If you want them as a precaution, he will likely give you Valium, which is fairly addictive. It is worth going in for a chat, certainly, but be careful!
Anxiety, are there any success stories?
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If you want them as a precaution, he will likely give you Valium, which is fairly addictive. It is worth going in for a chat, certainly, but be careful!
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My mate stole valium for a few months (he's a nurse).
Sorted him out completely.
He did used to fall asleep mid team-fortress 2 sessions though, because he was so monged out!
Sorted him out completely.
He did used to fall asleep mid team-fortress 2 sessions though, because he was so monged out!
Looking back I think I've always suffered from these feelings, but it took me till my late teens to actually realise what it was - social anxiety.
Basically, I always feel like I'm doing / saying the wrong thing around people (even friends and family I've known for years). I try and think rationally and convince myself otherwise however when I'm speaking to people I just can't get the thoughts out of my head.
I guess part of it is low self esteem? I'm 22 and own my own house and car and deep down I am proud of what I've achieved but in day to day life it just feels like what's the point, I could own 10 houses but I'm still not "happy".
I smoked cannabis for 3-4 years which was my way of "switching off" but in the end all that did was make me more anxious / paranoid. I stopped that 4 months ago and in all honestly I don't feel any benefits from doing so, other than the fact I've saved a bit of money.
I've been to various doctors, organised therapy and counseling off my own back but nothing seems to "work". I don't like the idea of anti-depressants and from friends experiences they haven't really helped them at all.
I find it hard to remain positive about beating this - noticing no benefits from quitting cannabis has upset me, I thought that'd go a long way to "solving" things but obviously not.
Slightly long reply but hey.
Edit: I eat healthily and go the gym 3-4 weeks and find that hasn't worked any wonders either.
Basically, I always feel like I'm doing / saying the wrong thing around people (even friends and family I've known for years). I try and think rationally and convince myself otherwise however when I'm speaking to people I just can't get the thoughts out of my head.
I guess part of it is low self esteem? I'm 22 and own my own house and car and deep down I am proud of what I've achieved but in day to day life it just feels like what's the point, I could own 10 houses but I'm still not "happy".
I smoked cannabis for 3-4 years which was my way of "switching off" but in the end all that did was make me more anxious / paranoid. I stopped that 4 months ago and in all honestly I don't feel any benefits from doing so, other than the fact I've saved a bit of money.
I've been to various doctors, organised therapy and counseling off my own back but nothing seems to "work". I don't like the idea of anti-depressants and from friends experiences they haven't really helped them at all.
I find it hard to remain positive about beating this - noticing no benefits from quitting cannabis has upset me, I thought that'd go a long way to "solving" things but obviously not.
Slightly long reply but hey.
Edit: I eat healthily and go the gym 3-4 weeks and find that hasn't worked any wonders either.
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You have to learn to manage it OP
I suffer with anxiety, mainly as it's attached to the problems I have with my Irritable Bowel Syndrome, I ended up being referred to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy which has helped me in a great way.
You learn to break down what it is that's causing you to feel the way you do. Then you learn new ways to approach the situation and deal with it effectively.
Personally for me I hate travelling with other people. I won't use buses or trains for the same reason you've described. I just feel trapped, as I find my IBS embarassing I don't tell people when I need to use the loo... which when you're a passenger in a car is quite hard for me.
It's something I'm trying to get used to on a daily basis, trying to tell people that I have IBS is hard enough in itself. But telling them that 'sometimes' I need to use the loo PRONTO is even more difficult.
Sorry for the essay, Felt I needed to vent. Hope it helps, I wouldn't usually post all the stuff up about my IBS... but I don't really give a **** anymore. It's not my fault I've got the condition!!!
I suffer with anxiety, mainly as it's attached to the problems I have with my Irritable Bowel Syndrome, I ended up being referred to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy which has helped me in a great way.
You learn to break down what it is that's causing you to feel the way you do. Then you learn new ways to approach the situation and deal with it effectively.
Personally for me I hate travelling with other people. I won't use buses or trains for the same reason you've described. I just feel trapped, as I find my IBS embarassing I don't tell people when I need to use the loo... which when you're a passenger in a car is quite hard for me.
It's something I'm trying to get used to on a daily basis, trying to tell people that I have IBS is hard enough in itself. But telling them that 'sometimes' I need to use the loo PRONTO is even more difficult.
Sorry for the essay, Felt I needed to vent. Hope it helps, I wouldn't usually post all the stuff up about my IBS... but I don't really give a **** anymore. It's not my fault I've got the condition!!!
I've had it badly since I was 12, (I'm 18 now). At first they referred me to a cardiologist, and then a psychiatrist for the first year or so. Eventually they chose medication would be the best bet. They put me on a small dose of Propranolol which eventually went up about a year ago. 4 months ago I had a check up and told them I wanted to come off medication as I didn't want to be on it for the rest of my life, they decided to let me come off it gradually. Now I don't take anything, but what I do get is really bad episodes, along with painful heart palpitations 2-3 times a week. Also like the previous posters symptoms, public places are a challenge, especially buses and trains, even work is sometimes hard when large amounts of people are around.
All I can say is although not ideal, I'd prefer to deal with it than to have medication or regular counselling.
Edit- I can one good word of advice though, well it helped for me. I recently started exercising regularly, (weight training/cycling mainly) and after a good exercise/workout session I usually feel quite happy and humble with myself. Maybe this is just me, but for the first few hours after exercising my anxiety just doesn't exist.
All I can say is although not ideal, I'd prefer to deal with it than to have medication or regular counselling.
Edit- I can one good word of advice though, well it helped for me. I recently started exercising regularly, (weight training/cycling mainly) and after a good exercise/workout session I usually feel quite happy and humble with myself. Maybe this is just me, but for the first few hours after exercising my anxiety just doesn't exist.
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Same as TaKeN says, it never really goes away. As long as you can accept it and manage it then you become more comfortable with it.
I suffered really badly from stress-related anxiety, which manifested itself in hypochondria and other issues (fear of flying, etc.). I was working 12 hours a day in a very stressful and pressured environment, so quit and moved back in with my parents. I ended up having hynotherapy, and forced myself to go travelling.
Although I know it's always present, and won't fully go away, I've managed to overcome the situation I found myself in previously. It wasn't easy, it wasn't necessarily fun, but I figured that if I could pull it off then if I ever found myself in that situation I could rely on previous experiences.
Good luck mate, hope it all works out.
I suffered really badly from stress-related anxiety, which manifested itself in hypochondria and other issues (fear of flying, etc.). I was working 12 hours a day in a very stressful and pressured environment, so quit and moved back in with my parents. I ended up having hynotherapy, and forced myself to go travelling.
Although I know it's always present, and won't fully go away, I've managed to overcome the situation I found myself in previously. It wasn't easy, it wasn't necessarily fun, but I figured that if I could pull it off then if I ever found myself in that situation I could rely on previous experiences.
Good luck mate, hope it all works out.
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Yeah and good luck with that. Getting refered to see a Psychologist is hard enough. A lot of GPs either don't take mental health seriously (or just want to use drugs *shudders*) and probably don't even have the funds for therapy anyway.
I would suggest to the OP that they try to get some Cognative Behaviour Therapy. In reality you will always have to live with anxiety, I know I'm 36 for crying out loud and still live with it. However when it is properly managed (& not with drugs) then you can live a perfectly normal life.
It sure isn't a case of just doing it or pulling your socks up. One bad anxiety attack and you can be ruined mentally for years...
It's not fun.
I have suffered from anxiety for most of my adult life (30 now), and can offer a few tips, but unless you practise them everyday then they are worthless.
First thing is to remember youre not alone..millions go thru this (not just from traveling, we all have different triggers), so dont be thinking it weird or "off", at some point you're brain has wired itself to be axious during these times, with time and practice..and..a lot of patience you can retrain your brain.
Allow yourself to be anxious about it, but dont try and bury it..dont let it take you by surprise..you almost need to be open to it...try and keep a clear mind the next time it happens and try and identify the moment you start to get a simmering growing feeling.
Allow yourself 2-3 mins a day to completly worry about it..or an upcoming traveling event..imagaine the absolutly worse thing that could happen during it..but only allow this for 2 mins...then carry on with the rest of your day, after a while you literlly learn to be able to "switch you thoughts from it", the biggest problem is not with the event..but that thought of BEING anxious about it...then you become anxious..and so the circle plays around and aroud in you head till you in quite a state..alow yourself to be anxious..but practise saying to yourself..."thats it for now..I will let myself worry for a few mins later/ tomorrow about it".
Always remember being axious is a normal reaction to things...everyone does it, wether it be a speech at a wedding or something else...accept it can be a perfectly normal reaction..work at that and you remove its poswer..it doesnt become an alien sensation to you.
As others said...you can do all this...but you have to do..repeat..and place yourself in the very situations that cause the anxiety...this applies to all types of anxiety.
First thing is to remember youre not alone..millions go thru this (not just from traveling, we all have different triggers), so dont be thinking it weird or "off", at some point you're brain has wired itself to be axious during these times, with time and practice..and..a lot of patience you can retrain your brain.
Allow yourself to be anxious about it, but dont try and bury it..dont let it take you by surprise..you almost need to be open to it...try and keep a clear mind the next time it happens and try and identify the moment you start to get a simmering growing feeling.
Allow yourself 2-3 mins a day to completly worry about it..or an upcoming traveling event..imagaine the absolutly worse thing that could happen during it..but only allow this for 2 mins...then carry on with the rest of your day, after a while you literlly learn to be able to "switch you thoughts from it", the biggest problem is not with the event..but that thought of BEING anxious about it...then you become anxious..and so the circle plays around and aroud in you head till you in quite a state..alow yourself to be anxious..but practise saying to yourself..."thats it for now..I will let myself worry for a few mins later/ tomorrow about it".
Always remember being axious is a normal reaction to things...everyone does it, wether it be a speech at a wedding or something else...accept it can be a perfectly normal reaction..work at that and you remove its poswer..it doesnt become an alien sensation to you.
As others said...you can do all this...but you have to do..repeat..and place yourself in the very situations that cause the anxiety...this applies to all types of anxiety.
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Does depression go hand in hand with anxiety,anxiety sufferers ?
Affraid it's not as easy as that, and not very helpful nowadays. My sister is suffering from Anorexia, apparently (If I had my way I'd just slap the sense into her), but she literally isn't eating anything, she's lost around 4 stone at only 14 years of age. My mum is also getting regular calls from the school saying she's collapsed in the playground. Still hasn't been referred to anyone, despite my mum in fear of her life.
System is ****.
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Travelling, be it in cars, buses etc, I guess it's the feeling of being stuck, out of control etc, it's a problem I've had for years.
Have you tried listening to your favourite music with your eyes closed? Pretend you're not there?
Just little things to conquer it. How long can you travel for before it sets in?
Treatments/ drugs etc are usually the same, but symptoms etc are not really.
I had anxiety for years related specifically to driving (a lorry crashed into me during my driving test when I was 17, not my fault, as proven by the examiner! but I didn't get back on the horse properly). I lived in the US and then in London both in situations where I didn't need a car and years passed. I then passed my test easily enough when I took it at around 25 but the anxiety meant I never drove. I would panic at the thought of driving and make excuses not to.
I lived with a license and a total inability to put it to good use for about 5 years - during this period I would try and overcome it myself and have periods where I would drive a bit, but then I would go for weeks or even months without.
I'm not an anxious person in other areas of my life and eventually I faced up to this screwed up scenario. I had 4 hypnotherapy sessions of one hour each and by the 3rd was driving. I now actively like driving. I was never bad at it (and have always been extremely confident with boats, motorbikes, quads etc.) but my head was messed up and easily fixed.
A month after my last session I drove to the Alps to go snowboarding. Now some more time has passed and I really enjoy cars and driving, as I always should have.
I lived with a license and a total inability to put it to good use for about 5 years - during this period I would try and overcome it myself and have periods where I would drive a bit, but then I would go for weeks or even months without.
I'm not an anxious person in other areas of my life and eventually I faced up to this screwed up scenario. I had 4 hypnotherapy sessions of one hour each and by the 3rd was driving. I now actively like driving. I was never bad at it (and have always been extremely confident with boats, motorbikes, quads etc.) but my head was messed up and easily fixed.
A month after my last session I drove to the Alps to go snowboarding. Now some more time has passed and I really enjoy cars and driving, as I always should have.
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It can do but like a lot of mental health issues it isn't as clear cut as that. Anxiety itself is incredibly complex on it's own.
I got referred first time when I was suffering with Anxiety. Probably depends a lot on your local NHS.
That's shocking, surely the school nurse is now involved and it is being referred from that route?