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    Why do people think angoraphobia is a choice?

    I have had psychiatrists to tell me to stop being so anxious. That is stupid. People do not choose to have anxiety. That is like telling someone who has depression to snap out of it. Or, like telling a scizophrenic to stop hallucinating. It is not like a choice.

    I even had doctors who refused to treat me because they thought I was seeking "drugs". People with anxiety need anti-anxiety medicine, not an antipsychotic or an antidepressant. The only medine that helps me is anti-anxiety medicine. Why do doctors rufuse to treat this disorder?

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    Well if by anti-anxiety medications you mean tranquilizers I do understand why your doctor doesn`t want to prescribe them. These drugs do help you in the short term, but after a short while you will become tolerant to them, meaning you will need more and more to get the same effect. They are very addictive and coming off them is like hard drug withdrawal for some people. Doctors will get in trouble if they prescribe these drugs to often, because they are "tracked" in many countries.

    Anti-depressants could be a good idea along with coping strategies (not as a mono therapy!) as they not only lift your mood, but can also take the edge of your anxiety so you can start working on yourself. One day you will want to come off these anti-depressants as well, and you`ll probably also get withdrawal symptoms, but they aren`t comparable to detoxing from benzo`s.

    The fact that they are telling you that you should just stop being anxious is ridiculous though...

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    i thought it was just my doctor who was like this, no matter what is wrong with me he tells me its a symptom of anxiety and wont give me anything for it, that it will go away when the anxiety calms down, i get very bad bouts of exzema and he wont do anything for me, then if i beg him enough he might give me a cream for it. yet he referrs other people with exzema to skin specialists. at this stage i think if i went to him and my arm fell off he would say it was anxiety lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dd2283 View Post
    i thought it was just my doctor who was like this, no matter what is wrong with me he tells me its a symptom of anxiety and wont give me anything for it, that it will go away when the anxiety calms down, i get very bad bouts of exzema and he wont do anything for me, then if i beg him enough he might give me a cream for it. yet he referrs other people with exzema to skin specialists. at this stage i think if i went to him and my arm fell off he would say it was anxiety lol.
    If I were you, I would re-think the doctor you are going to. Maybe try finding someone else. He doesn't seem very helpful at s. :-(

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    I think medical professionals make some really rash judgements, never realising that what they say can be with a person forever. So if what they say isn't in any way constructive, it only serves to make the person they're seeing feel more marginalised.
    Why can't they see that avoiding situations is a coping strategy like any other. If there are other, better coping strategies, it's their job to point us in the right direction.

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    Because those people cannot relate. The only reason, they can see, that you are doing what you are doing is because you must be looking for attention or drugs.

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    If they could walk not even a day but a few moments in your shoes they would understand.

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    I want to highlight the disorder first. Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder. In this, people have panic attacks or symptoms like this. The result of this disease is people, who are suffering from this disorder avoid public. EMDR is a possible treatment for agoraphobia.

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    Last edited by caera; 05-02-2012 at 01:19 AM.

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    what is EMDR?
    My Daily Diaries of coping with GAD and PD: helpmetogetridofanxiety.wordpress.com

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    Hi Schatmeisje,
    EMDR is eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. This therapy involves recalling a stressful past event and reprogramming the memory in the light of positive, self chosen belief. This therapy consist some phases by them therapist can understand what is the level of your problem.
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