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You all our right. I am trying to get better "real quick" and its not working. I feel my son needs me and I am trying to rush it. I have been alternating between panic attacks and then bone-crushing exhaustion where you feel like you are going to collaspe and not wake up, I even tried to "negocitate" with God,as you can do such a thing, I asked him just to let me live with the panic OR the depression not both, wired and tired, I so want to be myself again, and I foget what that is, its like I fear life or something. Thanks for helping me it means so much that you are praying and care for me. I am so grateful. Deb.
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Debbi Listen your body is depleted, drained by the emotional and physical problems you have recently been experiencing. You need to relaize that you are not going to feel better right away. Especially when you are already worrying about next month. Anticpatiory anxiety wears out your mind and emotions just as much as an acutal anxiety attack. Meds are great, I have read where they have helped alot of people cope. However they alone are not the answer. If you really want to recover you need to invest time, not in worry, but in changing the way you think and react to the stress you live with everyday. Fighting the panic monster is not the best course of action. Being in alert all the time watching for signs of panic is exhausting. Let the panic monster come, yeah sure its horrible, yes you hate it, dread it. However it is the anxious waiting that sets you up to have the attack. You need to either work with a therapist, or take and print out some of the forms from the panic program here and USE them. These are tools to help us understand our feelings and reactions. If we dont actively participate in our own recovery, we wont ever be free of the monster. There is no magic pill to cure this, there is no magic therapy either. We each have become anxiety prone for different reasons. Daily attacks signal that we are overwhelmed and oversensitized. Even if whatever caused the origional panic attack is no longer a problem, the fear and anxiety remains. Once we learn not to fear our ouwn thoughts, and allow time to pass so that we are not sensitized, then you will begin to feel better. Okay I am off my lecture box. I hope I didnt sound harsh or mean. I want so much for everyone who posts her to get better and not have to live with panic and anxiety attacks. Make the choice to start getting better, the tools are available on this site and in books and in therapy. Its making ourselves work it out that is the major hurdle. (((hugs)))
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I honestly think your doctor needs to change your meds. What you have is not working and you guys need to move on to something else! I hate you are so broken in spirit. It makes me cry.
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debbie,thats what i am going threw i am seeing a new doctor and trying to fight my thoughts.the doctor said stress produces a chemical in your body i cant remember the name of it but anyways it makes you tired.i am always tired.i was dianosed with chronic fatigue when i was 17 years old.i just wak up tired i use to get shots of vitamen b-12 from my doctor it really works weekly than when i stared feeling better monthly.oh and the stomach thing i have that too.my new doctor swears it from that stress chemical. debbie i hope we can all get better togather.i dont knw what i would do without the support from you and others like outlaw,grace,ruby,heather and everyone else i might of forgot.your friend gina
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I am NOT pregnant, I do NOT have an ectopic pregnancy, I have been sleeping better and trying to eat more. Why oh why am I still feeling so sick so tired so exhausted and having daily panic and shaky attacks? Some of the stress has been relieved and I foolishy thought I would feel better, I am as scared as ever, scared this burning crampy pain in my stomach is ovarian cancer, scared when my next monthly arrives it will be as bad as this late one and I will bleed and pass out? Scared there is something terribly wrong with me and I will die soon. I hate that my small son sees me lose control, through I try to hide it he is not stupid, my meds are failing me, the Zoloft is like taking a surgar pill, and the Klonopin does not even help so much anymore, just makes me weepy and depressed on top of panic, panic AND depression is the worst! I do not want to be happy even, just healthy and normal, I have given up on happy, just normal. I feel so old tired and worn-out I have not energy to "fight" this panic monster anymore, I relapsed in January and never thought it could go on so long again. I get so discouraged, my husband says "life is good don't worry" I feel like I am wasting my life on this panic, I so want it GONE and the more I try the worse it gets. Does anyone else ever feel so totally overwhelmed they just want to crawl in bed and never come out, you would think my son would be a good motivator, then I feel guilty and remorseful my son is being affected by this. Please pray for me. Debbie.

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