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Anxiety and/or depression discussion.

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  • #502
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,507 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    kilp10 wrote: »
    Newbie here and not the usual kind of forum I tend to post in but having a bad evening so what the hell. Had a reasonably bad car accident just over three weeks ago where I was lucky to escape with relatively minor injuries, other driver came around a bend on wrong side of road and ploughed straight into me, couldn't do a thing. Problem for me is, it's my third bad accident in 4 years, none of which were my fault and I'm seriously struggling with this one. Not sleeping much at all, in relative pain reasonably controlled by meds and struggling with the emotions which is not me usually at all. My friends would consider me a generally strong tough one who gets through everything. But I was only just getting over the problems of the last accident and returning to my usual active lifestyle when this happened and knowing what I went through to work at achieving that, it's really getting to me that I feel like I'm back at square one again. I'm not one for drama or talking about my feelings etc, I'm not thinking dark worse thoughts but I am struggling with coping with this. My very close friends who know me well can see this but I'm not sure what to do. Writing it down to people who don't know me might help a little just to vent, just on an emotionally bad night where I'm afraid to sleep cause I'm not sleeping. ..
    My 2c here: Ship happens, and it sounds like it happened to you a few times recently. This does not mean that you are a ship magnet. Seems like you have a few good friends - keep in touch with them.

    For ship, read sh!t... :)

    Not your ornery onager



  • #503
    col89
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭col89


    Also, a question for all general antidepressant-takers or individuals with knowledge of such tablets: Do you stay clear of alcohol altogether, or just try drink less at social gatherings/events/outings? I was clear of alcohol for the most part upon my first experience with antidepressants, but I have a pretty big social occasion on Saturday night and it wouldn't be right not to have a couple of drinks. What actually happens internally when you mix alcohol with the antidepressant? Will the effects of the tablet be 'stunted' for a few days due to consumption of alcohol (a depressant)? As I'm starting my course in two weeks' time, and the tablet is also supposed to come into effect in two weeks, I'm basically wondering if the alcohol would negate any benefits of the tablet for a good chunk of time -- say, anything over a couple of days -- when I want to be at my best for class presentations, etc.


  • #504
    petals rocks1
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭petals rocks1


    Can anyone help please. I suffer from depression the last 10 plus years and on antidepressantsStarted a course few months ago and two dramatic people have me plagued. Plus a close family member as well I feel like I cant handle their baggage. Its like I dont have any head space left for this. Anyhow I feel unhappy. Had an awful day yesterday. Was nearly in tears at course and two girls kept wrecking my head. Was never as glad to get into my house and to lie on bed and breathe. But I was raging deep down. Felt smothered. Felt like my head was going to burst. Just feel like ppl put their issues on me even silly minor stuff. Just dont feel able for it all .Is this part of depression? I find myself ignoring vibers calls etc from these ppl coz I cant handle dramaIs there somethin else wrong with me?


  • #505
    GerB40
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭GerB40


    petals rocks1 wrote: »
    Can anyone help please. I suffer from depression the last 10 plus years and on antidepressantsStarted a course few months ago and two dramatic people have me plagued. Plus a close family member as well I feel like I cant handle their baggage. Its like I dont have any head space left for this. Anyhow I feel unhappy. Had an awful day yesterday. Was nearly in tears at course and two girls kept wrecking my head. Was never as glad to get into my house and to lie on bed and breathe. But I was raging deep down. Felt smothered. Felt like my head was going to burst. Just feel like ppl put their issues on me even silly minor stuff. Just dont feel able for it all .Is this part of depression? I find myself ignoring vibers calls etc from these ppl coz I cant handle dramaIs there somethin else wrong with me?

    I went through something very similar to what you're going through but before I go further do you mind if I ask, has anxiety ever been a major issue? Anxiety disorder isn't talked about as much as depression and because of this it can be harder to recognise in yourself.


  • #506
    handbagmad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 650 ✭✭✭handbagmad


    Horrendous panic attack today, worst in years though I was dying.

    Any time I push myself, they happen. Went out today some place new fair bit away from home.
    Was fine for an hour or so then thought aw sh-t, I don't like this cue full panic attack.


  • #507
    petals rocks1
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭petals rocks1


    GerB40 wrote: »
    I went through something very similar to what you're going through but before I go further do you mind if I ask, has anxiety ever been a major issue? Anxiety disorder isn't talked about as much as depression and because of this it can be harder to recognise in yourself.

    Thanks for reply gerB40. Maybe anxiety was an issue but I never noticed to be honest. Really bad this last two weeks. Where I feel like I dont have any room in my brain for drama .


  • #508
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    handbagmad wrote: »
    Horrendous panic attack today, worst in years though I was dying.

    Any time I push myself, they happen. Went out today some place new fair bit away from home.
    Was fine for an hour or so then thought aw sh-t, I don't like this cue full panic attack.

    Hugs for H


  • #509
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    petals rocks1 wrote: »
    Can anyone help please. I suffer from depression the last 10 plus years and on antidepressantsStarted a course few months ago and two dramatic people have me plagued. Plus a close family member as well I feel like I cant handle their baggage. Its like I dont have any head space left for this. Anyhow I feel unhappy. Had an awful day yesterday. Was nearly in tears at course and two girls kept wrecking my head. Was never as glad to get into my house and to lie on bed and breathe. But I was raging deep down. Felt smothered. Felt like my head was going to burst. Just feel like ppl put their issues on me even silly minor stuff. Just dont feel able for it all .Is this part of depression? I find myself ignoring vibers calls etc from these ppl coz I cant handle dramaIs there somethin else wrong with me?

    *hugs*

    I can very much relate. Although my own diagnosis is clinical depression, anxiety was the initial issue I had and it still plagues me.


  • #510
    petals rocks1
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭petals rocks1


    Does it sound like I experiencing anxiety? I thought I was been grumpy.well my sis told me I was a grump. What can help this and should I see a doctor


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  • #511
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    petals rocks1 wrote: »
    Does it sound like I experiencing anxiety? I thought I was been grumpy.well my sis told me I was a grump. What can help this and should I see a doctor

    A bit of it does. Like the being in tears part and having such relief to get home.

    I'd definitely mention it to your GP or psychiatrist


  • #512
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    I suffer with panic / anxiety since feb 1998 and i'm only 33 , does anybody else feel like their not strong enough to beat / cope with it ?


  • #513
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    I suffer with panic / anxiety since feb 1998 and i'm only 33 , does anybody else feel like their not strong enough to beat / cope with it ?

    I get waves of that here. It can come and go. Not a good belief at all I must say.


  • #514
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    Hugo Stiglitz wrote: »
    I get waves of that here. It can come and go. Not a good belief at all I must say.

    Im going through alot of **** at the mo

    Relationship break-up ( i've 2 gorgeous kids ) who will be living with their mam

    No job , maintenance worries

    Anxiety worries


  • #515
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    Im going through alot of **** at the mo

    Relationship break-up ( i've 2 gorgeous kids ) who will be living with their mam

    No job , maintenance worries

    Anxiety worries

    Sorry to hear that man. That all sounds like it would drive up the anxiety levels.

    You will get through all that though. You will get better.


  • #516
    GerB40
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭GerB40


    petals rocks1 wrote: »
    Thanks for reply gerB40. Maybe anxiety was an issue but I never noticed to be honest. Really bad this last two weeks. Where I feel like I dont have any room in my brain for drama .

    Sorry for taking a while with the reply. My advice would be see a GP ASAP. I'm no qualified doctor but if anxiety is in fact a major issue with you at the moment then please feel free to ask me anything you want about it. I can only give you my experiences of it but perhaps my experiences may help you.

    Remember that everyone on this thread will be more than willing to help you so you're definitely not alone...


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  • #517
    GerB40
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭GerB40


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    I suffer with panic / anxiety since feb 1998 and i'm only 33 , does anybody else feel like their not strong enough to beat / cope with it ?

    As a long time sufferer of anxiety disorder I completely empathise with you. Now as far as I know, the feeling of not being strong enough to beat it is the epitome of anxiety. I felt I would never ever have a life again and the worst thing was, I learned to be okay with that. I just became a hermit and barely left my room for 7 years..

    The reason I'm telling you this (I've told very few people but they knew) is because at the moment I'm feeling better than I have in years so it definitely isn't the end of the world.

    It can be beaten.....

    Best of luck bud, any advice you need is on this very thread but remember, a qualified doctor is usually more reliable.


  • #518
    kronsington
    Registered Users Posts: 2,009 ✭✭✭kronsington


    Hi there,

    I've read this thread with interest and can relate to a lot of it. I'll share some of my story.

    I'm a 32 year old single male who had recently relocated to Canada. Over the last couple of weeks, my anxiety has been at it's very worst. I think it's the culmination of a very rough couple of years. In a nutshell, during the last few years: I've been out of work for long periods, my parents had to sell their home and have gone through an acrimonious separation, both parents treated for depression and one for alcoholism, one parent has chronic gambling problems, have an estranged relationship with father and brother (drug abuser) and last month my mother was diagnosed with cancer. And I've been struggling to get full time work out here and it isn't easy. So there you go.

    I've only come to grips with my anxiety problems in recent times. Even as a child I was labelled a worrier but it's far deeper than that and I've learned more as nice gotten older and read up on the subject. I am mindful of it and try to cope. I also have many of the symptoms of depression and I'm fearful these things are going to dominate my life as they have done. I think my anxiety issues are at the core of me as a person and have played a role in the fact I can't drive, have never had a meaningful relationship, have a patchy educational and work record and many other things. I drank quite a lot in my 20s and maybe subconsciously this was an attempt to escape my troubled family life. I tend to over analyse and think a lot. I probably should start a round of cbt treatment.

    Mental illness is a mainstream topic in ireland right now particularly depression but I think more needs to done in relation to anxiety disorders. Maybe they are deemed less serious and require less promotion, I don't know.

    Anyway that's me in a brief post. Good luck everyone


  • #519
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    I feel hopelessly quagmired these days.. I can be funny in conversation still though.. That's kind of scary to me.. That despite the fact I'm pretty worried I'm escaping anyone's notice so easily.. Trying to avoid festering with it too much but that often results in overwork.. So much imbalance.


  • #520
    handbagmad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 650 ✭✭✭handbagmad


    Have never been so tired in all my life.
    Literally drained of anything


  • #521
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    any borderlines here? borderlines are like manic depressives in that their emotional cycle fluctuates rapidly. So they can be elated one day and severely depressed/anxious the next day and then elated the next day.


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  • #522
    handbagmad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 650 ✭✭✭handbagmad


    Do U ever feel being a sufferer of depression/anxiety that anything you go to the doctor with that's medical is over looked?

    Really not feeling so good went to gp to get checked she's putting it down to(dismissing it as) mood.

    It really isn't. I feel like death.


  • #523
    GerB40
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭GerB40


    handbagmad wrote: »
    Do U ever feel being a sufferer of depression/anxiety that anything you go to the doctor with that's medical is over looked?

    Really not feeling so good went to gp to get checked she's putting it down to(dismissing it as) mood.

    It really isn't. I feel like death.

    It's a sad fact that some doctors are shít. I once saw a doctor because of really bad insomnia (brought on by the anxiety disorder). He suggested I get darker curtains.. Needless to say I never went to him again.
    If I were you I'd go to a different doc, a second opinion could change your life..


  • #524
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Roquentin wrote: »
    any borderlines here? borderlines are like manic depressives in that their emotional cycle fluctuates rapidly. So they can be elated one day and severely depressed/anxious the next day and then elated the next day.

    I can change every hour.. I can't really make arrangements to meet people socially as I could crash right before or during.. Or the flip side, I could get very high and not be able to sit still or finish a sentence.. I've grown too used to it though so don't really think about the limits it imposes until I write it out like this..


  • #525
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    Roquentin wrote: »
    any borderlines here? borderlines are like manic depressives in that their emotional cycle fluctuates rapidly. So they can be elated one day and severely depressed/anxious the next day and then elated the next day.

    How can people tell the difference? That sounds like bipolar to me?


  • #526
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    Saipanne wrote: »
    How can people tell the difference? That sounds like bipolar to me?

    http://blogs.psychcentral.com/bipolar/2014/02/bipolar-disorder-borderline-personality-disorder-difference/


  • #527
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    Gremlinertia wrote: »
    I can change every hour.. I can't really make arrangements to meet people socially as I could crash right before or during.. Or the flip side, I could get very high and not be able to sit still or finish a sentence.. I've grown too used to it though so don't really think about the limits it imposes until I write it out like this..

    same with me. i can change very quickly. From being content to being completely down.


  • #528
    Joya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,365 ✭✭✭Joya


    Roquentin wrote: »
    same with me. i can change very quickly. From being content to being completely down.

    count it +1...
    and from some reason it just cannot go un-noticed by other people and is influencing them too - it just cannot stay hidden... so ya, avoiding people is my best mechanism so far.. not the ideal one but..


  • #529
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    The weekend is here at long last. A part of me is thinking "Yes!" but another part, a bigger part, is going "No."


  • #530
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,507 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Hugo Stiglitz wrote: »
    The weekend is here at long last. A part of me is thinking "Yes!" but another part, a bigger part, is going "No."
    Maybe you could try to access the part of you that thinks "Maybe." :)

    Separate the black from the white, and realise that there are many shades of grey.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #531
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    Esel wrote: »
    Maybe you could try to access the part of you that thinks "Maybe." :)

    Separate the black from the white, and realise that there are many shades of grey.

    Grey doesn't sound great either but I suppose it is better than the black.


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  • #532
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,507 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Hugo Stiglitz wrote: »
    Grey doesn't sound great either but I suppose it is better than the black.
    From black, grey trends towards white. When it comes to thought processes, that is the way to go. Easy to say, very hard to do, I know...

    Not your ornery onager



  • #533
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    Esel wrote: »
    From black, grey trends towards white. When it comes to thought processes, that is the way to go. Easy to say, very hard to do, I know...

    Nicely put though. Thank you. :)


  • #534
    kronsington
    Registered Users Posts: 2,009 ✭✭✭kronsington


    My anxiety has become a lot worse in recent times... First time I've really had prolonged bouts of having a tight chest, shortness of breath and light headedness


  • #535
    PrettyRad
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭PrettyRad


    Hi all!

    I'm 18 years old and suffer from bad anxiety which, coupled with health anxiety(hypochondria), leads to some pretty awful panic attacks.

    My first ever panic attack was in the cinema and I always feel really stupid talking about it. Myself and two friends were going to see Olympus Has Fallen and it was only a few days after the Aurora cinema shooting so I was on edge.

    When we entered the theatre, I figured out that we'd be the only ones in there and that kind of set off the panic. My anxiety was telling me that anybody could burst in with a gun and we'd be their only targets. I couldn't catch my breath and even the usual "inhale for 4, hold for 7, exhale for 8" wasn't calming me down. I could hear my heartbeat pounding in my ears but because I had never had a panic attack before, I didn't know that that is what it was. Which of course set off my health anxiety, as I convinced myself that I was having a heart attack.

    So there I was, quietly holding back tears, trying my usual calming techniques and failing, convinced that I was going to die, one way or another.
    There's this scene in the movie, where the president's car careers off the road and his wife dies, and the moment that happened, I spiralled. My chest tightened and that was it, I was so sure that I was having a heart attack at that moment. I went out to the bathroom and sat in a cubicle, in the quiet, and eventually calmed myself down, but I continued shaking like a leaf the whole way through the movie.

    What are your experiences?


  • #536
    xLisaBx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭xLisaBx


    PM sent :)


  • #537
    maw368
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭maw368


    I have experienced sporadically over 15 years with anxiety/panic attacks, social phobia agoraphobia to the point of being totally housebound, afraid of travelling in cars, public transport, planes, had pseudo seizures, hypochondria, hyperventilating and etc etc.

    But I found there was light at the end of the tunnel, I am in the best place I have been in for 15 years, not totally the free spirit I used to be but the closest I have been since a long time and feel that this time I am on the real road to recovery.

    You can read a brief part of my paranoid like experiences which resulted in panic and agoraphobia here...

    Tried all sorts of things like cognitive behavioural therapy, anti depressants, diazepam, beta blockers and others to help contron the stress, depression, panic etc, I tried yoga, meditation, relaxation and seeing a psychiatrist etc. But I found what a leading Psychiatrist once said, that you have to be ready, if you are not ready you won't put in the consistent dedicated effort needed to get past it.

    It took me getting to the point of being fed up of it so badly, and wanting to get out adventuring like I used to so badly that I just started to face it repeatedly until it just became less and less of a problem and then no longer even a thought.


  • #538
    maw368
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭maw368


    for me I found the thing that helped me most was exercise, you can check out my CrowdFunder Project to see how I got to where I am now and how I am trying to conquer the final demons that still plague me.

    Video here...

    Shaun


  • #539
    Joya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,365 ✭✭✭Joya


    okay.. so.. we were together for 5 years, know each other over seven.. after year and a half since i broke up with him.. i still find myself feeling the love for this guy.. i must be crazy.. every time i see him i brake inside although trying to get over it as soon as i can. so i am avoiding seeing him. but then yesterday he showed up on my door and i was surprised but also happy to see him... and now i am down again.. i have 4 exams starting tomorrow and absolutely no concentration or power to study.. i missed things in my life because of him and am reminding myself not to allow this to myself again. but yes, i am just broken.. i realized the reason why i push away all man who tried to get close to me since is cause.. my heart is still captured by him.. and i feel not fare to start something and give hope to others when i am not really able to be there..
    sorry for this but i just had to get it out of myself.. m very sad... feel like paralyzed.. again.....meds do not help...

    ps. he met my flatmate ind it was a bit funny to me to see them one beside another since i just recently had a crash on my flatmate that i got over with... but yea, nice (looking) guys both of them... and so different...


  • #540
    [Deleted User]
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    I feel like I have been regressing over the last few weeks or months, though in reality it probably stems back nearly a year or so. Mainly social and relationship issues which have taken a lot out of me. My fear is that I'm going to end up friendless (and thus a hermit again) after all this boils over. I'm due to go back to counselling in a few weeks.

    Really can't face dealing with all this again. :(


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  • #541
    cloudatlas
    Registered Users Posts: 3,709 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    Tough week coming up there's an event I'm travelling to that is making me feel very apprehensive and I have to go alone. Two days on my own attempting to distract myself from feeling anxious. This event is making me think about everything that I'm anxious about in general and the pressure is all encompassing. I hope things change soon because I need a break.


  • #542
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    This Sunday has hit me like a ton of bricks for some reason.


  • #543
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    Hugo Stiglitz wrote: »
    This Sunday has hit me like a ton of bricks for some reason.

    ending of the summer i think may have something to do with it


  • #544
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    I'm between relieved and frightened for the winter.


  • #545
    Killer_banana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭Killer_banana


    It's been a while... All moved and settled in now more or less. Been up and town but today and yesterday have been baaaaad. Just out of bed and even then what got me up was I thought I heard knocking and thought maybe my housemate had forgotten her keys and was locked out. I'm in work this evening so that'll keep my mind occupied and I can get out of my own head for a while.

    I registered with a GP practice two weeks ago but work and nerves mean I haven't gone yet. It has a weird booking system where you can only prebook certain appointments and then then there's also a number of same day appointments available as well (maybe it's an NHS thing?). Was too scared both yesterday and today to go for a same day appointment so I've booked one for next week instead. Going to write it all down this time and ask the doctor to read it. Tried reading it out with the last doctor but got talked over and cut short. Also if the doctor tries to wave off the compulsions like that last one I will ask for a second opinion.

    Basically I'm feeling **** again but I'm in a better place in so far as looking for treatment still scares the **** out of me but I will force myself to get it this time and continue with it and not let anyone tell me nothing's wrong when I know there is.


  • #546
    GerB40
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭GerB40


    Killer_banana wrote: »
    It's been a while... All moved and settled in now more or less. Been up and town but today and yesterday have been baaaaad. Just out of bed and even then what got me up was I thought I heard knocking and thought maybe my housemate had forgotten her keys and was locked out. I'm in work this evening so that'll keep my mind occupied and I can get out of my own head for a while.

    I registered with a GP practice two weeks ago but work and nerves mean I haven't gone yet. It has a weird booking system where you can only prebook certain appointments and then then there's also a number of same day appointments available as well (maybe it's an NHS thing?). Was too scared both yesterday and today to go for a same day appointment so I've booked one for next week instead. Going to write it all down this time and ask the doctor to read it. Tried reading it out with the last doctor but got talked over and cut short. Also if the doctor tries to wave off the compulsions like that last one I will ask for a second opinion.

    Basically I'm feeling **** again but I'm in a better place in so far as looking for treatment still scares the **** out of me but I will force myself to get it this time and continue with it and not let anyone tell me nothing's wrong when I know there is.

    I'm not fond of clichés but it has to be said, the road to recovery starts with a single step. You seem to understand your condition and have a plan set out to get better and that, in itself, is a massive step forward. I hope the doctor works for you and you continue see changes for the better...

    Edit: I'd also like to add that these steps, though barely noticeable at the time, are massive in hindsight. This sickness that we're both well acquainted with will try to convince you that nothing is changing.. With your understanding, and a proactive approach everything will change. Best of luck...


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  • #547
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    cloud493 wrote: »
    I'm between relieved and frightened for the winter.

    6b15fb4548dcbce626b3102f561283f0.jpg


  • #548
    Joya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,365 ✭✭✭Joya


    That's beautiful Roquetin
    Love Camus....<3


  • #549
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    Joya wrote: »
    That's beautiful Roquetin
    Love Camus....<3

    camus, thoreau, sartre, kafka and Nietzsche all had some lovely prose


  • #550
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Argh probably come up a million times before but does anyone have their personal tips for beating or at least decreasing anxiety symptoms? Things just impossible for me at the moment. For my own part I advise the old cliches of exercise and good diet - these have worked wonders for me in the past. The bad thing is that when the anxiety gets too bad and I'm stuck in an almighty rut, I just can't give up the comfort food even though this does me so much good. And I can't find enough energy for sufficient exercise. I'm a big baby, basically :(

    Hope most of you guys are getting better in your own little ways, much love to yis


  • #551
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,507 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    fr336 wrote: »
    Argh probably come up a million times before but does anyone have their personal tips for beating or at least decreasing anxiety symptoms? Things just impossible for me at the moment. For my own part I advise the old cliches of exercise and good diet - these have worked wonders for me in the past. The bad thing is that when the anxiety gets too bad and I'm stuck in an almighty rut, I just can't give up the comfort food even though this does me so much good. And I can't find enough energy for sufficient exercise. I'm a big baby, basically :(

    Hope most of you guys are getting better in your own little ways, much love to yis
    Have a read of my post here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=88717905&postcount=4854. It might help.

    Not your ornery onager



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