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12 years ago 0 424 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I dont want this anymore

Hello..
I am new here,and this is my first post....
I am trying to cope and understand,why i am going through all this anxiety and panic!
Its is now 3.30am,and it woke me up,i tried to calm myself,but it did not work,so i got up,and now typing this..i do have some issues i need to deal with,medical type,such as a bad back,that causes alot of pain..
Right now,i am taking zanaflex to help with the pain and spasms in my back and legs..i do have a neurologist,and a pain doctor i see,i do have alot of stress,but...this panic and anxeity gets me down!
I have been on zanax and valium before for it,and that helped so much..but the doctor i see now,will not prescribe it???
He wants me to take zoloft instead..i know that is an anti depressant,and i am so fearful of alot of meds,mainly because of side affects they have on me..been there before,and its not fun to go through that aswell as the panic!
I cant count the times i have went to the er only to be told it just anxiety!
So...i found this site.by web surfing for help.....I am willing to try this and see how well it works out for me....
thanks
bren
12 years ago 0 424 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
hello my name is brenda

I think i may have posted on the wrong area before???
But,anyway..i have been suffering anxiety and panic for many years,i cant seem to get a handle on them..i cant really say when they started?
I just know they were and still are so frightning to me....
Last night,it woke me out of a sound sleep,sometimes i jumo out of bed,iam so much in fear...
I found this site,and i hope it will be a good place to come and learn,talk,and overcome!
 
Brenda
12 years ago 0 424 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
hello my name is brenda

Thank you Sunny!!!
It means so much to me,just to know iam not alone in this!
Yes, i do plan to read all the sessions and work them too..
Thanks again!
Brenda
12 years ago 0 424 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Do dreams cause anxiety?

Alot of my anxiety will wake me during the nightime..i was wondering,if my subconsous,or dreams cause this??
Brenda
12 years ago 0 424 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Do dreams cause anxiety?

Thanks Hugs!
Brenda
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12 years ago 0 424 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I dont want this anymore

Thanks..and yes, i am looking and reading all there is, to help myself....
I know it sounds strange,,but i have found that the benzos help me more than anything i have tried..
But i too know its not a cure..I want the cure!!!!!!!!
 
Thanks
Brenda
12 years ago 0 424 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
hello my name is brenda

Thanks everyone..
I am writing a journal everyday..that helps me go back and see things more clearly..
I did not mention my fears on here..so here are a few..
For some reason, i fear the dark,i have to have lights on at night,in the house somewere,i also leave a soft light on in my bedroom..ive done that for years..
I have a fear of hights..such as a roller coaster,outside elivators,rooftop buildings just being to high up..
I am closterphobic too
Being left all alone,mainly when iam some were unknown to me..
Fears of dying,,
Those are some..
Bren
12 years ago 0 424 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I dont want this anymore

Thank you Ashley..
I do write in a journal everyday..i walk alot,i do try to think on positive thoughts,i take a nice warm bubble bath before bedtime,and tonight,i drank some warm milk and ate half a banana,my grandmother always says that helps you sleep better,and she is right about that..
Sometimes,i read something pleasing to me,i love romance novols..or,i start cleaning out closets,or doing laundry.
All this may not be the right things to do..but i keep trying new things!
Bren
12 years ago 0 424 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
hello my name is brenda

Thanks Davit..
Yes, i did have trama in my chilhood years..
I am sure it is all connected....
Brenda