I don't want the drugs because I don't like feeling lethargic or dopy. It hits almost every day between 10 and 2 usually and I struggle to get home, feeling like I can't drive straight on the freeway. When I get home, I pop a few beers over the next few hours and it goes away...but then I go to bed, sleep really well for about 4 hours and wake up.
I'm going to try some of the stuff I've read about here. Keep the posts coming. I've bookmarked the page and will continue to check
Bryan.
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Hi people I would like to write to you and say there are a few thing you can do to stop being as anxious.
1 exercise.
2 dont drink tea or coffee, caffeine is really bad for anxiety.
3 drink more water.
4 know you can change the way your mind thinks by doing different things.
I know its hard but it does work you can ask any questions you want I will help anybody with this condition.
I have had really bad anxiety and couldn't walk down the road without feeling really ill and now I can go out travel go to work.
ANXIETY 7 YEARS WITH NO MEDS
feel free to talk about it anad ask any questions you want I will help all I can..
bye for now
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JR1 wrote:
Writing stuff down is a great first step and really helpful but to keep the anxiety from coming back you need to correct the fearful thoughts by countering them in a TEA form.
I have heard a lot of good things about the TEA forms. What is the best way to learn them and start doing them. I am thinking about buying the book on CBT by Sam Obitz. Is that a good idea?
Hi Floating,
That's a great starting point as the book is a simple intro to CBT and the TEA forms. They are pretty basic but it takes practice to tighten them up and get good at them and then you really benefit from them :)
Let me know if you have any other questions?
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Things got better for me, on benzos and therapy. I'm now nearly normal. Don't listen to people who say "oh, deep breaths, yoga, meditate"-- those things don't help in the NOW. Long ago I tried suicide. But I lived, was hospitalized and got help. ( Beta blockers, for me, created worse symptoms.)
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I would agree that meds can help short term if you don't rely on them and work on CBT at the same time. The problem is many people take meds,feel a little better and settle for that. It's a trap I fell into for a long time before getting better and getting off all meds using the the TEA form exercise from CBT.
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Amazing insight for someone who is just 17! You may want to help yourself learn some anti-anxiety methods like the TEA form exercise from CBT to enhance the progress you have made already in dealing with your anxiety. Great job attacking the problem and not just treating the symptoms.
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