Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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donttread 02/18/2009

I have what is probably GAD with maybe a little OCD thrown in. I'm highly addictive and am a recovering alcoholic and ex-heavy smoker.
It may have all started with this anxiety , which pre-exist any depression I may have.
I'm 49 and kind of sick of fighting this on my own.
Any suggestions?

deleted_user 02/18/2009

yes, come on in and pick up a chair. This is a very welcoming and inviting group. You share most of the same symptoms that we do. So feel free to participate and ask questions.

donttread 02/18/2009

Thanks wanderer. I'll be using the forum a fair amount. I've got a lot of observations about how the anxiety effects me and I function. But I'd like to improve my coping.

deleted_user 02/18/2009

welcome, and what 1wanderer said !

deleted_user 02/18/2009

welcome to the group =) you've come to the right place

Barr62 02/19/2009

Donttread? Just come in and type what is ever on the mind, thats where you begin to stop fighting it on your own , that is what this board is about ect: now come back now you hear?..lol

sugar09 02/19/2009

YES - Welcome to this wonderful group. It is full of great people with great advice and listening skills.

donttread 02/20/2009

I'm not sure how to reply to the replys so hear I am replying to my owm post. But not really. I want to thank everyone and throw out another question.
Does anyone feel like when you tell them you have anxiety they just want to treat it as a side effect of depression?
I swear my ANXIETY comes first and often is there w/o depression, until it wears me down.

sugar09 02/20/2009

Not sure quite what you are saying, but anxiety and depression often go hand in hand. Just a fact, because I have both. Sometimes I can feel pretty good and I still have anxiety. Meaning, I am not depressed, but yes I still have anxiety. If that makes sense ?

donttread 02/20/2009

Well sugar , I didn't express what I was trying to say very well, but it looks like you got the gist.
See I keep hearing depression and anxiety where as have anxiety and occasionally depression. The anxiety is almost always, the stroger more debilitating symptom

sugar09 02/21/2009

Yes - I totally understand. The anxiety does wear you down, and you may not be depressed !!! Anxiety can be a creature all it's own without depression. It runs us ragged and we feel exhausted. That is why some people want to group it persay with depression. Yes, it happens.

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