Success

Can anyone give me success stories

[anxiousalexis]

In 2014, I had my first panic attack ever! It was horrible, it affected me for about a month. I thought I was dying from cancer or disease. The sensations I was having were causing horrible anxiety. My parents took me to the doctor, i got everything checked and everything came back good. But I still couldnt get the thoughts out of my head. I finally went to a therapist and a psychiatrist. They recommended zoloft and xanax. I take the zoloft every night and the xanax as needed. After 2 weeks of the medication and therapy, I started becoming myself again. The symptoms lessened which made my anxiety lessen. I began going out of my comfort zone step by step and finally made it out of the vicious cycle of anxiety. BABY STEPS is a big thing to conquer anxiety. Don't do anything you're not comfortable with. And after that my anxiety was minimal. I had an anxiety attack here and there but nothing that stopped my everyday life. I recently had a setback because i wasnt taking my medication correctly because I thought I didnt need it anymore but learned that I have to come off of it slowly. But I'm coping and doing better, I have bad days but im having more good days. And hopefully soon, I can go back myself. If I did it once, I can do it again. And if I can do it, you can do it.

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I'm scared of the anxiety and I've tried different meds but still struggling after 5 years.

[anxiousalexis in reply to Hidden]

I know exactly what you mean! I even get scared to feel better. It's crazy! Anxiety is deceiving. Read some books on anxiety. Reading exercises the mind.. plus you're learning more about it. Don't give up! Im in the same boat at you. The intrusive thoughts ruin your day.. anxiety makes you feel like you can't move forward but you gotta tell yourself that's false and keep going. BABY STEPS. Take as long as you need to recover.. but it's not gonna happen not doing anything. I believe you can get out of this funk

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but i'm on medication which i don't want to take but i don't think i'll be able to do without me because i have symptoms taking them.

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i meant them