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[hershey1983]

Hi everyone, im new here and like everyone else, I have anxiety disorder, hope this cmmunity can help me. I am scared, im not gonna get better =(

[easy-co]

Hi Hershey,

Rest assured, you will get better! I was diagnosed in April but for most of last year I was suffering from anxiety and depression. At one stage I felt so ill that my body felt like it had been poisoned.

The mind is very powerful. When it is not working correctly and certain chemicals and neurotransmitters are low, it can make you experience all kinds of symptoms. This is why I had so many tests to rule out anything physical.

I have been on Mirtazapine since April and although it took so long to work, I am well on the way to a good recovery. There are lots of other things you can do as well as (or even instead of) medication. These all helped me massively: meditation, exercise, a healthy diet - drinking plenty of water, reading on the issue, joining forums such as this one, encouraging a good sleep pattern, keeping alcohol to minimum, counselling/psychotherapy.

I do hope you will find your way to happier days. If I can do it, anyone can!

Take care,

Rob

[Cat33]

Welcome to the community and I do hope you can get some peace from sharing on here with others

You will get better anxiety is a rotten old thing but relaxation lots of understanding about what anxiety really is and that it can't hurt you will help

Losing your fear is the key once you accept it is anxiety and if you don't focus on it (easier said than done I know ) it will go

Anxiety is uncomfortable but not dangerous

All the very best