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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sdwill
sdwill
I have lost 26 lbs in 4 wks and as people at work notice and have started to ask me what's going on, and when I tell them I am suffering from anxiety and panic, I am amazed that many of my co-workers who have never mentioned any problems come to me in private and tell me that they too are or have suffered from the same thing. Amazingly, every one of my co-workers in the office are on something for anxiety/depression. I could not believe it. A nurse who asked me this morning about my weight said that she is suffering now and in the past with anxiety and panic attacks and is on an anti-depressant and recently went back to the Dr. and got on Ativan. Luckily, I work with great people and they hug me daily and pray for me. I feel so fortunate for them and my support here at DS.
DogCrazy
DogCrazy
I think it,s wonderful you work place is supportive and can have an understanding on a personal level, you can all support oneanother.
Your anxiety must be pretty rough for you to have lost 26lb, if your worried about becoming underwirght and undernorished, Boost x3 a day really helps.
I could,nt barely eat for 6 months once and got down to 90lb, the hospital put me on boost, it took a while but between that and the right meds i did get well again for a few years.
Please be careful and do what you need to do for yourself!.
Take Care
sdwill
sdwill
Thanks. I lived off of Ensure for those 4 wks that I couldn't eat. My eating is back on track now. I hope the anxiety will retreat also.
sdwill
sdwill
I want so badly to stop taking the Ativan, but when I try to cut back I get very nervous.
apey18
apey18
Unfortunately I know what you are going through. I am having a rough time too. I even had to be rushed to the hospital this month because I thought I was having a heat attack. I think I am in perimenopause which is enhancing the situation. I am trying to do things naturally to feel better. What really helps is going in the pool. It just calms you right down.I am also trying breathing techniques. It is a hard battle . When it comes you have to tell it to leave and it is not welcomed here.

it comes you have to tell it to leave and it is not welcomed here.
sdwill
sdwill
If you don't mind me asking, how old are you? I am 38 and was thinking maybe the same thing. Is it too soon for me?
ECC
ECC
It truly is amazing. I told a friend once that I was on xanax for anxiety and she said she was also and couldn't live without it. I thought that this was the most together person I ever met. It only goes to show that you can't tell a book by its cover and that we certainly are not unique.
soulsearcher83
soulsearcher83
I was working on campus as a janitor with one other girl. She was very nice and we got along well. Somehow I told her about my issue with depression and she was so happy to find someone like her. She had bipolar disorder. After that she became a really good support for me.

It's still not talked about because of the stigma people have about people with psychological problems. "Can't you just deal with it? Get over it?" That attitude puts lots of sufferers in the closet and unfortunately many don't get treatment out of fear.