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    i was staying away from this thread for a few reasons, but here i am.

    tuesday night at a party i rolled, and i felt slightly out of it the rest of the week til today. today i felt back to normal. and that meant the anxiety came back. what the hell? i was so fine all week, which is strange, because you would think drugs would make it worse.

    i dont like the way i feel right now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by britt244 View Post
    i was so fine all week, which is strange, because you would think drugs would make it worse.
    Rolling works by tapping into your seratonin levels. They probably took a long time to deplete...which is why you felt good all week. This is why I briefly considered using X for my anxiety. Because of this reaction...nothing else works. BUT...of course, I cant roll everyday to keep the panic attacks away(well..I suppose i COULD...but I dont want to) so it would only be a short term (like a day or two) fix.

    But when it is at it's worst....feeling good for just one day is ungodly tempting.

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    ^ well it's a miracle drug, haha. i didnt even feel good all week. i was moody, dizzy, felt sick a lot.. but there was no anxiety! not even the tiniest bit.

    i just took a bath and the whole time i wanted to get out. when i was showering off, i had to get out. i HAD to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kitty260 View Post
    I know how that feels. I had months on end when I would feel sick to my stomach 24/7 and constantly have this insane feeling of dread hanging over me.

    That has been me for the past 4 months. Constantly feeling like I'm going to barf. Usually when I'm out and about. I've had an anxiety disorder for years. And I hate the feeling of those attacks. I think worrying about having an attack actually makes me have one sometimes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StellarGirl5792 View Post
    I think worrying about having an attack actually makes me have one sometimes.
    that is often what triggers me too. our brains are our own worst enemy

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    My anxiety problems are worse than ever just recently. I'm trying to calm myself, but it's not working...I was at a point where I thought I had it under control and I was accepting what I can and cannot do. Remember that "how to fight stress and be happy" thread I wrote? I've lost that state of mind.

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    I'm getting annoyed at other threads where people are basically just saying that we need to calm down and take some vitamins. Like this isnt a real disease..we are just high strung or something.

    I realize if you have never experienced clinical depression or anxiety disorder you may not understand...but saying just take some vitamins and chill out and you'll be fine is so fucking condesceding.

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    i agree cam. that's what some girls at work say to me too. "oh, just sit quietly for a sec and calm yourself down". sorry, but when you're caught in the grips of a severe attack, sitting in a corner for 30 seconds isn't going to do fuck all.

    surprisingly, i haven't had a panic attack since friday. i've just been feeling severely depressed. don't think i even have the energy to have a panic attack....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    i agree cam. that's what some girls at work say to me too. "oh, just sit quietly for a sec and calm yourself down". sorry, but when you're caught in the grips of a severe attack, sitting in a corner for 30 seconds isn't going to do fuck all.

    .
    I dont think these people understand the differance between blue days(which everyone has ) and true depression....or a bit of anxiety(which everyone gets from time to time) and an actual anxiety disorder or panic attack.

    But sitting calmly thinking happy thoughts isnt going to fix the chemical imbalance in my brain.

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    yeah exactly. i remember saying to the new manager at work that i have bad anxiety and he's all "well ashlee, i think everyone gets a little bit stressed sometimes"

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    can you believe i just started feeling seriously anxious after i wrote that?

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    I hate wannabe experts. Fuck off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    can you believe i just started feeling seriously anxious after i wrote that?
    yes. thinking about it makes you aware of it, if that makes sense. like, if i even click on this thread i'll start to feel antsy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BrunetteGoddess View Post
    I hate wannabe experts. Fuck off.
    Seriously. It just adds to everything when I hear things like "Just get up and do something and you'll feel better...stop being lazy" when I have days I cant get out of bed
    Or the people who tell you to take some herb and breathe deep and count to 10...yeah..no. That might help normal people....but it doesnt help me. Not when I'm in the full blows of a panic attack where I cant breathe and I'm puking my guts up and wanting to slice my head open so the pressure will release.

    If you have never dealt with a true depressive or anxiety disorder.....STFU. You dont know what you are talking about.

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    If the person who i think it is Cam hits BB again going off topic to your question, don't worry. And please don't be run off by people like that, i tend to think these people (with all due respect) think their Anxiety is much worse than anyone else and drugs will never help.

    My daughter is entering this world now, and it sucks for us both. I know the feeling of panic all to often myslef and i will say, my symptoms are no worse than any of you. We all feel the anxiety, we are all the same.

    A support system is what is needed in times like this, not "i hate drugs" SHIT.

    My rant...vent. I also was/am still very upset.

    Excuse me while my daughter eats a leaf and CURES her anxiety now. BS! Aint (love saying that) gonna (and that) happen!!!!!

    Her MEDS. keep her working and in a Community College, as well as going out of the house!

    FUCK.

    Sorry ladies, i'm done.

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    ^^ Thank you!! I was starting to hyperventilate I was so pissed off. That whole "just take care of your body and you'll be fine" shit....like I have a panic disorder because I eat too many hamburgers or something. What the fuck ever.

    I dont need to be made to feel like some kind of junkie because I need meds to control this.

    Maybe I should just throw away my meds for my pancreas and my gallbladder and my chronic pain..hell I'll even toss my birth control pills...apparently herbs cure everything. I'm going to go eat some bark and ask the moon goddess for guidence now. That'll fix me.

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    tonight i just want to get through work without having a panic attack. considering i'm still feeling a bit sketchy from the ritalin, am hungover, have barely slept and am still feeling really depressed, it's not seeming likely.

    positive thinking though... positive thinking....

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    Today I actually feel like I'm having a good day. Hopefully tomorrow will be a repeat. *shares good day vibes with Darcy*
    you live like an ivy vine
    you can only survive by clinging onto trees
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    put down some roots so you can stand on your own
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    And I've had to use the ignore button. Even after a warning....she just wont stop.Glad to hear that you are able to get control when you get stressed....it isnt the same as having an actual depressive or axiety disorder. And drugs are critical to many people with these problems in order to live a normal life. We arent just junkie attention seeking pill poppers.

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    heh. believe me, if it wasn't absolutely necessary for me to function, i wouldn't be taking anti-depressants. my psych only put me on them as a last resort because he genuinely believed i NEEDED them.

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    It's funny. People know from fairly common evidence several things including:

    1) Recreational drugs dramatically change how we think and feel.

    2) Brain damage due to physical trauma or disease (e.g., Alzheimers) can dramatically change someone.

    3) Many non-recreational drugs have side effects that cause agitation, heart palpations, anxiety, sleepiness, etc.

    4) People are very familiar with other areas of the body being sufficiently abnormal that medications or surgery are required to re-balance (e.g., diabetes, hypo/hyper thyroidism).

    Yet, in the face of all this evidence that a person's brain is another chemical/biological organ, sensitive to drugs, that our biological organs can be out of balance, despite all of this, still there are people that believe that one's mood is entirely under our intellectual control.

    But it gets worse! It gets worse when the person believes in "natural" cures (keeping in mind that all toxins and poisons, acids and bases, hallucinagenics, etc., are all entirely "natural" as if the word "natural" equates with "healthy" or "safe"). It's worse because on the one hand such people believe that things that we ingest can have an impact on our mood, yet on the other, they fear "non-natural" drugs, not because they have any real understanding of human brain chemistry, but just because they have associated a kind of out-dated, barbaric fear of science along with their barbaric belief that ALL people can entirely control their mood through sheer intellect.

    I can only hope that as time goes on that these old, out-dated beliefs fade (and that eventually there are some better tests developed to measure brain chemistry function).

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    I have social anxiety very bad, to the point where I need a job but am too nervous to even get out there and get into some interviews. I used to get panic attacks quite a bit but haven't had one for a while thank god. The last time I had one I felt like I was drugged.


    Has anyone ever tried cognitive behavioral therapy? I am looking into for myself.

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    ^Thats the kind of therapy I'm looking into. Really hoping it will work for me rather than telling the person what I'm feeling and how I'm feeling all the time.
    you live like an ivy vine
    you can only survive by clinging onto trees
    that's your flaw
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    I hate this constant anxious feeling in my stomach I have been in the bathroom a lot lately. Dammit!

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    My daughter made it halfway to her bf's tonite, and just called me on her cell. She is about 5 minutes away from home and needs to talk to distract her mind until she gets home...first break into panic attack since starting her medicine.

    She left here saying "what if i can't make it" i told her to try to play music and sing in the car while driving there...didn't work. Fuckin 'what ifs'!

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