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writes:hello friends, i suffer from anxiety and am tired of this problem. it keeps haunting me all the time. life has become a horror story for me. i have thought over this problem to the depth but i feel anxiety without any obvious reason and it has become a habit. more i think about it, more it worsens. it has become a habit and i am scared of frequent panic attacks. i cant freely enjoy the life and go anywhere i want to. i am just 21 years old and dont want to live with anxiety for the rest of life. if i divert my mind then i feel more scared because my mind knows that i am ignoring it.it seems just impossible to come over it ever in my life .i am planning to do MBA and really want to dedicate everything in it without wasting my time panicking and thinking rubbish. i dont have many friends and good social life nor do i have any work and i mostly sit idle .i feel that this unknown fear is shrinking my space day by day and i am scared of going anywhere. i really want to get busy and do something creative and forget negative thoughts. is this possible without medical help ?? i have a strong desire to make myself busy and enjoy life..any suggestions ? Reply to this Question
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reader, anonymous, writes (8 August 2009): I'm 15 years old, turning 16 in 2 weeks. I was diagnosed with anxiety 3 years ago. Every. Single. Day. has been a living hell. I dropped out of highschool this year, I've lost so many friends, I got addicted to the damn medication, I developed depression, OCD, and I think I might have mild bipolar.I just had an anxiety attack, and I need help. It's caused by a stupid phobia... Anyone else have a vomiting phobia? It's crazy, just get a tummy ache and all of a sudden you feel like you're going to die! I'm so sick of this, I've lost my friends, education, job and life.
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reader, anonymous, writes (9 January 2009): i posted the one above on 6th december my name is paul from the uk and im 35 The problem started the end of september with a bad cold, after a week i could not sleep, my mind was very overactive and was very restless and breathing heavily and feeling dizzy, went to doctor she told me to exercise and cut out coffee and tea she didn't understand so a few days after i decided to go to hospital to have my chest examined, the doctor who examined me said my heart and breathing was ok and that i had a viral infection, i did a urine sample also, all was fine with that, he said i needed to drink more fluids though.A week later we went to stay at bristol for a weekend and it got worse i did not sleep for the two days i was therethen had a nasty anxiety attack in the evening so i phoned for an ambulance, the paramedic talked to me for an hourto calm me down, i thought i was having a stroke i explained to him that two years ago my mother died and i had to make the decision to switch off my mum in hospital as she was on a respirator due to a brain tumour, then he said i haiddepression and explained that it's going to be hard there is going to be a lot of crying etc. On the way back from bristolto stoke also on the way to bristol i felt terrible, couldn't keep still or relax and was constantly trying to fightoff anxiety attacks didn't know what was happening to me, felt very easily agitated and worried also was crying on the train was so scared, felt like i had to move slowly to try and ease it. Even now i'm finding it hard to keep still and relax enough to type this.This has gone on for nearly three months now, i went to see the doctor two weeks ago and explained to him how i felt he said i was depressed and i explained how distressing the problem is not being able to sleep, concentrate or have interest in anything along with feeling angry and agitated easily and feel like lashing out at people or things, have been on sleeping tablets for about 5 weeks now and he gave me anti-depressants, the first three days of taking them i really was in a bad way even though the first one i took i slept for 8 hours i cannot understand this. Normally i used to have an afternoon sleep for a couple of hours but now this is impossible to do as i cannot relax enough to go asleep because i constantly feel on edge and restless also figity. I have lost some weight too and always look pale have been told this by lots of people.
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reader, anonymous, writes (6 January 2009): you are not alone friend, it started with me not sleeping and thought nothing of it, eventually went to the doctor its so distressing he put me on anti-depressants and said i was depressed but im convinced its anxiety as im showing signs of restlessness and a sort of anger when around people also cannot sleep without sleeping pills, started smoking more to try and comfort myself, honestly its like your going mad, although the tablets have stopped the attacks they havent stopped the build-up to them, anxiety is a truly horrible thing and i truly feel sorry for those affected with it, i cant even travel on a train without the worry of attacks or the build up to them. The constant negative thoughts are tormenting and anxiety stops you from enjoying things you like, for me its computers and making music. Going to work is a nightmare i feel like losing my temper with this im so distressed.
Just letting you know you're not alone and take care.
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reader, solovley +, writes (27 December 2008):
hey man i know exactly how you feel i had it bad for a year and i couldnt go to college because it was a long journey and my fear was id get stuck in the middle have an attack and then be totally stuck on my own. now i get nervous sometimes, obviously a lot more nervous than other people but no attacks! i think you have to figure out what is causing them and what your FEAR is. mine was that i had a serious illness and i when i had an attack i thought i was going to die. we had a pretty trumatic thing happen in our family and it resulted in me and my 2 bros getting these anxiety attacks. their fear was differnt, my bro thought he was losing his mind and my other bro thought he had heart problems. basically what im saying is, what ever is in your mind is absolute unfouded bullshit, its not real, never has been. i went to my counsellor in college and she was brilliant, she helped me through it, no meds nothing. any tips i would have for you is just try not over think things. when i take ages getting ready when i end up leaving the house i have built myself up so much i start to feel really anxious. just do things without thinking, like you used to. also if you take any recreational drugs you should stop esp if you smoke dope. your mental health is not worth any high, i know from experience. just calm yourself, take your ipod when you leave the house so your not over thinking and go for your MBA. look back on the year and show youself you didnt give into anxiety. itll go as quickly as it came.
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reader, anonymous, writes (18 December 2008): I suggest you get some counselling to give you the confidence to start doing things and then you can build up the courage to do the MBA without the anxiety attacks spoiling things for you.
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reader, rcn  +, writes (18 December 2008):
 First, how are your other emotional balance? Do you become angry easy? Do you explode and yell over small things? When someone does something you don't appreciate or says something, do you confront them about it?
Do you have a general idea of what you're afraid of? Does this happen randomly, or do certain situations trigger the anxiety?
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reader, cloudnine-andbeyond  +, writes (18 December 2008):
 hey, i have panic attacks too, infact everything you have written i know all about. you feel as if its never going to go away and you despratly try and forget about it. i have been to see my doctor and this is what he told me. you have to break the cycle. as soon as you feel panicky accept it, dont fight it that will only make it worse, next thing is that you have to let time pass, you may feel ok for the rest of the day and think it wont happen again. but you may then wake up in the morning and have another one and get the same feelings, it will take time to slowly make it happen less and less. next thing is to imagine you are floating (sounds weird i know) just let the thoughts of panic float by and imagine your floating up to the sky. if you need more help or want to talk about it then e-mail me. dont worry, lots of people have this, it shows you have a creative mind. good luck and all the best too you xx
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