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06-07-2009, 10:03 PM
It's quite challenging to write a post like this because I never know what to say and what to begin with, but let's give it a try.
24 yr male here, suffering from acute panic attacks and extreme IBS. It started as a school phobia, but now it's not only school - it's every situation that I can't leave fast enough (especially when I am judged, directly by some exam or indirectly by people around), example - spending time with my girlfriend at the river. There's no toilet there and so IBS starts to attack. High school (and even primary school, because it all started there) was a nightmare but I managed to get through this somehow, though I haven't got along taking university exams and had to stop learning.
I'm on Effectin ER 150 but thinking about withdrawal after I finally manage to get my driver's license exam passed (I constantly fail, I think that's because of Xanax that I take before the exams) and try some therapy, possibly (once again, but this time with a therapist) cognitive-behavioral or Linden method. This was the reason I googled for this forum. I was looking for some methods not available in my country (Linden's is one of them) and their efficiencies. Cognitive-behavioral didn't help me much, maybe I was doing something wrong (I was doing it on myself with a book, "mind over mood").
Sorry for my poor english, it's not my native language. I'm much better at reading than on writing by myself.
Take care.
24 yr male here, suffering from acute panic attacks and extreme IBS. It started as a school phobia, but now it's not only school - it's every situation that I can't leave fast enough (especially when I am judged, directly by some exam or indirectly by people around), example - spending time with my girlfriend at the river. There's no toilet there and so IBS starts to attack. High school (and even primary school, because it all started there) was a nightmare but I managed to get through this somehow, though I haven't got along taking university exams and had to stop learning.
I'm on Effectin ER 150 but thinking about withdrawal after I finally manage to get my driver's license exam passed (I constantly fail, I think that's because of Xanax that I take before the exams) and try some therapy, possibly (once again, but this time with a therapist) cognitive-behavioral or Linden method. This was the reason I googled for this forum. I was looking for some methods not available in my country (Linden's is one of them) and their efficiencies. Cognitive-behavioral didn't help me much, maybe I was doing something wrong (I was doing it on myself with a book, "mind over mood").
Sorry for my poor english, it's not my native language. I'm much better at reading than on writing by myself.
Take care.