What do I do

[Sara35]

I am so stressed by the anxiety and depression and chronic pain I am experiencing how do I deal with this? Any suggestions anyone?

[Pacobusta1970]

All i can say is that anxiety or depression won’t kill anyone it is all in our minds we have to confront them thats the only way out.

Do you take medicine?

About some kind of therapy. That helps trust me.

Good luck

I will be praying for you and everybody else. God bless

[Sara35]

I am on antidepressents but not anxiety meds I am tapering of diazepam,which I think is making me more anxious I have counselling next week and I am seeing a psychologist next week.

[Windy101 in reply to Sara35]

Getting off diazapam will definitely increase your anxiety as it gets out of your body. But it will get better with time and those symptoms will go away. Hang in there!

[bsauntshani]

I don't agree with the first reply. Anxiety and depression can kill. It is not "all in our minds", unless you consider that it is a disease of the mind. Been struggling with this for so many years. Therapy and God have helped me. Prescriptions have helped me also but the same Rx therapies don't always continue working. Just remember the results aren't instant and don't just stop any of them cold turkey. Prayers for you.

[Hidden]

Me too. Struggling all my life with depression, panic attacks, manic episodes, obsessive ruminating about what I did wrong in my life, waking up at 3am with such dark feelings of gloom n doom, questioning my reason to exist, blaming myself for my son's mistakes and downfalls, hating my self for deciding to become a mother , an unfit mother, thanks to my mental illness. Lately, I have looked into books and videos on YouTube and I find some consolation and strategies and a great deal of information that helps, at least for a while. I just watched Robert Sapolsky of Stanford university giving a lecture on depression which was an eye opener because the cure may be as simple as adjusting the balance of your serotonin, dopamine, and adrenaline levels. I'm going to ask my doctor if there is a lab test to give me a reading so that I take the right amount of medication. Hope you find the time to explore YouTube . Wish you all the best. Keep fighting the beast.

[TAPNewEngland]

Stay busy, always. Force yourself to get up and start your day. Make a daily schedule and stick to it. Build in times daily for "fun time" and it can be whatever it is you like to do. Work, exercise, read, etc. Keep taking your meds too and make weekly visits to a therapist if you need to.