Experiences with

Phobias

I’m wondering if anyone has had this issue on focalin or it’s just coincidental that these phobias are coming out now (he is 7.5 years old) UPDATE: we switched back to short acting methylphenidate and it was a huge improvement the first day.

A certain amount of desensitization makes sense, if you have certain types of anxiety that involve worry, resistance to feeling and dealing with discomfort, and phobias. But, if you have pervasive and persistent anxiety, are you just supposed to sit around all day with anxiety?

I battle health anxiety and have so many phobias and have myself convinced I have some deadly disease. This is absolutely paralyzing. I am afraid of getting sick and have isolated myself further and if someone near me is sick, I perseverate for days if I am going to catch it.

Hi I'm Paul. I have severe anxiety with panic attacks and agoraphobia. I can't work for now, but I can go out and enjoy certain activities. I used to be homebound with the agoraphobia. I'm here to hear about other people who have gone through some of the same things I have.

Life is much tougher than it used to be, who will gainsay it? We can all take a degree of anxiety, that's normal. But a point is reached when our nervous system says "Enough!" Then something unusual takes place, our nervous system becomes over sensitised. In this state it exaggerates every fear, every

Hello! I am new to this group today and thought I would introduce myself. I have been experiencing anxiety and depression as long as I can remember, since middle school at least, and it reached its lowest point this January - since I hit that rock bottom I knew I needed to make a change and have been

If anyone else tells me, me included, I'm fortunate to have the above (I'm not even letting the words pass my lips) then I fear I cannot be responsible for my reply. Today, I have occipital neuralgia. My scalp particular behind my left ear feels like thousands of needles piercing the skin. Of course

Trigger Warning: Intrusive Thoughts Hey all, I’ve been hanging around this community for 2 weeks now, I’ll go into what’s been going on in my life, I need serious advice and pray someone has experienced what I’m going through Background: In my early 20s I had my first battle with anxiety and panic

I've been on Xanax for about 10 years after going through cancer treatment caused health and social anxiety. I'm currently on about .50 mg once in the morning and again in the afternoon, though sometimes when at home I do a bit less. I don't want to be on meds, I want to feel better, but lately I've

have your anxiety ever had you in the loop of constantly fearing your going crazy or losing your mind being nervous and anxious and fearful all day long ? if so what do you do when this is happening?

I’m in that period where I have to try different medicine to try to help. I’ve been on Buspar for two weeks now, it helps my panic attacks from spiraling but I still have pretty bad anxiety. I’m so desperate, I feel like this will last forever. I need success stories that this will go away one day with

I’ve had major depressive disorder for over 30 years. I have taken every ssri, snri, antidepressants and even maoi’s. I’ve done tms treatments, ketamine infusions, etc. I’ve had breaks where sometimes the meds would help but once my body got use to them they’d quit working. It doesn’t matter what

I have been very leery of social media until I found this website. It was recommended as one of the best by a friend. My profile says it all. At 74 I thought I could rest. It appears not. Not only does my 48-year-old daughter show anxiety symptoms she isn't dealing with, but my wife, ACOA and abuse

[i]Today I woke up ok. Had a brighter outlook than normal. Maybe it is the sun shining through my window and the time I took away from the internet (not by choice mind you), but today I feel a bit better than I have all winter long. The window is open, my cats are enjoying the day.[/i] [i]It is one

Good morning do anyone here dealing with anxiety and panic attacks wake up cloudy headed and feeling tense and nervous overthinking and if so how do you calm it down ?

hello everyone so I’ve been experiencing anxiety, panic attacks and intrusive thoughts for quite some time and i constantly fear that I’m losing my mind or going crazy or something bad will happen and I’ve begin to Trimble a little and finding it hard to relax and get rid of this thought any suggestions

Hi, my 13 year old daughter is struggling with depression and severe anxiety about going to school. She's missed well over the number of days school allows a year for absences. She's been experiencing some bullying,being made fun of, etc and is severely self conscious about tbe way she looks. She has

Hi I was diagnosed with panic disorder at 18 years old. I got on Lexapro and it saved my life then I got off it, a few years later the panic disorder came back then I got on Effexor. It saved my life, now it’s been three years later and my panic disorder is back so I think the Effexor has stopped working

Let me give you a brief - I fear going home, I am a working professional and I work and stay near my work location for 5 days and go home on weekends. Last year I developed health anxiety and I had panic attacks at home which I did not tell anyone and came to my work location next morning. I have a fear

I have been on Zoloft 100 mg for about 10 years.had worked well,but last few months getting worse. My Dr wants to increase it. Is it better to raise it by 25 or go right to 50? I remember being sick when increasing yrs ago.can I expect this again?also taking ativan 0.5 1/2 tab od.also more anxiety but