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Anxiety and Panic Attacks
So many of us have suffered for anxiety and panic and I would like to share something that has helped me . In my Recovery group I learned that
nervous symptoms are " distressing but not dangerous i.e." NO DANGER." If I ever feel myself getting anxious I repeat those in my mind-
it is a "secure thought " and helps me to relax and avoids the escalation of symptoms. It takes a little practice but can make a big difference. I would love to hear if any of you find it helpful too.
Ainsleigh
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@contentandwell, Ativan is a class 4 controlled substance in a class of drugs called benzodiazepines. Not an opiate, but still a very addictive medication, but I don't think you have a problem at 20 per year.
Peace, Gary
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1 Reaction@gailb, Thanks for posting this. Since I was prescribed Marinol(sp?), a synthetic form of cannabis, for appetite enhancement after a major surgery due to not eating enough to promote healing, I knew this to be a fact. My appetite certainly did improve, but the period of time when I could get refills and had the marinol, were the only completely pain free weeks I have had since 2006.
Gary
My panic attack due to stopping Xanax Was dangerous I would up in the hospital with horrid head pain , 300 BP , very sick
I feel so much empathy for you parus.. I'm 82 years old, and have been battling with depression and anxiety all my life, after growing up in terror through the war then having my wonderful mother, who was my world, die when I was sixteen. In those days depression was not recognized, and I know that my Dad was ill for ten months after Mum died, he was so devastated. As I became an adult I took medication which helped up to a point, but now that I'm older my body won't tolerate the medications. My anxiety is overwhelming, and every day is a battle. I have tried every single suggestion from doctors and therapists, taken CBT classes and had ECT treatments. When I visualize the good things I've lived through, and my family, it makes me cry because I'm so sad that all those days are gone, and I'm now alone. I recently lost my dear brother, who was the only person in my life who loved me unconditionally and who tried to understand what I was going through. Now there is no one to talk about it with. I do have therapists and doctors, but although they know everything in theory, unless they have experienced this anxiety I think it is impossible for them to really understand. I think it is wonderful that so many people find help these ways I've been reading about. I don't go outside much now, just impossible sometimes, and as I said, each day is a battle. Sorry for going on so long, but it is somewhat comforting to know that other people are going through this too.
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2 ReactionsI M SO VERY SORRY FOR ALL YOU HAVE AND ARE GOING THROUGH. KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE (HERE)
WHO CARE ABOUT YOU!
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1 ReactioneThank you, Ainsleigh. Very much.
And I feel for you,too. Can't believe there isnt a way OUT. So much beauty in life that I cant quite reach.
I have learned the practice of mindfulness helps shut down my internal dialog about whatever worry or sensation is trying to grip me have me go panicky. I focus on my breathing and dismissing what thought comes to mind at that time because "at that time" is not when to engage that thought stream.
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1 Reaction@gman007 actually it's not 20 per year, my PCP generally gives me an Rx for 10 and that is about one time a year. I know I do not have a problem but he is a real gnat and very reluctant to prescribe much of anything of that nature.
When I was in significant pain after a knee replacement in the fall, I needed one of the medications that cannot be called in to the pharmacy. My doctor was more than an hour away, in Boston so he called my PCP and asked him to give me a prescription of enough to get me through the weekend. My PCP would not. Thankfully I had some pills leftover of the same type from an earlier problem and I was able to use them to get through the weekend until the prescription arrived in the mail. I really did not feel that my PCP had my best interest in heart when he said no to that. He knows me well enough to know I am not at all an abuser of drugs.
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@contentandwell, I rant about physicians treating to FDA/DEA statements and not their patients on a regular basis. I have a new psychiatrist who feels that if she is reasonably confident that medications will be taken as prescribed, she is going to treat patients with the knowledge she worked so hard to acquire and not base treatment on what government agencies suggest. I do believe there are some continuing ed. requirements for opiate prescription writing and additional oversight that a lot of PCP's don't want the added hassle needed to write opioid scripts.
Blessings, Gary