Topic : Fears, Phobias and Anxiety Disorders

Hello there!  My name is Ivy and I have been suffering with bipolar and anxiety since I was fifteen I am now 27.  I was reading your post and I just wanted to comment on something.  If you are just on Prozac then that could actually be making your symptoms worse because it is an antidepressant it is like an upper.  So if you are already anxious and uptight an upper would only makes it worse.  Try speaking to your health care provider about some sort of relaxant.  My regular doc gave me Xanax before I was able to see my psychiatrist.  I don't know how your doctor works where you are but it is worth a try to ask for something that will relax rather than excite.  I have also been on Prozac and I feel it was one of the worse meds for me but it may work fine for you.  I don't know, just thought I would make a suggestion.

IVY27

I just have one more thing to add.  Have you lost anyone in your life that you cared about?  A ex-boyfriend, a father, a uncle, or a brother in death or tragically?  It seems that you can somehow connect the two.  Especially since you do not experience these feelings with your daughter.  Just something to think about.

IVY27

Ivy

I can more than relate to what you are feeling.  I too have severe issues.  I have three indoor cats and if I feel they are getting sick, I go into panic mode.  I'm always worried about them getting accidentally let out so only I can operate the door.  I ask people to remove their shoes, in case they might track in a disease.  I have an 18 year old daughter, and I was like this for the first year or so of her life and then relaxed.  She thinks the cats are more important than she is.  That is not the case, my fears have just manifested around the one situation. 

I got help from my local mental health.  It is income based.  I'm sure you can get treatment from your county.  It is private and will help.  I was diagnosed with OCD, PTSD, GAD and Bi-Polar disorder.  I know that sounds like a lot, but I think they really haven't been able to put a finger on the actual problem yet.  I urge you to get help before it destroys relationships in your life.    Missmercury

I need help.  My ex husband of over 18 years is scaring me.  He's 63 years old, physically in great shape and is also retired.  His purpose in life evolves around eating and working out, something he has done his entire life but he has always been depressed and very anxious.  We speak often and he lost his Mother just last year and he is an only child.  We have grandchildren but they live 100 miles away.  He sees a psychiatrist on a regular basis but is not improving or maybe even getting worse.  He now talking about a will...I've made suggestions that he get involved in group counseling, get a job, ANYTHING but he can't put forth the effort. He talks to people at the gym, church, bible study.  He has two motorcycles that he rides with friends yet he is frightened and feels alone. Where else can he turn?  I've asked him to ask for another doctor and to maybe have some blood and neurological tests done.  Help.

My granddaughter is showing signs of selective mutisim disorder.  Does anyone know anything about this disorder or know someone who has it?? 

I have a lot of panic attacks.

I'm afraid to go to malls.  Amusement parks.  Anything that is unfamiliar. 

I call someone while having a panic attack and they tell me to breathe.  So, I breathe in and breathe out. 

I have a lot of fears also.  I fear going to NYC.  The fact of 9/11.  The fact its a small island with a lot of people on it.  And when the tunnel is backed up; oy. 

I seem to want things NOW.  No waiting.  Does anyone have advise?  The holidays are quickly approaching and Thanksgiving is in Manhattan this year.  No way can I get out of it.  Its my son's 29th birthday.  When I think about it I get nervous.

Thanks.

My anxiety problems started in 2004. I had recently gotten married, moved into a new house and my husband had gotten into a pretty bad wreck that he shouldn't have walked way from but did.  not long after the wreck (at the end of 2003) I started having panic attacks whle driving.  I talked to my dr. and she put me on paxil. that seemed to work well for me.  It eased my panic attacks and anxiety, although I rarely could drive long distance without feeling a little nervous.

In 2005 I started easing off paxil so we could get pregnant.  I was totally off by time we confirmed I was pregnant.  (which was good  considering that shortly after was all the big lawsuits about paxil and birth defects)  Then in 2006 my son was born and my husband decided (after  job changes n 6 years) that he was going to apply for law school again.  He got in and then we moved this year.  shortly before the move, I started having panic attacks while driving.  At my yearly checkup with my gyn, I mentioned that my anxiety was back  She suggested putting me back on paxil.  which kinda seems to be working.  This was just a few weeks before we were going to be moving 300+ miles away.   

Once we moved, I knew no one...I don't have a dr. up here, and my dr. that pescribed me the paxil said I need to find one here.... I don't know about how to go about it and my anxiety has been taking over again.  I saw a counselor for a while when I first had this problem in 2004, but can't afford it now. 

I just don't know what to do.

ok...I am petrified of two things (mostly)

...public speaking

....and needles....

*shivers*

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