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05-29-2013, 07:53 PM
Dear all, I am currently being treated for chronic mild depression, generalized anxiety disorder with social phobia, extreme startle response, and was advised to join a different forum to help me learn more techniques to improve my well-being connecting the depression and anxiety together to balance in the center, rather than the wild, hang on with the bare fingers fly by night seat of pants roller coaster ride techniques that sometimes bring other issues into the mix.
My medication for anxiety and depression is 50 mg of zoloft taken in the evening meal to reduce the resting tension of night time. I have other medications for other medical conditions and keep a journal to show my pain and what works when to release it.
The pain from anxiety and depression is real, it is physical, and it can be released naturally. Learning what works takes practice, determination, and time.
I am in cognitive behavior therapy treatment, and as Joan mentions, it's a significant path to learning to manage your thought process normally rather than trigger explosion. My original goal in the beginning was to improve my well-being. I got rid of some of the worst triggers and then the real work began...those thoughts that live beneath the surface. Knowing that this is normal is sometimes all it takes to give me a moment of calm now.
I am glad to have found this forum. Thank you!
My medication for anxiety and depression is 50 mg of zoloft taken in the evening meal to reduce the resting tension of night time. I have other medications for other medical conditions and keep a journal to show my pain and what works when to release it.
The pain from anxiety and depression is real, it is physical, and it can be released naturally. Learning what works takes practice, determination, and time.
I am in cognitive behavior therapy treatment, and as Joan mentions, it's a significant path to learning to manage your thought process normally rather than trigger explosion. My original goal in the beginning was to improve my well-being. I got rid of some of the worst triggers and then the real work began...those thoughts that live beneath the surface. Knowing that this is normal is sometimes all it takes to give me a moment of calm now.
I am glad to have found this forum. Thank you!