Help i have a health anxiety disorder and panic attacks what can i do?
I have a health anxiety disorder and cant stop thinking that there is something wrong with me. I feel i am going mad. I am on medication for depression but nothing is working. I cant sleep and just feel anxiety from the moment i wake up to the moment i go sleep, (when i do eventually get to sleep) its causing problems at home with my husband because he trys to understand but doesnt what do i do.
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I suffered with anxiety and depression for years until someone told me about the Bach Flower remedies. I now treat others with them. Bach Flower remedies are safe to take, they are natural, and they really do work. There are 38 treatments that work for every emotion we can experience from deep black depression through anxiety, panic attacks and sheer terror to absolute anger. Search the web for a Bach Flower therapist in your area. While you are taking them you can continue taking your anti-depressants/tablets for anxiety until you notice a change then you can start reducing the dosage of your tablets. Believe me, they do work - they worked for me. I am also a healer, so right at this moment I am going to send absent healing to you. You will get well again even though right now it feels like you won't. Trust me, you will get better. You are not going mad. You are worthy of help and there is nothing wrong with you that can't come right. xx (
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How do you know if you have Panic Disorder?
How do doctors diagnois this and what is the treatment for this disorder? Sorry, if the spelling is off.
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Most panic disorders are easy to spot, I used to get them a lot and hardly left my home for 2-1/2 years. Mostly you get a feeling of dread, your heart starts to pound and you think your having a heart attack, your palms sweat and you want to just run. This is called flight or fight and its instilled in us.
Its all over in a minute or 2 and you wonder what brought it on, it could have been a red light, too much out in the open, too many people that you feel confined... too many triggers to name here.
I limit my personal space but I can go to the store and drive locally; if I have to go anywhere else I have someone drive me. You can get on medication I know Paxil works for some people, they can drive and don't have those feelings of dread but I don't like taking pills. (
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Can anxiety/panic disorder cause hand trembling on one side?
I was diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder about a month ago. I have been getting hand trembles on my left side only. All of the physical symptoms I have had seems to occur on the left side (mild abdominal cramps, occasional ear aches). Is this possible and can it be something else that I suffer from?
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Anxiety causes muscle tension. So it could be the cause. I would assume that since you have been diagnosed with GAD that is what you have. There are six different anxiety disorders. For more info look in the resource box (
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i take zoloft for panic disorder and its not working anymore is there another medication that i can take?
i have gained 40 pounds taking zoloft . is there another medication i can take that wouldn't make me gain weight and would help me with my panic disorder?
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If you have a panic disorder that comes and goes (meaning you have attacks or have times of high anxiety but the rest of the time you're fine), then I can't see why your doctor put you on Zoloft to begin with. It isn't a medication that works immediately like an aspirin. Zoloft is an anti-depressant that has to build up in your system to work. It would be like trying to eat a banana to cure the leg cramp you're having right now...just doesn't cut it.
Definitely let your doctor know that the med isn't working for you. Go to him with a list of what you want the medication to do and not do and see if there's a perfect fit. If there isn't, then you can weigh the options along the criteria you set. If your doctor is unwilling to work with you on this, then you may want to switch doctors. (Remember, YOU'RE hiring THEM!)
Also, don't rely fully on the meds. They're great to have, but you should be learning alternatives at the same time so that if a med does stop working or is unavailable to you for some reason then you're not completely vulnerable.
As for meds, I think you've received some great answers on here, already. Xanax is a tranquilizer (same class as Thorazine, though, so be careful with side-effects) and is an as-needed med, and Paxil can be either.
Good luck! (
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Panic disorder and driving on the interstate?
I suffer from a panic disorder and I absolutely cannot drive on or near the interstate without having the worst panic attack ever. Just curious if anyone else has suffered or is suffering from this and how are you or did you deal with it?
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I have experienced this and I still try to avoid driving sometimes. I went through talk therapy and it seemed to help plus i have the will to overcome my fears because I think back to when stuff like driving and being in crowded, unfamiliar places didn't bother me and i want to get back to that again. My therapist told me I have the choice of living with limitations or facing and overcoming my fears. I would choose the latter.Go get help and keep trying because you have to put yourself in uncomfortable , vulnerable situations or you will never get over this. Lastly remember that you are in control and you won't die from a panic attack even though you might feel like you will it is all in your mind. Good Luck
P.S. also don't be afraid to seek help , many people share your problem , myself included. (
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Is panic disorder too much for some to handle?
I have had problems with anxiety and panic in recent years, I do feel guilty about it, but I fear maybe it has pushed my mother away, because she never believed in it, she thinks you've just got 'too much time on your hands". She would never be helpful or supportive of it, and that exacerbated it.
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There is no need to feel guilty. My mother was the same, they believe just because in the scheme of things it's fairly new that it's not a valid illness, it's the number 1 mental health issue in Australia. You should tell your mother how her reactions make you feel and talk about the effect you feel its had on your relationship, it's very important that you do this because that way you can show your Mum that your legit and she can see the effect this has had on you therefore breaking down a barrier in your relationship and tendingto your anxiety by finding support in your mother. (
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Is it normal to feel changes in my heart I suffer from panic disorder?
Sometimes I sit and start to feel strong heart beat, but not like I did have when I got my panic attack. Is this is due that I suffer from anxiety and panic disorders? Or is it something else.And is panic attacks different?I mean could sometimes be very strong heart beat and very fast and sometimes not very fast? You got the point?Thanks
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Yes it's a very normal side effect. It's harmless the sudden thud's or strong heart beats are called palpitations. It due to excessive adrenaline being released into your blood stream because of stress/anxiety/panic attacks. They can last up to a few months caffeine and nictotine will make them worse. There is a website that you may find usefull below. (
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I have severe panic disorder with agoraphobia and Im expected to be at a church meeting help?
I haven't gone outdoors due to severe debilitating seizures all summer. My daughter has a meeting for preschool and I'm trying so hard to go but I will have panic attacks and be afraid of seizing.
Help me someone get there? I am 28, thanks.
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Would like to find work, but am afraid due to my panic disorder...?
I would like to get a new job, but developed panic disorder a year and a half ago. I have been in the same job for three years. I am nervous about looking for a job knowing I have panic disorder. I am both nervous about telling prospective employers about it, and also having panic attacks on the job. Is there anything I can do to ease myself into looking for new work? Would it be seen as a bad thing to tell prospective employers? I am in cognitive therapy, and also under a psychiatrists care.
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I have dealt with the same issue...i developed severe panic disorder a little over a year ago that caused me to lose my job..i also have a metabolic problem and anxiety meds dont work well for me
i felt helpless and incapable of working but eventually took a job as a nanny for a year...its a more flexible job and you dont necessarily need to put it on your resume...it really helped me regain the confidence i had lost at my previous job and proved to me that i can wake up every morning, go to work, and do well...i actually just quit nannying this weekend and feel ready to take on a more challanging job...
just try and rememeber that you do have talents and abilities that you are especially proficient in and no one can take that away from you...anxiety may tell you that youve lost them but thats just a protective fear response...not reality...and if you give anxiety an inch it takes a mile...and you end up worse off than before...
i know its not easy but try and remember your accomplishments and all the things youve worked hard for in life because youre still that person!.....theres just this annoying obstacle of anxiety you have to overcome and exploring a variety of resources can help you take your life back and feel good about who you are and your ability to function in society
you can and will do this...i wish you the best! (
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How do countries other than the U.S. treat panic disorder with or without agoraphobia?
Hello
I am trying to find information regarding how countries other than the United States treat panic disorders with or without agoraphobia--for example, Japan or Africa, Spain...basically wherever as long as it differs from the U.S. in some way. I've tried googling but have had no luck.
If you know, do you mind stating your source? I will have to cite it, as this is for a paper. I need to get a global perspective on this disorder.
Thank you!
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Generally, the standard of care includes benzodiazepine drugs (Valium, Librium, Ativan, Xanax, Klonopin, etc.) along with a form of talk therapy.
In America, it is more common to use SSRI/SNRI drugs first, then sedating anti-histamines, before trying benzodiazepines. SS/N/RI drugs are anxiogenic (anxiety-creating) substances, and therefore a very poor choice for anyone with even mild anxiety or panic. In depressed patients (who also don't gain much benefit from the drugs, sadly), "anxiety" is listed as one of the most common effects of the SS/N/RI drugs (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor, etc.), and depressed patients are often given a two to four week course of benzodiazepines in order to control the anxiety that the anti-depressant invoke.
Treating anxiety with SSRIs is literally homeopathy - "like cures like". Homeopathy believes that a fever-inducing substance will cure a man with a fever (in reality, it will make his fever worse), and an anxiety-inducing substance will cure a person of anxiety (in reality, it makes anxiety worse).
I believe SSRIs are used for treating anxiety because they are non-controlled substances, and therefore the doctors prescribing them draw no attention from the DEA (which, unfortunately, is trying to tell doctors how to practice medicine, and cracking down on those who don't toe the party line - cops shouldn't be telling doctors what to do, nor vice-versa - this is the reason that many people do not receive adequate pain management in America, nor adequate treatment for psychiatric conditions, besides schizophrenia or bipolar disorder). They are addictive, just like benzodiazepines (which is an argument put forth by many uninformed doctors: "Antidepressants aren't addictive!" - take Effexor for two months and then quit - and tell me they're not addictive then) and the treatment of psychiatric patients has been harmed greatly because of it.
It's a travesty - treating anxiety with anxiety-inducing drugs. Treating depression with pills that are no more effective than placebo, and many times more harmful (cf. medical study reviewed in current Newsweek, a meta-study of EVERY WELL-CONTROLLED STUDY ever conducted on anti-depressants).
In addition to neuroleptic drugs like Abilify, Risperdal, and Seroquel, which cause depression directly through dopamine and serotonin-antagonism (if serotonin deficiency is the cause of depression, how can both serotonin-agonists and -antagonists help it? answer: neither do.), and have a whole host of deforming, disabling, possibly permanent and deadly side-effects (Parkinsonism, Diabetes, Neuroleptic Malignancy, Prolactinemia, etc.).
These drugs were approved because they were designed to sedate the acutely-agitated psychotic (hallucinating, hearing voices) and violent patient - more dangerous side-effects are considered tolerable when dealing with controlling someone who is being told to kill the psych ward staff by the television.
I know this as a psychologist who personally suffers from panic disorder, currently taking 1mg of (brand-name: don't settle for generic in psych drugs unless you can't afford them: the difference is sometimes over 25% active ingredient, under law, up to 20% weaker is permissible in generics) Klonopin (clonazepam, a long-acting benzodiazepine) three times a day, along with 150mg of Lyrica, three times a day, and 10mg of baclofen three times a day for panic disorder and anxiety. The only meds that have ever worked, and I have taken everything from MAOIs, TCAs, neuroleptics, both typical and atypical, SSRIs, SNRIs, sedating antihistamines, anti-epileptics, and the works - over 30 different drugs - before finding ones that worked, and will work for mostly anyone. The other shut functions through placebo effect, and all of the anti-depressants, excluding a few of the TCAs (Nortriptiline and Amitriptiline) worsen anxiety.
Along with 22mg of buprenorphine a day for my heroin addiction, all's peachy. I'm still nuts, and don't feel normal (the only times I have in my life were the four hours after each shot of heroin) and not yet fit to practice again, but as good as I've ever felt on legal, prescribed medication.
Don't let the doctors give you bullshit for anxiety. Demand a benzodiazepine (stay away from Xanax, IMO), and if not, at least Lyrica or Neurontin. The others range from ineffective to hellish.
You'd be surprised how many headshrinks are diagnosed themselves. It's usually why they get in to the field - at least it was for me. (
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