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Hi, I just wanted to make a suggestion for those of you who are hesitant to discuss your anxiety symptoms with your doctor. Please remember that we have tools on this site designed specifically for that purpose i.e. the anxiety test which can be found to the right of the screen. These are not meant to be used for diagnosis but you can print out the findings and show them to your doctor. This can be a great way to introduce the symptoms you have been experiencing. Casey _____________________________ The Panic Center Support Team
19 years ago 0 10 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
hi i am horrified of speaking to my doctor as well; i have been agoraphobic most of my life . i have these fits where i can't leave my house, or if i am someplace else can't bring myself to go outside in order to get home. my whole life i have just ignored it but lately i haven't been able to; i have started turning my self off completely when i have panic attacks it's effecting my whole life and i don't know what to do... .. i know this doesn't help but it was just nice to relate i guess
19 years ago 0 17 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi thanks for the reply,i will just be visiting a normal gp,from what i have written would you say that there is cause for concern? ,i stopped socialising at a very young age (14) for some reason i stopped going out,i have worked since i was 16 and if it wasnt for this i think i would be in a worse situation,i have never had a gf or what i would call close friends,its not that i dont get on with people cause i do (i have no shortage of invites at work from people asking if iwant do go for a drink or the like)i have an older brother who is "NORMAL" in everyway,he has girlfriends,mates and a social life and seeing him get on with his life makes me more anxious that mines is going no where and never will,i have no one to talk to about any of this and i cant imagine myself talking to a doctor about it but i dont see any other way apart from that.All i want is for my life to move a step further but right now i dont see how this could happen so that is what is pushing me more to visit a doctor.Could people please reply to this msg just to let me know and give me some answers thanks again Mark
19 years ago 0 50 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I had the same concerns as you. I just finally decide I would tell the Dr. exactly how I felt. I suffered from terrible panic that sent me running back and forth to the emergency room and I couldn't afford it. I told him that anxiety made it hard for me to socialize as I once did and that I suffered from sleep disturbance and the Dr. took it from there. This is how I was feeling at that time and he knew some plans of action. I saw my general practitioner, I'm not sure what type of help Dr. you will be visiting.
19 years ago 0 17 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi,i have been thinking for the past few months now of visiting the doctor,but when i do see him iam not sure how to approch the situation or what to say to him.Do i go into him and say "i think i suffer anxiety" or do i let him lead the way and start asking me things.I know alot about it now from reading the internet and alot of the medical terms and stuff so i dont want to go in sounding like i have rehearsed it all or that i am a hypocondriact (not sure of spelling).And i also think to my self what if he dosent belive me or thinks iam just seeking atention,like i said i havent been to the doctors since i was 11 or 12 iam now 22,so the visit to the doctors will all be new to me and adds to the anxiety (if thats whats wrong with me) of going because i dont know what iam going into thanks inadvance to any replies Mark

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