Comments for Natural Cure For Anxiety

Comment on Self-Help Strategies for Anxiety Relief by John

John — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:15:11 +0000

Hey man… I dont think (for people that don’t have anxiety) this really sums up how terrible it is… in my case I know how irrational anxiety is, but it is literally programmed into me. I’ve tried telling my brain to stop worrying about stupid **** for years but I doubt it will ever happen. You make some good points on paper, but its not just a switch you can “turn off.” Being aware of my anxiety just makes me anxious that I’m anxious.

Furthermore, rejecting negative emotion cannot just be instantly achieved. If you think the same way for 30 years, that means everything you have ever done has been done in an anxious and paranoid state of mind. All of your thought processes, your personality, etc is all based on your positives and negatives. Memories bring up anxiety. Objects bring up anxiety. No amount of exercise, sleep, or positivity will cure it, TRUST me. What if I go on medication and my brain has no experience feeling at ease? It is a whole lot more complicated than can be summed up into one page… I even changed my name and email so people wouldn’t know who posted… like my friends in real life would come on here… THATS paranoia.

Comment on Self-Help Strategies for Anxiety Relief by Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:13:41 +0000

Thanks! All these REALLY helped and made me feel better, I’m definitely going to try a lot of them!

Comment on Anxiety Disorders and Their Treatments by Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:16:05 +0000

I suffer from anxiety all my life. . I dropped all my classes in college because of anxiety….

Comment on Does Drinking Alcohol Increase Anxiety? by Victorious

Victorious — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:19:56 +0000

I woke up yesterday morning feeling awful, instantly i allowed my mind to let anxiety kick in and before I knew it I felt like I could not function mentally, confused, dazed, heart palpitations and felt like I couldnt breathe or swallow. I knew I wanted to quit drinking but also knew it was the only option if I wanted to numb myself and make the anxiety not lead to full blown panic. Before I knew it I had three glasses of red wine down by 11 and felt sedated enough to feel ironically normal. I knew there was only a certain amount of time before that would wear off and I would need to re-medicate myself so I made sure I downed one more glass to keep me calm enough so I could drive my daughter to her dance class. As sick and selfish as that sounds, I felt safer driving my vehicle with some alcohol in me then I would suffering a panic attack, They say fight or flight but i know that oddly enough that after my 3rd glass i feel at peace and functioning, where when I am experiencing anxiety I feel as though Im going to lose control of the car, because I cant even take control of my mind. And it worked, I got to dance safely but had an hour to kill and the anxiety started to attack me again so I of course went with my unreasonable mind and ended up buying a 4 pack of red wine mini’s, because i knew i could disguise them better and using that to (ironically once again) get me and my daughter home safely. After getting home I kept telling myself I didnt need more but after I had my baby tucked in I couldnt handle the quite and no distractions, felt myself begin to pace trying to convince myself I didnt need alcohol and I was ok. arguing and begging my mind to just stop and let me feel some peace, of course to no avail and before I knew it I had finished the full bottle of wine I started to medicate with at 11, and then was in the trunk of my car pulling out the remaining minis I had bought earlier….it made me feel great, not even drunk, but at peace. It is sick that it works that way and I know its not right or even fair to my daughter, but anxiety and panic scare me more. I refused to take anxiety medication because I said its just a band aid, it cant actually fix the problem I never previously had. Well alcohol is my band aid now and the revolving door of drink to make anxiety go away, but wake up and experience anxiety because of alcohol and start drinking all over again is no way to live.

Comment on Does Drinking Alcohol Increase Anxiety? by classygirl

classygirl — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:46:08 +0000

I dont really think that it is alcohol whithdrawels, I do believe and feel the same as some have explained..what I am wondering is if your anxiety basically controls your every thought. I am completely exhausted day in and day out and tired of worrying and freaking our over the smallest of things! I feel light headed and dizzy, when I walk I feel like I am going to pass out. I was never like this before so it really upsets me that I get so anxious when I am doing the smallest of regular day things. I have been feeling this way after I broke up with my boyfriend, I was living alone and drinking alottt with my friends to just forget about it I suppose. BUt now I really think I screwed up some brain chemicals from drinking so much during the summer…I am going to quite drinking and see if it helps. So I can acutally LIVE once again..

Comment on Some more info. on natural cures for anxiety by Alicia

Alicia — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:32:20 +0000

There are many things i had went through my life of axiety and still it was yet uncontrollable and had many chest pains and all that whats crazy is that I’m a 16 year old teenager who suffers with anxiety because im afriad of going to school and it was a new school i had went to and my anxiety all started when i went to a new school being, afriad of bullies being afriad of alot of health problems and alot of things and being afraid of beings a failure but my anxiety hasnt gone away and i had went to therapy and went to almost five different doctor’s to check me for any problems and i went to a neurologist to check for any neurological problems and nothing and then to a cardiologist and nothing is wrong eiither and then it all came down to a psychologist and he had said i had anxiety amd it may come more often he also said i have to stay off tue internet because i may diagnose myself with somthing i dont have and make me become a hypochondriac amd sometimes it stresses me about many problems i think about but i might take your resolved contribution and take on tje challenge to get excersise and the herbal therapy because i am eager to get rid of tue anxiety

Comment on Treating and Managing Your Anxiety by vivian

vivian — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:57:53 +0000

hello my name is vivian, i have been having anxiety for the past 2 Months and its been very rough! Ifind myself scared going to work but it seems to get my mind off of things, at the same time i think its not helping either but i have yet to see what it is i hope to feel better soon cause this is not something i wanna feel

Comment on Does Drinking Alcohol Increase Anxiety? by Steve

Steve — Sat, 14 May 2011 23:19:59 +0000

I am reading a lot of the threads on this post, I too have experienced a lot of these symptoms as I get into my 30′s. A lot of people seem to be commenting that alcohol helps temporarily. This is just my $ .02 but it sounds like most of you are going through alcohol withdrawal.

The older you get and particularly if you binge drink, the worse alcohol withdrawal is going to be. There isn’t a good way to reset the clock, the neurological changes are progressive, the withdrawal symptoms will just get worse and worse as time goes on until they become debilitating. Even if you take 6 months off, when you drink again you will pick up where you left of.

If you are starting to feel this way the best thing you can do for yourself is go talk to a doctor, let them know you have reached a point in your life where you are experiencing moderate alcohol withdrawal (it only goes downhill from here if you continue), get help and treatment before it’s too late and this progresses to seizures and worse.

Remember that alcohol is one of the few drugs where withdrawal can kill you and the symptoms get continually worse until over time the more you drink. Without help of lifestyle changes it can end here:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001771/

Hope this helps some of you… Be good to yourselves!

Comment on Does Drinking Alcohol Increase Anxiety? by karen

karen — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:31:45 +0000

Hi, Been reading up on this forum, I am 39 years old been a binge drinker on and off since I was in my early 20′s. I took my first panic attack in November 2006 and then started taking them on and offf until around 2008. In this time I started drinking on a daily nightly basis, then the attacks would start anytime of day the next day. It wasn’t until 2009 that i realised if i had a drink it would calm my anxiety and I started using this excuse. I too noticed if i only have say 4 cans of beer the night before my anxiety the next day is ok. This anxiety/panic attacks has frightened me in driving these days I am always sensible and know when I am fit to drive, last week I had several attacks on a short 60 mile journey having to pull over a journey which should of taken an hour took 3 hours, it was horrible, first thing on my arrival at my destination I had a beer which led to several and I felt fine. I have been back and fore to the doctors and to A&E with severe stomach problems which contribute to the panic attacks I find the day after the night before my stomach goes into severe knotting spasms which in turn leads to my panic attacks. I too think this can be related to years of heavy indulgence and smoking tobacco, I find if i take an attack in the car I smoke more and more and if helps me overcome it. I am from next week going on detox as I want my normal life back and will try once I am feeling a lot better within myself to limiting myself to drinking only on a weekend. My ex partner drank every night and I never had any anxiety prior to this so I can only assume drinking every night is attributed. My ex took a heart attack last year aged 43 and is a heavy cider drinker so I do believe their is a strong connection.

Comment on How a month and a half on Paxil taught me to love being shy by sara

sara — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 05:16:47 +0000

seth,

i myself am going through paxil withdrawal, and cannot stand the zaps! they are the most awful part in my opinion. browsing on the web tonight for natural remedies for anxiety, i came across your story and i will say, i now have a smile on my face, lol. cause i know exactly what you’re talking about, and while it really is not funny when you’re going through it, i did get a kick out of your story. thanks, i needed that

sara