Anxiety (new to this – please help)
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Just a short comment. Therapy of whatever type your having isn’t an instant fix. It takes some time and effort. Drugs can help, but they take some time also, and there is often a long process of trial and error finding the drug that works for you, especially where depression is involved. Then again, sometimes not. The most usual process these days is to have both. A benzodiazepine tranquiliser like clonazepam or alprazolam works "almost" instantly to quell anxiety though. Good luck. — Pierre
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m new to this and have been spending a great deal of time trying to solve it myself without much luck. I started with physical symptoms and after many tests my doctor said it must be depression. I don’t feel depressed, my condition seems more anxiety related. I am anxious a lot and am very concerned about "my condition" I find myself obsessing over how I am feeling and tend to psyc myself out with my thoughts. I am afraid I will lose it. It is almost as if I am planting these thoughts in my head. I need to figure out how to let them pass and not be so anxiety ridden. I am seeing a therapist without much luck yet. Can drugs really help with this? Anyone ever feel like I do?
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I’m new to this and have been spending a great deal of time trying to solve it myself without much luck. I started with physical symptoms and after many tests my doctor said it must be depression. I don’t feel depressed, my condition seems more anxiety related. I am anxious a lot and am very concerned about "my condition" I find myself obsessing over how I am feeling and tend to psyc myself out with my thoughts. I am afraid I will lose it. It is almost as if I am planting these thoughts in my head. I need to figure out how to let them pass and not be so anxiety ridden. I am seeing a therapist without much luck yet. Can drugs really help with this? Anyone ever feel like I do?
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Do you also make a very big deal out of any disorder you may fear you have? Afraid you’ll die of some horrible thing? If so, you and I sound identical in all the ways you listed. But I haven’t tried therapy yet–the first doc to diagnose me put me on xanax and it helped instantly and still does. It’s been three years now and I am on a smaller dose than I started with. I continue to seek out ways to lessen the anxiety (I’m diagnosed with GAD) by giving up smokes, coffee (anything with caffeine) and talk to the people here at ASAP. This group is responsible for my sanity VBG. WELCOME!!! little bear – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m new to this and have been spending a great deal of time trying to solve it myself without much luck. I started with physical symptoms and after many tests my doctor said it must be depression. I don’t feel depressed, my condition seems more anxiety related. I am anxious a lot and am very concerned about "my condition" I find myself obsessing over how I am feeling and tend to psyc myself out with my thoughts. I am afraid I will lose it. It is almost as if I am planting these thoughts in my head. I need to figure out how to let them pass and not be so anxiety ridden. I am seeing a therapist without much luck yet. Can drugs really help with this? Anyone ever feel like I do?
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Dittos here. Same situation. Don’t completely understand it – therapy is of some help. I’m an air traffic type – career in jeapardy. BuSapr might help you. It is fairly gentle – a little buzz when u start. But not addictive – not a hard core med. Time can help sometimes. Try walking a little at a time.
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