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[beccazander]

Hi. My name is Rebecca. My issues started during the summer I turned 16 in 2013. I kept getting sick and throwing up and I had been to the ER a ridiculous amount of times. For my 16th birthday, we were going to go to a fancy hotel with a waterpark and I was up the whole night not being able to sleep and throwing up and feeling generally awful. This went on for 2 years, and I missed most of the first 2 weeks of my junior year, spending them in and out of the ER, before my dad decided that I needed to go to school even if I was throwing up. I started college in the fall of 2015, and that's when I was diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and panic disorder. I got really bad while I was there and went to urgent care, and the doctor described what anxiety was. No one had done that before. They always just asked if I was anxious about anything, which I didn't think I was because most of the time, there wasn't anything going on that would cause it. I then went to the school doctor to get officially diagnosed and that's when I was also diagnosed with depression. I ended up leaving college after a week, and switched to online before dropping out completely. I did therapy for about 4 months, before some life changes came and I had to stop going around January of 2016. I had been going once a week. I started therapy up again in February of this year, and I have to go every other week, because that's all I can afford, even though it was recommended at least once a week if not twice. I started going again because my friends were getting concerned about how many jokes I made about dying and some of my behaviour. I was diagnosed this year with PTSD from something that happened when I was 8 or 9, and something from my last and only relationship. I'm hoping this will help, but it didn't really help much the last time and I went once a week, and they had me on seven different medications for different things. I'm only on my 3rd visit, and I wish I could go more often

[Agora1]

Hi Rebecca, Welcome to the Support Forum. Anxiety can be a cunning issue to address.

Memories stored in our sub conscious mind that play over and over can make us feel

physically sick when the issue is psychological.

Until what happened to you at 8 or 9 is addressed and let go, no amount of medications

can magically make it disappear. Therapy is the best form of releasing hurtful events

and thoughts that happened to us. Therapy is a long process but can be very successful.

Good Luck in continuing as often as you see possible. Eventually, the therapist will give

you homework that you can work on between visits. (Goals per se.)

Coming on this site will help you not feel so alone. You will share your journey with others

going through similar issues. Remember there is strength in number. Stay Positive Rebecca, we will walk this journey with you. xx

[kenster1]

hi Rebecca and welcome to you and thank you for sharing your story.coming on here you will find many people who had been in a similar situation to you and I am sure you will get great advice and tips of how to help deal with your issues and hopefully it will help.