Stress Center Peer Support

I hear you. I go to work a lot feeling either awful with physical ailments or anxiety. Then when I get there another co-worker is always calling in sick. I do everything to get to work and others just get by with everything. Sunday nights and even the day are just a reminder of the work ahead and st...

Sorry I can't tell if you are in high school or college? If at college they surely have a health services for when you get sick right? They usually have counseling too generally most colleges do or at least a crisis center (I think most must legally in case someone feels suicidal I think). I went to...

All major cities in the US have a crisis phone line for help. Try there. Try the United Way. Try Human Services thru your state government. Do you live in a town with a major public university? See if they have psychological services for free. The United Way can steer you in many directions and that...

Polaris, I think Fibro actually causes anxiety/depression, right? I get the inflammation all the time, especially in my shoulders. One dr thought it was Fibrom. I think that Fibro is the new 'catch all' term for doctors saying they don't know what's wrong with you exactly. At least for me I think. I...

You CAN get off the meds but please be careful. I was on Paxil for 4 years and weaned down to 10 mg and then 1/2 a pill (5 mg) for a bit and then tried to go off. It wasn't bad, but going from 1/2 pill to nothing...yikes! For me it was a nightmare, like I was going thru a hellish withdrawl, sweats, ...

thank you for the comments Molly and Pasileegreen. I do think it's stress. Just to rule everything out, they wanted to give me an asthma test and I read what was involved in a methal choline test and I just got more and more anxious. People's comments on it were frightening. Do you know what they do...

I didn't have pain after pulling impacted wisdom teeth. Or when they pulled 4 baby teeth for my braces when I was a kid. They can give you meds if you want some on hand afterwards. Just try ibuprofen that works with keeping your jaw muscle pain to a minimum. Tylenol doesn't work on jaw pain and I th...

I do agree that we are what we eat. I am going to really try after the holidays now to kick up a better eating plan for myself. I'm being more adventureous with good foods. the more sugar I ate this holiday, especially yesterday, the constantly hungry I was. I can't gain more weight, but yes, sugar ...

The weird thing is that when I try to take a DEEP breath in it feels like I'm tight in my stomach, intestines, not just lungs. I have one of those spirometer reading devices for home use and I should blow 465 or so and I blow a 400-440. I just wonder if it's tight muscles or tension that causes this...

A few months ago I started feeling short of breath here and there, gained some weight and out of shape. Then it started to get a bit more intense, had to sit for longer periods of time to catch my breath. Anyways, I had a FULL cardiac workout and nothing. then I went to a lung dr and they want to pu...