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Sure are. Meds are aight to knock the edge off but they don’t address the issues that cause it. Da-11 is right you should go and talk to a doc and see wat they have to say. Meditation is a great way to curb your anxieties. i don’t know much about it but from wat i’ve read yoga is meant to be another great way.

Think how massive the world is,
how many, many ways people live, how life is a struggle for alot of people.

How you actually quite fortunate that you can go online and discuss you anxieties.

How, if you were for example living primativly with no internet, and justhad to survive and fend for your self, anxiety would be something you’d just have to blcok out.

Anxiety is there because you care, try not to so much and just do your thing….

I know the feeling very very very well.

I’ve only had it twice in the past.. four months or so now, instead of every day. If you can just let yourself feel the thought thats making you uneasy and do what you have to do anyway.. I don’t know, it makes it harder for it to feed on your fear. Also, I had something called Thompson’s mood manager (for depression though, it may have helped anxiety also), the main thing in it that you’ll want to ask about it called samE (”Sammy”). That seemed to help even though I was only on it for two weeks.

What are you anxious about? :)

Counseling sessions and planet day after day of your own time. Your own time, thinking about your wants and needs, will make impact the more and the longer you do it for.

Give me a shout and tell me to get on MSN when you’re feeling anxious. I’m no expert, but I’ll be here for you. :)

what works for me…is that I draw how I’m feeling.
I make it look really funky and weird, so I can almost laugh about the problem.
It helps a bunch.

hmm, I forget what it’s called, but like cognitive conditioning or hypnosis…basically exercise that try to re-wire your brain. There’s that and then there’s some kind of brain exercise based on repetition, where you try to continually train your brain not to react a certain way to a situation by constantly inducing and working through a situation with a mediator. It’s kinda like the face your fears thing. You take baby steps and then keep moving till you get through it. It’s very time consuming though and expensive if you’re working with a doc. The problem here is that you have to know what sets it off.

Most of this type of thing is just trying to reprogram years of learned behavior or what’s become commonplace as a reaction to certain stimuli. Interesting stuff, eh?

(((hugs))) There are a lot of ways to help dealing with this. The first one, is to see the dr.. and write down all your symptoms, so that they can better diagnoise what is happening. And sometimes it takes awhile to get on the right meds. and the right dosage… etc.. also, sometimes it takes awhile to find the right dr.

Just know in your heart, that help is available,and keep reaching out, until you find what works for you……

The feedback from this site, will help enourmously…..

One thing that can help is Valerian, it is an herb, and can be bought over the counter,at Walmart, it is calming… and you can get several diff. kinds of herbal teas that will help. None are habit forming, or addictive, they are all natural, and can be used, as needed.

Also, keep researching your symptoms… the more we understand about ourselves, the better equipped we are to deal with whats wrong.

There are also message boards for each particular problem.

I would like to reccomend a book by Joyce Meyer, called Be Anxious for Nothing. It has helped me tremendously.

And can probably be ordered from Amazon.com used.

Keep talking it out…

blessings….

Opeth, I also saw the band live in Oakland, I do long distance running and is the most relaxing thing for stress, next to a good women

I have anxiety as well as my boyfriend. i find that taking deep breaths helps a little. if you are around people try to get away from them if you can. sometimes i drink tea and that helps calm me down. it really all depends on how bad of an attack you are having.

Honey, I have had true panic attacks for a lot of years, and I know about this subject.
The best way to handle it is with forced activity. MAKE yourself do something - anyhing, when you get like this. Sitting there worrying about it will only make it worse, believe me. Make yourself get up and do the dishes, go for a walk, take a shower, call a friend, take a nap if you can, breathe deeply and slowly, and I really believe this will help you.

If not, please, PLEASE go to a doctor and explain what’s happening to you.
Hugs,
Marti