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What are the chances for someone to get over anxiety?
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT YOU CAN
I'm an 18 year old from Syracuse NY, and here's my anxiety story which all occurred just before I left for college. And I REFUSE to ever take an anxiety medicine, F the side effects.
Well it all started after I went to party with some frienRAB early this August. I remeraber getting home and feeling really strange, almost as if I was nervous for something. It was a lot like the feeling I would get before a big basketball game. But this time it was different, I was also experiencing a pounding heart and I felt very out of it (even though it was expected after the nights events).
I had a lot of trouble getting to sleep that night and I had no idea what to do, so I ate, took a shower, and then laid down for a few hours until I finally built up the courage to sleep. The next day I went to the hospital and got a tox test to make sure that I didn't have any sort of poisons or overdose which I didn't. The first thing the doctor said to me was that I had anxiety and that it may or may not be a disorder and that I should consult with a counselor.
I didn't hesitate to go to a counselor, I wanted my life back. Day in and day out I felt spaced out, depersonalized, and exhausted. Because of me not being able to sleep, my severe neck pain from sleeping on hard surfaces, and going cold turkey on caffeine (removing it from my diet completely after using a lot) I had headaches every day for about three weeks. This is where the anxiety attacks come from, I started worrying that I would have something wrong with me when I was in great health before all of this happened. I would have stress pains in my chest which also made me think that I had a heart condition and more neck stiffness and headaches would also make me think I had meningitis or a hemorrhage. I consulted my counselor about this and she told me I was a catastrophisist.. Where I would always think the worse when I felt a symptom... which were constantly changing
About a week in I felt very desperate, I had no idea what else to do because the counselor said they couldn't get me in, in a month and I was headed off to college in about a week. I talked to my doctor and she gave me a counseling session which did wonders, I learned a few relaxation techniques that I don't even really need to use anymore, and she also reassured me that I was healthy. She gave me a nuraber to a hotline which I could call at any time in the day where you call the nuraber and they have someone you can talk to and if you really feel unhealthy or in danger you can speak to a on-call counselor. This hotline did wonders because whenever I needed someone, there were there.. and I called enough to the point where they knew my voice by heart even though thats not exactly a bad thing.
I was running out of time and I started to feel better but I was not as good as I wanted to be. I needed to get rid of the depersonalization and the anxiety in general. I was losing sleep again and I started having a new symptom.. it was so odd, I had racing and intrusive thoughts.. which scared me because I thought I honestly was going insane, I also heard a voice before I was going to sleep one night and I basically convinced myself that I had schizophrenia (every person I talked to said I sounded way to composed and mentally healthy to have that, and that it was the anxiety making me think that way) This hurt me, but it also helped me. It made me realize that the thought I were having, weren't MY thoughts, they were thoughts given to me by this sickness.. And it taught me to fight the worry.
I started seeing the counselor at my school and she has helped a lot, including help get to do better in school. I still had a little anxiety, but it was more racing and intrusive thoughts that I was having because I was still losing quite a bit of sleep. I started forcing myself to sleep more, I started exercising and recently I've noticed I haven't been having a lot of anxiety at all except for when we talk about morbid things in classes that I take but that doesn't last for long.
My advice to anyone with any problems, is definitely figure out your options immediately. DO NOT try and wait and see if this will go away or instantly go to medicine to get rid of this. My family and frienRAB were incredibly supportive during this time, and yeah it WAS as hard on them as it was on me but at the end of the day, we were FAMILY
And no matter how mad we can get at each other because of what this has making me act like, they still show their support for me and I love them for that.
Speak to counselors.. They are there for you to talk to, when people have a lot of unresolved issues going on in their lives they usually just "sweep them under the carpet" this is bad, you need to get the things off your chest and learn how to deal with them. Counselors are there for YOU, they are there to listen to YOU, and they will take what they hear and they will figure out what may help YOU to get through whatever problem you have. People are afraid to say some of the things to the counselors but I ask why? It's like being thirsty and not drinking the big cold glass of water in front of you. They can work wonders especially when you feel like you have nothing left to give. The less symptoms of anxiety you feel, the easier it becomes and the quicker you will get rid of those symptoms. (It's not the case for everyone, but anyone can control it to a certain extent)
I will be posting more to this as I go through and hopefully finish going through it, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT YOU CAN
I'm an 18 year old from Syracuse NY, and here's my anxiety story which all occurred just before I left for college. And I REFUSE to ever take an anxiety medicine, F the side effects.
Well it all started after I went to party with some frienRAB early this August. I remeraber getting home and feeling really strange, almost as if I was nervous for something. It was a lot like the feeling I would get before a big basketball game. But this time it was different, I was also experiencing a pounding heart and I felt very out of it (even though it was expected after the nights events).
I had a lot of trouble getting to sleep that night and I had no idea what to do, so I ate, took a shower, and then laid down for a few hours until I finally built up the courage to sleep. The next day I went to the hospital and got a tox test to make sure that I didn't have any sort of poisons or overdose which I didn't. The first thing the doctor said to me was that I had anxiety and that it may or may not be a disorder and that I should consult with a counselor.
I didn't hesitate to go to a counselor, I wanted my life back. Day in and day out I felt spaced out, depersonalized, and exhausted. Because of me not being able to sleep, my severe neck pain from sleeping on hard surfaces, and going cold turkey on caffeine (removing it from my diet completely after using a lot) I had headaches every day for about three weeks. This is where the anxiety attacks come from, I started worrying that I would have something wrong with me when I was in great health before all of this happened. I would have stress pains in my chest which also made me think that I had a heart condition and more neck stiffness and headaches would also make me think I had meningitis or a hemorrhage. I consulted my counselor about this and she told me I was a catastrophisist.. Where I would always think the worse when I felt a symptom... which were constantly changing
About a week in I felt very desperate, I had no idea what else to do because the counselor said they couldn't get me in, in a month and I was headed off to college in about a week. I talked to my doctor and she gave me a counseling session which did wonders, I learned a few relaxation techniques that I don't even really need to use anymore, and she also reassured me that I was healthy. She gave me a nuraber to a hotline which I could call at any time in the day where you call the nuraber and they have someone you can talk to and if you really feel unhealthy or in danger you can speak to a on-call counselor. This hotline did wonders because whenever I needed someone, there were there.. and I called enough to the point where they knew my voice by heart even though thats not exactly a bad thing.
I was running out of time and I started to feel better but I was not as good as I wanted to be. I needed to get rid of the depersonalization and the anxiety in general. I was losing sleep again and I started having a new symptom.. it was so odd, I had racing and intrusive thoughts.. which scared me because I thought I honestly was going insane, I also heard a voice before I was going to sleep one night and I basically convinced myself that I had schizophrenia (every person I talked to said I sounded way to composed and mentally healthy to have that, and that it was the anxiety making me think that way) This hurt me, but it also helped me. It made me realize that the thought I were having, weren't MY thoughts, they were thoughts given to me by this sickness.. And it taught me to fight the worry.
I started seeing the counselor at my school and she has helped a lot, including help get to do better in school. I still had a little anxiety, but it was more racing and intrusive thoughts that I was having because I was still losing quite a bit of sleep. I started forcing myself to sleep more, I started exercising and recently I've noticed I haven't been having a lot of anxiety at all except for when we talk about morbid things in classes that I take but that doesn't last for long.
My advice to anyone with any problems, is definitely figure out your options immediately. DO NOT try and wait and see if this will go away or instantly go to medicine to get rid of this. My family and frienRAB were incredibly supportive during this time, and yeah it WAS as hard on them as it was on me but at the end of the day, we were FAMILY
And no matter how mad we can get at each other because of what this has making me act like, they still show their support for me and I love them for that. Speak to counselors.. They are there for you to talk to, when people have a lot of unresolved issues going on in their lives they usually just "sweep them under the carpet" this is bad, you need to get the things off your chest and learn how to deal with them. Counselors are there for YOU, they are there to listen to YOU, and they will take what they hear and they will figure out what may help YOU to get through whatever problem you have. People are afraid to say some of the things to the counselors but I ask why? It's like being thirsty and not drinking the big cold glass of water in front of you. They can work wonders especially when you feel like you have nothing left to give. The less symptoms of anxiety you feel, the easier it becomes and the quicker you will get rid of those symptoms. (It's not the case for everyone, but anyone can control it to a certain extent)
I will be posting more to this as I go through and hopefully finish going through it, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!