anxiety 24/7 really need help!!

[jack487]

i've been dealing with anxiety for about 4 years now and the only the medication i was on was klonopin and about 5 months ago i want cold turkey off the med and during those 5 months i've been crying walking back and forth and researching every symptom i ever got , plus i'm to scared to leave my house cause i always think i'm going to have one in public. i can't even control my thoughts and sleep at night to.

[compnet]

WONDERFUL testimony about anxiety.


This is a post from BamaGirl from the internet:

"Help for your ANXIETY??

First of all, I'm not staying that all those treatments before mentioned don't work, but for me, I stumbled across something I'd like to share with you all who are suffering from anxiety.

Thank God for this mineral!! I have suffered with severe anxiety symptoms for about 20 years. Three weeks ago I began the Atkins diet, so I continued taking my multivitamin and bought an additional magnesium
supplement to take to cut down on the muscle cramps and twitches sometimes caused from this diet. All of a sudden, after about 2 weeks on the magnesium, I noticed that my irritability, anxiety, fear, fatigue, and mild depression were gone!! I am being much nicer and friendlier to people now. I feel like my eyes have been opened to a whole new world!! I am no longer afraid to face people!! Before, I mistook it as extreme shyness. Everyone thought I was being mean or stuckup. I didn't want to walk into a room with anyone in it, nor make a simple phone call to take care of business! I would actually wait until the business closed so I could leave a message on their voice mail and not have to talk to them directly!! When I would go into a restaurant, I would make sure that I sat to where I was facing no one! I have not gone to social or school functions because my anxiety was so crippling!! When a date would suggest an outing such as swimming, I could never go, due to my anxiety of drowning! I've missed out on so much!! I feel so fortunate that I discovered the wonders of magnesium by chance. I love life now!! I finally feel like I'm free!!!!

Since finding this miracle mineral, I've done some research and found out that it can also help children who suffer from ADD or ADHD and can also curb migraines!! Anyone who has this same type of anxiety, PLEASE try a magnesium supplement for just 2-3 weeks and see if it makes a difference! Sure beats having to take all kinds of prescribed anxiety meds, and cheaper too! If you try the magnesium and it works wonders for you as it has me, please reply to my post and post your own testimonial to help others, as I have tried to do!  :)"

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Check with your doctor before trying any supplement.

Some of the safer and more effective forms of magnesium include: Taurate, Glycinate, and Citrate (latter can be laxitative, so take with food).

[Peanutbct]

Go to your doctor.  Why are you suffering and not doing something about it? The only person that can help you is a doctor.  If you feel Klonopin isn't the answer for you then you need to go back to your doctor and get on an antidepressant of some kind.  I have been dealing with the issues you talk about for most my life and the only answer is medicine and therapy.  you can't do it by yourself, it just won't work.

[MMahon]

Why did you discontinue the medication?  Are you getting professional help?
Anxiety and depressive disorders are serious medical conditions that cannot be wished away and need long term professional treatment to minimize ther impact on our llives.
Certainly taking klonopin daily has to be better then what you are experiencing now, isn't it?
Usually antidepressants are the most effective treatment for the long term but some of us need benzo's to help stem the tide of heavy anxiety.
For me, a good psychiatrist was the best solution.  I still have anxiety and depression and have my entire life, but with help I have been able to lead some semblence of a 'normal' life despite it's heavy toll.