am I alone?

["just want to be normal"]

Hi, I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right area I am new to this site and I would like to share my story. Here it goes, I am 24 and suffer from severe anxiety and depression. I have been struggling with the depression since I was 16 and with the anxiety since about 20. I have been on different meds and I am currently in the process of switching again. Nothing seems to work. I feel tired, my body feels numb, I feel spaced out at times, disoriented when I have an panic attack, a lot of times when I get the slightest pain I freak out and automatically think I'm having a "heart attack". These are just some of my symptoms. I hope I'm not alone feeling this way. I do have some other medical issues that I was told play a factor in my anxiety/depression. I just want to "feel normal" these disorders run in my family my cousin and I have it the worse. Thank you for listening.

[RavenM]

On a forum like this, you are never alone. Welcome, and may this group be of comfort to you. :)

["just want to be normal"]

Thank you I really hope I can get some sort of relief talking on here.

[RavenM]

Am I correct in assuming by your original post that your medications don't work for you?

["just want to be normal"]

I was on effexor xr for 3years and the panic attacks started happening I was at 150mg when I felt like it wasnt working so I weaned off of it and switched to celexa I was on that for 4 months then I started seeing a therapist about a month ago and she did a test called a genetics test to see which meds would work best for me so now I am currently switching to cymbalta and also vyvanse I have a slight ADHD disorder. Whenever I do a med switch I feel "funny" from my body weaning off of one drug and starting the next. I just really hope these two meds work for me

[RavenM]

There's an awesome thread on here called "Magnesium and Amino Acids Cured My Anxiety." While everyone is different and certainly the same treatments do not work for everyone, maybe you would benefit by checking this thread out and learning a bit about magnesium deficiency, which can exacerbate or even cause anxiety. It's an interesting thread and I've even started the treatment myself, already noticing a difference in my mentality . You need to heal your mind before you can heal your body. :)

[Tyler Duczeminski]

You are not alone, you sound like me. Your fed up and just want to be normal. Do you remember feeling "normal" do you remember when you first started experiencing anxiety? What was going on in your life?

["just want to be normal"]

I first started feeling the anxiety when I started working 3rd shift and had to drive a slight distance than I was comfortable with. I had seen a therapist and felt better. In DEC of '12my pap passed away and Jan of '13 my gram passed away I was there for the whole thing with my gram I seen it all. About 2 months after that I got a panic attack. And they started coming more frequent through last year. This year it is at its worse it has ever been. I also have anxiety while driving. I don't want this anxiety to affect my job. I feel like it is starting too :(