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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salbsmall 01/15/2015

In my continuing effort to fight this back, could we take a moment to gather around my ridiculously, two-headed, irrational anxiety, sit it down ....really HARD and explain very firmly that we ARE going to call the doctor and make an appointment for our annual check up and we ARE NOT going to die of some secret, yet-to-be-discovered-in-the-free-world disease if we actually go?!
Jeeeeeeeez! I've picked up and hung up the phone twenty times this morning and still haven't made the call. You'd think I was going to the gallows!

gramybear 01/15/2015

You have got to make an appointment. If you cannot do it, send me your doctors name and I'll make the appointment for you. Just breath, don't think about anything else and just call. Hugs GB

salbsmall 01/16/2015

I called :)
Appointment made. Now I just have to make myself go.

Reed31 01/18/2015

I have to go for an MRI soon and I'm shaking in my boots. I cried and fell apart when the doctor told me - not what she was afraid of what I might have, but of getting the MRI!

That being said, I found some things to try that might help you. First, I found a place that won't make me crazy to get to. I don't have to drive into the city. I also found a place used to working with anxious, claustrophobic people. Don't know if you have choices but if you're able to find a place where you can feel more comfortable, with a dr who understands you, it can be a huge help.

I asked my son to go with me and he happily agreed. And I will get hypnotized before I go. And I'm going in for a visit before I go for a scan. Exposure therapy doesn't work with PTSD which is the source of my anxiety, but familiarity can help - and knowing what to expect can be helpful.

I don't know if you have a friend or nice relative that can go with you or if you can do some hypnosis or get familiar with things, it may help.

I hope you find good answers! Let us know how it goes.

gramybear 01/18/2015

Good job!! I"m proud of you. Now you just have to let us know how the appointment went!! No backing out now, okay???? Hugs GB

salbsmall 01/21/2015

Ok. Dr appointment over and done with. It always turns out well. I just get myself all worked up with the "what ifs". Fortunately, my doctor can understand somewhat because she also has anxiety so she ignores my BP numbers and heart rate readings until the end of the visit - then she takes them again... and I'm amazed at how fast they come back to normal.
Now I'm exhausted from being so keyed up and need a nap but I'm at work so.... Ugh!
Thank you for the support.
I'd be a mess if I had to have an MRI Reed31! I hope that goes well for you in every way!

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