopping so she didn’t have to carry it and I said ok but I was so scared that every person that walked past had a hidden motive and that they were a bad person
I always panic when I’m around strangers, I hate catching the train and bus home from school, I’m irrationally scared of it, I worry that someone crazy might be on the train or bus, or that someone will sit next to me or stare at me
When I’m sitting at the bus stop, if someone such as a man over 20 sits next to me or an indecent looking person sits next to me I basically have a panic attack, once there actually was a crazy person who sat next to me and started talking to me, I’d never been so scared or worried
I have heaps of fears, some irrational too, I have normal ones like spiders and the dark, but also of completely random things like saliva and mammograms (don’t even ask, I don’t even know)

Sometimes I think I’m ok, but my physical symptoms are still there, even at school I get really panicky because I feel there’s too many people around and I get really dizzy and get headaches and feel sick

How could I deal with any of this?

Tags: bad person, bus stop, catching the train, crazy person, fears, headaches, heaps, hidden motive, mammograms, panic attack, psychologist, random things, saliva, shopping, social anxiety, spiders, toilet

It started out with dissaciative amnesia (my diagnosis) until 14 years of age I blocked out most of my childhood. When parts of it started coming back to me I started experiencing anxiety attacks. With the 4th sexual abuse incedent a few months into my marriage I started passing out when stressed with any kind of emotion. When I became pregnant with my husbands child the convulsions started. They happend anywhere from 3 to 5 times a day to once every 3 months. It kept on like that for over two years. It took me until the end of last year to see someone where I was diagnosied with dissociative convulsions by a psychologist. Once the commute to see her became an imposition for my husband at work I had to stop seeing her and they suggest that I see a psychiatrist to get me on medication to speed up the process and basically stop the convulsions. What should I do? Please only respond if you know something about the disease.

Tags: Anxiety Attacks, convulsions, diagnosis, emotion, imposition, marriage, medication, psychiatrist, psychologist, sexual abuse

My anxiety is playing with my mind. I have recently been told I have unusual high blood pressure so now I am on Micradis to lower my BP. This has triggered my anxiety I think coz now I am worrying something is wrong with my heart. It is easy to say ’stop thinking about it’ it is just so hard to do.

What are your anxiety symptoms?!?!

How to you combat these? I am just about to start seeing a psychologist once a week, not on any medication as I am breastfeeeding my son!

I was having lots of trouble breathing earlier I went for a walk. It didn’t help!!!!!!!!

I feel like I am going insane and that it is not anxiety but something else. Arghhh I am so annoyed!!
PARANOIA? I am the queen of PARANOIA and it is ANNOYING!!! I start therapy tomorrow for my so called anxiety. I hope it starts helping real soon. If anyone could email me about anxiety or just to talk it would be much appreciated.. I guess i need to talk about things? I don’t know.. I just want it all to go away and so I can go back to enjoying my life with my husband and beautiful son!

Tags: Anxiety Symptoms, beautiful son, bp, heart, high blood pressure, lots of trouble, medication, paranoia, playing with my mind, psychologist, queen

I suffer from panic attacks and mild agoraphobia. Currently I am seeing a Psychologist who is working with me using Cognitive Behavior Therapy but I have seen him only one time. My last major panic attack which is my first was back in December of last year. Ever since then, most of everyday I have a problem with shortness of breath, a choking feeling in my throat, dizzyness, feelings of faint, having a tight band on my head, headaches and visions problems like squinting and burning of the eyes. This is beginning to be bothersome to me and it feels like it would trigger a panic attack and of course, I dont want this to happen. Does anyone have a cure to this? I’ve been perscribed Zanax for my immediate panic attacks and later perscribed Klonopin for everyday use. I have not used my Klonopin yet because of mixed feelings about it. Does this medication help with this? I heard that relaxation exercises work to cure this. If so, where can I find out how to do it? Any info is appreciated.

Tags: agoraphobia, cognitive behavior therapy, everyday use, headaches, klonopin, medication, mixed feelings, panic attack, Panic Attacks, psychologist, relaxation exercises, shortness of breath, tight band, visions, zanax

ok so i want to quit smoking marijuana. the only reason why i started smoking was because ever since i moved out on my own i have severe panic attacks and marijuana was the only cure it seemed. here is the typical panic attack for me. i am sitting in class takin a quiz or something and all of a sudden i feel sick to my stomach and its hard to breath sometimes i dry heave because i cant breathe. is this a panic attack because i typed these symptoms in and thats what popped up. should i go see my primary doctor or a psychologist for help. i really need to quit smoking weed and since its the only thing that i tried that helped are there other alternatives

Tags: hard to breath, panic attack, Panic Attacks, psychologist, quiz, sick to my stomach, smoking marijuana, smoking weed

What treatment would you recommend for social anxiety disorder? It’s gotten to the point where I can barely function socially.

I used to see a psychologist but then moved to a new location, and with school and work, I don’t have time/money to visit someone regularly — especially at Manhattan prices.

Are there any home-remedies I could try? I really can’t afford to see a psychologist at the moment and my insurance doesn’t cover it.

Tags: home remedies, insurance, manhattan, new location, psychologist, social anxiety disorder, time money

Since first grade my parents have known I’ve had terrible anxiety issues. And I guess after first grade it kind of not went away but was under control. So, we thought that was then end of it.
Back in September, I started to have really bad anxiety attacks and my parents took me back to a psychologist and we found out I had bipolar, which runs in my family. From September until January I had tried 5 different medicines, none of them really worked and I haven’t taken them since. I was okay with out them for a while, since they weren’t really to control depression issues but the manic side. I personally don’t want to take the pills because I don’t like how I feel when I’m on them, and the depression isn’t a problem right now. But since I think February my sleep cycle has been really messed up, when I was on meds. my sleep was under control. But I can’t sleep at night, and when I do normally get to sleep it’s around 5am. (Back in September my parents pulled me out of school because I had missed to much) I don’t think it’s insomnia because it will be like one day I won’t sleep at all, the next day I can sleep for over 14 hours, the day after that I’ll have normal sleep and then it will repeat. My parents have been worried, but since I have been getting work done and my sleep is the only thing thats really messed up they haven’t been pushing me to take medicine. My sleep pattern is starting to bother me, and I don’t want to have the constant changes in it.

To the question, are there any natural, or alternative treatments for bpd? Medicine right now is not going to be an option. I’ve been looking into alternative treatments, and some say a good schedule will help. Any tips on how to help get my sleep pattern normal again?

Thanks.

Tags: alternative treatments, Anxiety Attacks, bipolar, depression issues, first grade, insomnia, medicine, medicines, parents, pills, psychologist, sleep

what kind of symptoms do u have and does klonopin work for u?
do a psychologist or psychiatrist really help?

Tags: klonopin, psychiatrist, psychologist

So you see I googled everything I could to explain why was getting so sick and it kept coming back to the same thing, a broken heart. I thought… fucking bullshit, thats not a real cause of anything…

But as it turns out, my psychologist says its not a joke or poetic word. It’s a real mental illness that can cause severe health problems as it is doing already. Apparently my great aunty died of it when her husband passed away…

Mental Symptoms -
# Mania: I have extreme highs when nothing can get me down, not even the worst things in the world
# Depression: I cry everynight almost now
# Insomnia: I don’t sleep to well and constantly wake up in the middle of the night, and I can’t sleep at all unless Teddy is in my arms
# Loss of concentration: I fade in and out in TAFE classes doing a thousand yard stare which apparently is another symptom
# OCD: I must be wearing my necklace and bracelet that Josh gave to me otherwise I break down completely. When my teacher took the bracelet off me I had a small anxiety attack.
# Suicidal thoughts (in extreme cases): Yes I have had them, but they pass very quickly with my drugs. Like I think of the option but it doesn’t interest me.
# The thousand-yard stare: Already said I have them.
# A feeling of complete emptiness: Like theres nothing really to life at all… its just a boring ride… but I use to have those feelings long before I met Josh.

Physical Symptoms -
# Upset stomach: I started crying last night at Youth Group and ran to the bathroom to throw up
Change in appetite: When this all first started I didn’t eat for 4 days straight and still barely eat now
# Dizziness and confusion: That time I ran all the way to my friends house. The confusion was when I couldn’t remember a thing of where I was or what happened.
# Comatose: When I reached my friends house and couldn’t say anything but Josh’s name.
# A perceived tightness of the chest, similar to an anxiety attack: I find that when I have an anxiety attack I can’t breath and begin to pant. Like when my teacher took my bracelet off me.
# Anger: When my mother brought his name up in the car and I screamed at her not to mention his name
# Nostalgia
# Apathy (loss of interest): I was playing a game the other week at Inspire when I just completely lost interest and sat out, it happens even at TAFE while we are doing something or talking about something really interesting I just give up and don’t put much effort to it anymore.
# Feelings of loneliness: I feel it all the time and surround myself with friends to put that feeling off.
# Loss of self-respect and/or self-esteem: I’ve lost great respect for myself, I said and I promised him I would help him. But I haven’t… That’s something I worry about frequantly

# In extreme cases, death: No, that hasn’t happened… lol

My doctor said that I’m pushing the boundary to being hospitalized, he’s looking at another drug for me to go on seeing as thought my anti-depressants are only doing half the job.
I never thought Love Sick was actually a real thing, let alone deadly…
So tell me…

Ever heard of something like this or no someone whose been through this… I couldn’t help but laugh even when my doctor said it was no laughing matter and I’m a severe case… lol, no I know why they say love kills…

Tags: anx, anxiety attack, appetite, aunty, broken heart, complete emptiness, confusion, dizziness, extreme cases, extreme highs, health problems, insomnia, loss of concentration, mental illness, poetic word, psychologist, suicidal thoughts, upset stomach, world depression, youth group

every time i go to my psychologist i feel very sad and often end up crying or having a panic attack later in the day. this is not the only time i have panic attacks or crying spells but i wonder if i am doing something wrong at the doctor because i can’t seem to control these attacks. i take klonopin and lamictal for mood disorders and panic and anxiety. my father is bipolar. please help. i can’t take it anymore.

Tags: bipolar, klonopin, lamictal, mood disorders, panic and anxiety, panic attack, Panic Attacks, psychologist, spells

I’m 16 years old and I almost obessively read about mental illnesses and think I have them. I will read a mental illness and almost convince myself I have it, which gives me an anxiety attack. To give you an example of how bad this is, in the passed month I have been scared that I have:
Bipolar illness
Schizophrenia
Shizoid personality disorder
ADHD
Aspegers Syndrome

I know its ridiculous! I obviously dont really have all these problems because no one has them all together. I am almost like a hypochondriac but with mental illness, not physical. Is this even possible?? What is wrong with me? I can’t stop worrying I have something wrong with me and looking up symptoms. I spend about 3 hours of my day if not MORE looking up symptoms!
Also, I keep asking my mom for reassurence, since she is a mental health nurse (ironically) I will ask her over and over again if there’s anything wrong with me. She says no. The same goes for my doctor.
I DO suffer from OCD, that is a fact. I was diagnosed by my doctor I have never been to a psychologist. Could this be a form of OCD?

Tags: adhd, anxiety attack, bipolar, hypochondriac, mental health nurse, mental illness, mental illnesses, mom, ocd, personality disorder, psychologist, schizophrenia

Hi, would anyone know if there is a natural or herbal remedy for panic? For the past 4 years or so I have been avoiding lots of places where there is alot of people around or the place is hard to escape (like the middle of the mall or something), because right away i start to panic and my heart starts pounding and i get dizzy and start to feel faint (almost like im just about to pass out but i never actually faint), most of the time the feeling will happen, but then on occasion it will quickly pass once i get used to the setting im in or the place is easy to escape. These little spells only last like a few seconds to a minute. I know it sounds weird but i also KNOW its all im my head. Im not depressed or anything i just want to go back to public places and not have to worry about getting those horrible feelings at all. And it mainly only happends when im not in my comfort zone (like house or at work). I dont feel like going to a psychologist and have them throw me on anti-depressents but if its a last resort i might consider (if it works). I’m 0 sure that there is nothing physicaly wrong with me, its just fear. What would you call this kind of thing? Panic Attack? Panic Disorder? Anxiety? Anxiety Disorder? Agoraphobia? or just plain Fear? Please if anyone can help me i would greatly appreciate it. I can’t continue living this way because it will only get worse as it already is. Thank You!

Tags: agoraphobia, alot of people, anti depressents, Anxiety Disorder, comfort zone, fear, feelings, heart, herbal remedy, last resort, panic attack, panic disorder, physicaly, psychologist

I have been suffering from panic attacks for the past couple months up until now I have been trying to deal w/ them naturally without medical intervention(I am terrified of dr’s, I have had several bad experiences). At this point I am to the point that I feel like I have to see a psychologist, what I am wondering is what goes on at the initial appt., is there a huge medical exam and lots of tests performed or is it mainly discussing what is going on. with me.

Tags: appt, experiences, medical exam, medical intervention, Panic Attacks, psychologist

I’m 16 years old and just recently started going to a psychologist as my mother (a gastroenterologist) deemed it necessary after i finally spoke to her and my dad about the horrible anxiety i was experiencing. Firstly he suggested Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, but that didn’t really work for me. Now we’re trying Acceptance and Commitment therapy and i was just wondering, for all those others with anxiety out there, have any of you tried this method? How has it helped? Or what else have you done to help you to cut back your anxiety symptoms? Thanx in advance.

Tags: acceptance and commitment therapy, Anxiety Symptoms, cognitive behavioural therapy, dad, gastroenterologist, psychologist

21 yr old male, I play sports, do martial arts, work out. It comes on randomly, but is more frequent when I am stressed out. There are no particular circumstances that cause it. I just don’t know what happened to me yesterday at work.. I’m hoping someone can explain whether I had a panic attack or just severe anxiety. My chest and throat got very tight and jittery, my heart started pounding, I felt like I wanted to cry, my muscles tightened up, I felt like I wanted to scream, I got dizzy and lightheaded, My face started tingling, my hands were shaking, I got pinching pains in my right leg.. Today I just feel jitters and tightness in my chest and, I’m very fidgety, and my face is tingling. I went to the doctor today and he doesn’t want me on xanax anymore. He prescribed me .25 mg pills 2 months ago. It wouldn’t help unless I took .5 and then it took the edge off. I went back to him today and told him I needed help with my anxiety and explained what happened to me. He said I’m a young man and I’m 2. I don’t need to be on xanax because it is poison. I said well is there anything at all you can do for me, because I can’t even sleep anymore? He said sleep is a natural process and when my body needs sleep then I will sleep. He told me to see a psychologist instead. So here I am w/ anxiety and no medication, and no way to resolve it on my own because it just comes and goes randomly as it pleases.

Tags: circumstances, heart, jitters, martial arts, medication, mg pills, muscles, panic attack, poison, psychologist, severe anxiety, sleep, sports, xanax, young man

I’m going to a psychologist in two weeks. I think I have an anxiety disorder (constant and illogical worry and nervousness over silly things or nothing at all, often to the point of making myself sick). Anyway, if I am diagnosed I’m curious about the possible treatments I may encounter. And if anyone knows of a support forum it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Tags: Anxiety Disorder, nervousness, psychologist, silly things, support forum, worry

I have been having a lot of physical health issues lately (numbness/weakness in limbs, chest discomfort, trouble breathing, visual disturbances, etc.). I’ve had blood work, x-rays, CT scan, MRI, seen a neurologist… no one can find any thing wrong physically. My doctor insists that all my symptoms are related to stress/anxiety and wants me to see either a psychiatrist or a psychologist. So my questions are: Will seeing either really be able to help with these physical symptoms? Which would be better to see in my case?

Tags: anxiety, blood work, chest discomfort, ct scan, mri, neurologist, numbness, physical health issues, psychiatrist, psychologist, visual disturbances, x rays

I’ve had panic/anxiety attacks since Sept. 07. It started after my dad died, and I went to a counselor once. It helped me for about a week, and then the attacks came back.

I had a minor stroke about a month and a half ago, and my anxiety attacks have never been this bad. I’ve been having these really weird feelings, and it’s hard to explain. When I was reading about strokes online, one website said that depression can happen after having a stroke. And now, I’ve found this website… http://www.natural-herbal-remedies.net/anxiety.html

Where it says "* About 80 percent of depressed people suffer psychological symptoms: unrealistic apprehension, fears, worry, aggitation, irritability, or a panic attack." I’ve realized that I’ve had every single one of these symptoms. The "unrealistic apprehension" thing is the weirdest, scariest feeling I’ve ever felt.

So my question goes out to the psych’s out there…. Once I go back to a psychologist and get rid of my depression, will this feeling of being "unrealistic" go away, or am I seriously going crazy, and this feeling will always be here?

Tags: apprehension, counselor, dad, depression, fears, having a stroke, herbal remedies, irritability, minor stroke, month and a half, natural herbal remedies, panic anxiety attacks, panic attack, psych, psychological symptoms, psychologist, single one, strokes, weird feelings

I have had anxiety for as long as I can remember. Until my health class today, I never questioned that my anxiety was due to a chemical imbalance in my brain. But we were discussing heart disease today, and my teacher mentioned that anxiety is a symptom/cause of heart attack.
When I thought about this, I wondered why no one has ever checked me for heart disease, because, as I have told every single psychiatrist and psychologist, most of the time my anxiety is completely unprovoked; meaning, I wasn’t watching a scary movie or doing something dangerous, etc. But then I began to wonder if maybe it WAS provoked, only not by a mental catalyst, but a physical one. Sometimes I do feel like I get palpitations or a racing heart, but no one seems to think this is serious. Also, I once passed out for no real reason. I was in the shower.
I’m only 17, so I know having heart disease is not PROBABLE… but what I want you to tell me is, how do you KNOW that anxiety is or is not
caused by a physical abnormality?
(rather than a chemical one in your brain)
Oh I am on meds. That’s what worries me, what if the chemicals AREN’T my problem?
What I mean is, what if heart problems are CAUSING my anxiety..? Then I’d be going about this all the wrong way.

Tags: anxiety, brain, catalyst, cause of heart attack, chemical imbalance, chemicals, health class, heart attack, heart disease, heart problems, meds, palpitations, physical abnormality, psychiatrist, psychologist, racing heart, real reason, scary movie, wrong way

I am a psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety disorders. I would like to use driving games in the treatment of driving anxious patients. To do that well, I would like a game with free driving through different environments (city, highway, mountain, etc.), and ability to predetermine different conditions: lighting and weather conditions and traffic density. Do you know any game that might fulfill all or some of these requirements?

Tags: anxiety disorders, anxious patients, driving games, environments, game, lighting, psychologist, traffic density, treatment of anxiety, weather conditions

I’ve been constantly fatigued, suffering "panic attacks", constant chest tightness and heaviness, sore muscles everywhere, occassional heart palpitations (skipping a beat), exhaustion, muscle twitches/spasms when I try to fall asleep, weakness, and a "lump" in my throat. I have had exceptional amounts of stress far beyond average levels in the past six months, so I don’t know if that’s it. My doctor’s and psychologist have labeled it a combo of General Anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but I don’t know if I believe them. Heart disease is very prevalent in my family, and while I’m very young, I have already had two children very close together (11 months apart) and I don’t know if that put extra strain on my heart/body, plust post-pregnancy pounds total 100 over my ideal weight. what do you all think? these physical pains are making me insane! thanks for your input.

Tags: anxiety, chest tightness, exhaustion, heart disease, heart palpitations, ideal weight, muscle twitches, post traumatic stress, post traumatic stress disorder, pregnancy, psychologist, six months, sore muscles, strain on my heart, traumatic stress disorder