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Post by caroline on Jan 16, 2008 19:45:35 GMT
Hi thought i would let you know i went on my first anxiety management course yesterday and found it quite good i have good expectations of what we are going to be doing over the next 6 weeks but i spoke to one of the psychologists afterward about the way i have been feeling i explained that after 6 years of suffering this on and off i just wanted some help especially in dealing with the thoughts and if after the 6 weeks i need some extra help she is going to give me some one on one which i hope will help my fear is the thoughts i really hate them even after 6 years i get all the same symptoms back i cant help but think its because I'm worrying that I'm making myself like this as i cant except its happening to me again i feel like I'm losing the plot and going to crack up I'm on fluoxetine at the moment and i get days where my anxiety and thoughts are worse to the point that my stomach churns but i have only been on the meds for 9 days and i know it takes a while to work I'm just scared that I'm not going to get better and this will go on and on and i don't know if i could cope with that.sorry to waffle but i just need to talk as this is really getting me down and affecting mine and my family's life and that makes me feel more guilty for putting them through it yet again.I'm really trying hard but some days its worse than others anyway i feel like I'm always on here repeating myself over and over again but i don't have anywhere else to talk so thanks and any replies would be grateful thanks Caroline.
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Post by winegirl on Jan 16, 2008 20:47:14 GMT
Hi Caroline
I went on the anxiety management course too and found it really helpful. i know it sounds awful but just sitting with a group of people who were going through the same thing was a help!
the info they gave was good and they gave us homework to do too. At the time i asnt sure it was doing me any good, it is only subsequently that I have relised how useful that course was.
Good luck with it hun, and let us know how you get on x
WG x
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Post by Scarlet not logged on Jan 17, 2008 17:26:22 GMT
Sorry Caroline just noticed your thread, and I'm cooking dinner so sorry if this is brief. Never worry about repeating yourself, it doesn't matter. Glad that you went to the course, was useful by the sounds of it. You are not going to crack up hun, the anxiety makes you think like this, but the secret is to not give the thoughts any weight at all. Perhaps you can ask the psychologist to give you some tips on how to do this. The meds can take a bit longer to work hun, what are you taking? Also check out this thread to help with the anxiety. veritee.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=meds&action=display&n=1&thread=4482I suffered terrible anxiety at the beginning of my illness and was afraid of everything on some days. I am pleased to say that I am not afraid of very much now, cept a few niggly things around PMT time. Please keep talking to us, and we'll try and help and support you as much as we can whilst you get yourself better. Hugs Scarlet Xxxxxxxx |
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Post by Scarelt not logged on Jan 17, 2008 17:52:01 GMT
meant to say that the online anxiety course I mentioned above could be done alongside your Anxiety Management course. I had a good look at it and it's quite a useful tool to be able to keep a journal and identify anxiety patterns which you could take along with you to your next group. Have a look and see what you think, it's free.
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Post by caroline on Jan 17, 2008 21:29:59 GMT
thanks winegirl and scarlet feel a little better today am going to keep up the course and get better i have suffered to many years and its time i got the help ive needed all this time the meds im on at the moment is fluoxetine i have taken them before and they were helpful just hope that it helps this time.thanks caroline,
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Post by caroline on Jan 23, 2008 20:04:06 GMT
Hi had to tell you all have done my second week of anxiety management and finding it really good just to be with others who experience depression,anxiety and panic and to hear similar stories from others,you know you are not alone and although im taking the meds again im still doing all i can to get help with this so when i choose to come off them hopefully i will be armed with the skills to deal with this i know it wont change over night but im hoping i can get through it this time.Also have some great books to read the first im reading is really good its by susan jeffers and its called feel the fear and do it anyway,also two self help books by dr claire weekes self help for your nerves havent got to them yet but im hoping they will be as good as the one im reading.its so good to learn how to deal with your anxiety and how to deal with the thoughts i just hope i can keep it going after the course has finished well enough from me just thought i would let you know how im going thanks again for the support caroline.
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Post by winegirl on Jan 23, 2008 21:49:39 GMT
Hi Caroline
Told you it would be good! The best bit of the course for me was sitting with people in EXACTLY the same position as me, made me feel less alone in it all!
I am reading Self Help For Your Nerves by Dr Claire Weeks at the moment (nearly finished) and have to say I wish I had read it a year and half a go! It is BRILLIANT and if you follow her advice it really works!
If anyone else reading this wants to take a look at that book i am happy to lend it out when I am finished with it?
WG x
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