July 31st, 2010
Scott asked:
I was recently diagnosed with anxiety. Doctors always want the shortcut, meds. I’m not taking meds. No med answers allowed. I’m treating anxiety cognitively. That aside, I feel some throat itching and coughing when I feel bored at night and trying to go to sleep. I think I might have asthma. I don’t feel symptoms of this otherwise. My throat has basically turned into my stress meter. If I cough, I actively turn the stressful thoughts off. Do I have asthma? I t seems really mild. Can it get worse? If I treat it will it abate? Will it go away if I just cure my depression?
please no meds.
these are very mild asthma symptoms. i don’t plan on seeing a doctor about this and i don’t have or need an inhaler because the symptoms are so mild. my question is: is what am i experiencing a very mild case of asthma?
Jarrett
Categories: Health Issues |
Tags: Anxiety Depression, Mild Case, Sleep | 1 Comment
July 30th, 2010

Red Central asked: How do you just develop anxiety? My whole life I’ve never had any issues whatsoever with anxiety, up until 4 years ago or so. It’s extremely sporadic so it doesn’t affect my every day life but when it does hit, it’s nuts. Heavy breathing, heavy chest, hot face, tingles and whooshs like you wanna pass out. I try to breathe deep and think about something else but that’s nearly impossible.
Of course, if I look back, I can pick apart stressful events that may have triggered this or continue to. My questions are:
-How can you just develop it when you never had it before? I am a very outgoing-people person and this doesn’t fit my personality whatsoever.
-Does it ever really go away once you have it? I mean, can you “cure” it? It seems like once you have it everyone learns to control it – it never really goes away.
-I’ve been on medication and it supposed to help although it’s not primarily for anxiety. I don’t want, nor feel I need to be on anything daily. It’s like twice a year maybe it happens and can go from a day to multiple days depending on the situation.
It’s very frustrating to just “develop” something you never had and does not fit your normal personality. Not to mention it can somewhat affect maybe not your daily life in whole, but your situation on that daily basis.
HELEN
Categories: Health Issues |
Tags: Multiple Days, Personality, Whole Life | 2 Comments
July 28th, 2010

yun13 asked:
im having a very hard time in my life. ive had acid reflux pretty much all my life. ive been on meds for acid reflux too. zantac, pepcid ac, prilosec, some other ones i cant remember at the time.
i also have anxiety. panic attacks due to the acid reflux. yes, i have tried the whole elevating ur pillow, and all those little rules and i have also taken prilosec for a week and the doc told me a week wont do. and now 3 weeks later it is the same.
i dont know waht is wrong with me. i just want to enjoy college. thanksgivin break is coming up but i am nervous than exited. i am scared i cannot show my happiness to my bf or my best friend this week and i just dont want to regret it. it has been too long since ive seen my bf and i want to show him how i feel and how much ive missed him……i want tolaugh. be happy. and know that everythingsOKAY. buthaving acid reflux..is hard..very hard..
ive been on anxietymeds, but is there a natural cure. iwant to slowly heal or kno that evrthngs goin 2b ok
Bob
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Tags: Best Friend, Pepcid Ac, Zantac | 2 Comments
July 27th, 2010

MN A asked: My question is that I don’t know why. Here are a few reason please tell me what you think and tell me how to cure it.
It started when I watched the horror film “I am Legend”. I don’t watch horror however I didn’t know and I was with friends. I then spent 3 weeks thinking I will turn into some sort of a zombie or mutant from it. I realised this was sort of stupid now. I then received my mock results from school which said I got a range from B,C,D and 1 E. After that 3 days later I saw Torch wood which got me scared that an alien ship would have put a device in me which would make me react to it and kill everyone around me. A day later I had parents evening which told my parents that I had outstanding coursework. Now I have to do my coursework over 2 weeks.
I still get some anxiety over thethe zombie mutant thing every now and then. Please explain my life to me and how to solve it. I have tarted to organise my coursework but where do you think the anxiety lies. Please HELP ME!
I realised i shouldn’t watch movies of the horror genre however where does my anxiety lie
Charles
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Tags: Anxiety Help, Stupid, Zombie | 5 Comments
July 26th, 2010

Scott asked: How do i cure this? i don’t have any healthcare.
things i’ve tried
*Eating right and exercising – made me feel mildly better, but i used it as a stress vent and ended up being anorexic. I stopped caring about my weight a while ago, and reverted back to normal eating and exercising patterns. Failure.
*Drugs – i’m currently drinking bud lite, and smoking newports. they make me feel a bit better, but i’m destroying my body. I can quit them — but i need some sort’ve new vise in order to do so. I also tried Xanax (anti-anxiety pill) and felt good and floaty, but i stopped due to the illegality of bumming it, and the fact that it’s damaging me as bad as alcohol. I don’t want to hurt my body to help my mind….
*Religion – i was born a christian, but i’m currently a Nihilist Atheist…so this option is worthless now.
*Complaining (online) – this has gotten me nowhere, but i still seek help.
*Thinking of ******* – this would end my feelings of sadness, but it wouldn’t give me any feelings of happiness, so it’s a worthless option.
I’m 24 male, and i live in America.
Any advice?
Barb
Categories: Health Issues |
Tags: Drugs, Happiness, Social Anxiety | 9 Comments
July 26th, 2010
T. Wilson asked:
1. Castration anxiety (Freudian) Please study if you dont know. Millions of cass of psychological
problems have been cured because of Freudian Psychology.)
2. ********* becuse it is really done as sacrifice to God not for reasons they give
3. Those who are subjected to it are frustrated because no free will of them is involved in doing it
4. This frusttration is repressed which means no one who does anything related to it knows what they do are related to it.
5. Defense mechanism: Justifying everything to that practice and the desire make everyother other to do so so that they cam have a sense of relief .
6. Even tewrrorism is jusaitified for thatb becauase it is the only way that give solace to their minds.
Ellah: You are justifying my points. Thanks. It will not be100 years to prove what I have stated here. Poor felllows! Justifying that ! And poor you too.
‘they’ means who are already circumsised
Jeff
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Tags: Becuse, Cass, Psychological Problems | 6 Comments
July 26th, 2010

Robin A asked: I seem to have more existential angst than others and it’s causing me great pain in my life. I’ve been treated for anxiety disorder in the past but am currently not on meds. Years ago I could barely function. Now things are much more stable and under control, but I still find myself frequently trapped in cycles of anxiety, with no real idea of what triggers them. The thoughts which cause me anxiety seem so strange to some people that I rarely share my thoughts. I have seen psychologists and psychiatrists but all have made me feel more depressed than before.
Just as an example of something that bothers me – I love to read and I get very emotionally involved with the characters. I realize these people are fictional – I’m an adult. I’m not crazy. Even so, after a certain point, I get so attached to them that the knowledge that they aren’t real starts to drive me crazy. The only cure is to stop thinking about these characters and of course avoid reading about them entirely. (Easier for some obsessions than others – at the moment, it is impossible to escape from Harry Potter madness.) In other cases, I might become a huge fan of a musician, actor, etc. and then be in a similar state of dread because I realize I can never feasibly know this person.
Such obsessions then lead me to question everything that I value – if I can be so upset over people who aren’t even real or who I don’t know, then do any of my actual relationships, beliefs, etc. matter at all? Maybe all of it is just as meaningless at the core. I don’t really believe that, but that’s how it feels sometimes.
I also suffer from the more “typical” existential angst concerning thoughts of “what is the point of life?”, “does anything matter at all?” etc. I find it hard to enjoy everyday routines the way I see many of my friends doing, and I’m jealous of them.
While I realize many people go through this at some point, I feel like I should be past it. I’ve been going through this since age 12 and I’m now 27. I only feel truly happy in highly stimulating situations where I’m in a state of constant entertainment. I cannot handle boredom or even being alone with my thoughts.
I’m not suicidal; I would never in a million years do that to my family. I’m just frustrated with having to deal with these feelings again and again after so many years. Does anyone else have these problems, and how do you manage them? How can I live a normal life? How can I just relax and be happy?
I’m sorry this is so long – thank you very much for reading (if anyone still is!)
Elijah
Categories: Health Issues |
Tags: Adult, Anxiety Disorder, Harry Potter | 4 Comments
July 25th, 2010
geso asked:
Hi all,
I am a 21 year old male living in Canada. A college student. Last Saturday, I went to the emergency and I was suffering from an mild anxiety attack. After talking with the doctor, my troubling problem went away and I am feeling so well now. But at the moment the doctor refered me to a phychiatrist. My problem now is that now I want to bring all my problems back since I have a phychiatrist appointment in 2 weeks. Why should I worry about my problems again if I am cured.
CHRIS
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Tags: Anxiety Attack, Doctor Refered, Last Saturday | 7 Comments
July 25th, 2010

whhhhaaaazzzzuuuuuppppppp asked: I have social anxiety (commonly known as social phobia). Many people don’t believe it as being real, but I can 100% assure you it is.
I went to a walk in clinic for help and cried but received little help. It took me 5-6 years to get to that stage and feel failed by the system. I was given a leaflet explaining what social phobia was. — Obviously i know what I feel inside, this leaflet simply confirmed it.
So tomorrow I am calling my doctor and will tell him my problem, if I still manage to in the morning that is.
I am so desperate for help I can’t explain. I rate my condition around a 7-8/10. It prevents me doing things in day to day life. stops me getting jobs, presenting in class, speaking on the phone…. so many things!
I cannot afford to pay for help but feel there should be a loophole to help me. I want to work! I want to speak my mind!
I just want to know if anyone has ever been cured from it. What will the doctor do for me? how long will it take…. can he fix me?
Kevin
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Tags: Many People, Many Things, Walk In Clinic | 2 Comments
July 22nd, 2010

Abby asked: So 5 days ago I moved away from home and am now in college and I have been feeling horrid. Right before my parents left and we were about to eat at a restaurant but I felt super dizzy and sick to my stomach. It was bad. I am diagnosed with Epilepsy, so I thought it might be a case of that. We left the restaurant and came back to my dorm. My parents let me sleep it off, and I felt better.
However, after they left I have been feeling the same way ever since. I can’t eat, all I want to do is sleep… It is the worst in the mornings. At night I am nearly fine. Still without an appetite, but fine. In the morning, however, my stomach is in knots and I get the feeling you get right before you vomit, but I never vomit, therefore I never feel the elation of after the act. It is just hours on end of the before-you-puke feeling. It is horrible! It feels like I am suffering and all I can do is sit and take it.
I have come to believe that this could possibly be a case of Separation Anxiety. I am not sure on this, but I would like more opinions…
I would also like to ask for any suggestions you guys might have on how to cure this. People say it goes away with time, but dear lord how long do I have to suffer like this?
Thanks so much for reading!
Awees
Categories: Health Issues |
Tags: Elation, Parents, Puke | 2 Comments