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Your story to Suziq
by benita, May 11, 2007 12:00AM
Suziq I have been reading all your posts and I think you are very inromed about this thing we all have in common ANXIETY. I would love to hear your story on how you started with this.
I also have a lot of Anxiety and I am taking 50 mgs of Zoloft, I satrted 4 years ago with a very deep Postpartum Depression with a Panick attack the day I returned from the hospital with my baby.
I went to 7 doctors, and nobody could tell me I had a panick attack, so I thought I was very sick, until 3 month after my daughter was born I went with a doc. that gave me zoloft and clorazepam and I started to get better. After 1 year I tried to stop taking the zoloft gradually as my doc. told me and it started the nightmare again. so I started Zoloft again. Now I have been taking Zoloft only for 4 years and when I have a little concern I get VERY ANXIOUS.
I am 39 Yrs. Old and have a beautifull life but still I cant get over this anxiety. Will I ever stop taking meds?
Please tell me your story and post me your comments.
tyvm
Benita
I also have a lot of Anxiety and I am taking 50 mgs of Zoloft, I satrted 4 years ago with a very deep Postpartum Depression with a Panick attack the day I returned from the hospital with my baby.
I went to 7 doctors, and nobody could tell me I had a panick attack, so I thought I was very sick, until 3 month after my daughter was born I went with a doc. that gave me zoloft and clorazepam and I started to get better. After 1 year I tried to stop taking the zoloft gradually as my doc. told me and it started the nightmare again. so I started Zoloft again. Now I have been taking Zoloft only for 4 years and when I have a little concern I get VERY ANXIOUS.
I am 39 Yrs. Old and have a beautifull life but still I cant get over this anxiety. Will I ever stop taking meds?
Please tell me your story and post me your comments.
tyvm
Benita
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I was about 28 years old when it started. (I am 40 now) I was feeling very shaky but was trying to ignore it. I then passed out in church and ended up in the emergency room..It ended up I was dehydrated (from a tanning salon, most likely!) Well, blood levels were off and it sent me into a tailspin...it was like, all of a sudden I thought I was dying of EVERYTHING! I had lots of anxiety and terrible headaches. I thought I had HIV (no reason to think so!), Brain Tumor, MS, Lupus....I went to a hemotologist, nuerologists, ENT doctors, Opthamologists, Allergy doctors....I had CAT scans, an MRI, EEG scan on my head, every allergy test known to mankind, bloodwork up the wazoo! Thank goodness everything was negative and I was healthy. (Even though I still thought I was terribly sick). I didn't want to and at times I couldn't leave the house...I would just cry...I had no relief from the headaches or anxiety for 6 months straight. One day I was at work in the middle of a massive anxiety attack. Another teacher came into my classroom and I confided in her. She gave me a phone number and told me to get "help"..she went through the same thing many years before. I then got into therapy and started on Paxil and Klonopin..I was doing pretty well and then both my parents passed away about 4 months apart when I was 33. Well, massive anxiety and depression again..of course it was the most difficult time of my life. My doctor upped my meds and added buspar which helped tremendously. Since then, I have gotten married, adopted a daughter from China (even travelled there-17 hours one way!) and have managed my anxiety for the most part. I haven't tried to come off any meds yet...not ready to..I still battle will some anxiety attacks and anxiety symptoms..but for the most part I feel pretty good. I have purchased the Linden Method (haven't done it yet) in hopes to relieve myself of all anxiety one day and be able to get off meds, but it has to be in my time...Thank you for interest!!! Hope I didn't bore you!!!!
Now I am in a lot of stress because I am moving to another house and I started with eyes and face pains (strange dont you think) so the first thing I did was to check it up in the internet and guess what I found ???? MS so now I have that on my mind. Do you think anxiety can cause this strange pains?.
I loves th hear your story I would like to hear more details if you like.
Ohhh....the dreaded MS......i am sure that what you are experiencing is related to anxiety.....please try not to focus on MS symptoms....all of a sudden you will have those symptoms....It's amazing what our brains can do! You need to try to get all that negative energy and turn it positive...If you can make yourself physically sick, can you imagine how great we can also make ourselves feel if we use that energy in a good way???? I keep trying and I want you to try too!!!
I also read about the "Linden Method", could you keep us posted and let us know how it works out for you? Thanks.
Yes, I really have to make time to read The Linden Method and follow it. I have a two year old at home and by the time I get home from work, make dinner, play with my daughter and put her to bed...I USUALLY AM FOLLOWING HER!!!!!! I have also promised TANS I would report on it...and I PROMISE TO READ IT SOON!!!
Why are we looking for bad things we might have and why we dont trust our doctors?