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16 and wanting to die.
I have already posted on here about my condition, the last week of anxiety has been HELL. I have had at least 15 panic attacks that make me breathe very heavily and make me very nauseous. I'm emetiphobic so the nausea alone gives anxiety. I have begged for help from my parents but they won't. I have no access to any type of cousling or medication. they don't believe anxiety or depression is a real thing. I just don't know what to do anymore.
PS, exercise helps in the short term. Go on a treadmill when you start feeling the nerves coming. Stay on at a medium pace for 15-20 minutes. After that, your body should calm down and that calm can last for (in my experience) 1-3 hours.
Also, to calm down, try breathing in for 5 seconds, holding it for 3, and slowing letting it out for 7 seconds. Do this 4-5 times to help from the panic getting worse.
Also, to calm down, try breathing in for 5 seconds, holding it for 3, and slowing letting it out for 7 seconds. Do this 4-5 times to help from the panic getting worse.
hey Cali,
You NEED to see your Dr. ASAP. There ARE drugs that help with this, TRUST ME. You need a friend or someone else you can trust to take you to your family doctor. You don't need your parents to be with you when you go, especially since they are not believing you.
I was having severe anxiety and one day I had had enough, and just made an appointment. I was maybe 19-20, still on my parents insurance but I wanted to be secretive about it, as that's how I was at the time. I felt great just being with the doctor, being prescribed something, just knowing there was hope. I was given Zoloft, and after it started taking effect, it changed my life forever, a complete turn-around. Some of these drugs are THAT helpful.
I was such an anxious person around people that I was terrified to be in public and almost dropped out of college. I would have never thought in my wildest dreams, that I'd overcome it and go on to become an elementary school teacher.
Go get your help. Tell the Dr. about ALL your symptoms, they won't share any of it with your parents. You HAVE to take charge and make an appointment next week. You're not insane, anxiety and depression are very common, like 1 in 10 people in the US take some sort of pill for one or the other.
You NEED to see your Dr. ASAP. There ARE drugs that help with this, TRUST ME. You need a friend or someone else you can trust to take you to your family doctor. You don't need your parents to be with you when you go, especially since they are not believing you.
I was having severe anxiety and one day I had had enough, and just made an appointment. I was maybe 19-20, still on my parents insurance but I wanted to be secretive about it, as that's how I was at the time. I felt great just being with the doctor, being prescribed something, just knowing there was hope. I was given Zoloft, and after it started taking effect, it changed my life forever, a complete turn-around. Some of these drugs are THAT helpful.
I was such an anxious person around people that I was terrified to be in public and almost dropped out of college. I would have never thought in my wildest dreams, that I'd overcome it and go on to become an elementary school teacher.
Go get your help. Tell the Dr. about ALL your symptoms, they won't share any of it with your parents. You HAVE to take charge and make an appointment next week. You're not insane, anxiety and depression are very common, like 1 in 10 people in the US take some sort of pill for one or the other.
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