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[abcdefghix]

Hello all,

I used to suffer from severe anxiety but have since found complete relief. A long journey, but well worth it.

I enjoy talking with fellow anxiety sufferers and helping out where I can. If you would like to chat, add me to msn: abdefghix2005

[Gina]

How did you find complete relief? i read, and sew just to get breaks from mine. Somedays i'm completly overwhelemed by life in general and cannot understand how i'm going to stay sane and well till the day i die. I saw a psychiatrist for 1 year. didn't help much. don't have any interest in seeing another. Last night felt totally overwhelmed by my son. Could not see me in his future. although he is my reason for being here and staying sane. I hate hormones. My OB just switched my birth control so i would stop having periods cause my PMS is so bad. I would get so angry i would scare myself, afraid of taking it out on my son or doing damage around the house. I get sick from PMS, migraines, neasuea, i quit eating and sleeping. Any tips would be very welcome! :unsure:

[feisty0719]

Hi!
I have never done this before. So please bear with me. I am 37yo with a 5 year old daughter. I have a severe case of anxiety. I have been able to deal with it for many years. i got married almost a year ago and my husband pointed out that I have some sort of anger problems. i then went to see a psych and she said I had PMDD and prescribed zoloft, well that made things worse, I then began to have suicidal ideals (not that i would ever go through with it) that really scared me. I admitted myself to a psych hospital, they put me on Remeron which made me gain weight which led to depression. I went to a new psych and he put me on Lamictal and Klonopin--that worked great. Then my husband and I decided we would like a baby. So, my OB made me get off all meds. Well that was a disaster. I finally went to a specialist in Women's Mental health at Emory, they have done extensive research in women with mental problems and what to prescribe that wouldn't be detrimental to the fetus. He put me on buspar, hasn't done any good. He wants me to try Deplin next and then if that doesn't work we will go back to the Lamictal.
In the mean time I have managed to push my husband away to the fact that we are temporarily seperated. Well of course, my anxiety has gotten the better of me; i can't eat, sleep and constantly worrying about my relationship. Today my anxiety got the better of me to the fact that my heart was racing and my stomach was in knots, the more I tried to control my feelings the worse they got.
anyone ever this feeling.

[culinaryking]

Hi!
I have never done this before. So please bear with me. I am 37yo with a 5 year old daughter. I have a severe case of anxiety. I have been able to deal with it for many years. i got married almost a year ago and my husband pointed out that I have some sort of anger problems. i then went to see a psych and she said I had PMDD and prescribed zoloft, well that made things worse, I then began to have suicidal ideals (not that i would ever go through with it) that really scared me. I admitted myself to a psych hospital, they put me on Remeron which made me gain weight which led to depression. I went to a new psych and he put me on Lamictal and Klonopin--that worked great. Then my husband and I decided we would like a baby. So, my OB made me get off all meds. Well that was a disaster. I finally went to a specialist in Women's Mental health at Emory, they have done extensive research in women with mental problems and what to prescribe that wouldn't be detrimental to the fetus. He put me on buspar, hasn't done any good. He wants me to try Deplin next and then if that doesn't work we will go back to the Lamictal.
In the mean time I have managed to push my husband away to the fact that we are temporarily seperated. Well of course, my anxiety has gotten the better of me; i can't eat, sleep and constantly worrying about my relationship. Today my anxiety got the better of me to the fact that my heart was racing and my stomach was in knots, the more I tried to control my feelings the worse they got.
anyone ever this feeling.

Hello iam new to this as well i have not talk to anyone indepth about my anxiety issues so i though i would try a forum it is nice to read about other peoples problems. I totaly understand were u are coming from i have problems with anxiety mid way threw high school when school started to get tougher preparing for college working etc...... iam 24 now and i still have the same problems and with more going on in my life in the beginning i was starting to miss alot of school staying home pretending i had the flue or something and was starting to feel alittle depressed. my anxiety came in the form of being so anxious to the point of throwing up. i remember many times getting off the bus before school and walking home vomiting and making a fool out of my self. finally my mother forced me to the hospital because she say a rapid decline in my attitude i was not the happy go lucky son she new. the docter put me on paxil and clonazepam. within days i was feeling better 100% i was back to my old self before the anxiety.threw the years i would go threw these phases of being happy and great to sad. when i was on and off the drugs. the toughest time with anxiety was when i was in college becomeing a chef during the year i was on and of the paxil 2 times when i was off it i would miss days at a time it came to the point of i was almost kicked out of the course. in the end i graduated which was a big accomplishment for me because i have such a passion for cooking it makes me happy. threw the years i have lost few job friends and girl friends because of anxiety. i have not been on paxil for about 6 months now i was doing really well with my life i was workin at a restuarant doing something i loved making good money then they closed very abruptly and since then things have been rough. after awhile i just got tired of going to the docter and getting put back on paxil it was just a cycle all these meds we are giving do not stop the problem they just fixes it for a bit i want a solution like many people iam tired of this taking over my life well anyways it seems like i have just typed a small novel if anyone wants to reply that would be great i would like to talk to people who have the same problems thank you