Stress Center Peer Support

I haven't been on here for a very long time...a couple of years really, or almost. I consider myself mostly recovered. But I still have strong emotions, and still have trouble, like tonight. I came to look at the chatroom, but I see that they've taken it down. My husband and I have been looking for ...

I can speak from personal experience. I had horrible derealization and depersonalization both, when I was diagnosed with anxiety in 2006. My wonderful psychiatrist said that my anxiety was off the charts...much higher than he usually saw with generalized anxiety. Great, huh! But the good news for yo...

what is normal anyway? One thing for me is I don't let myself give in to it. If I have something scheduled like work or an outting, I FORCE myself to go. then once I get there I'm usually a lot better. Very rarely do I find otherwise. . . and you'll feel better if you don't give in to the "boo monst...

I can relate...I have been there so many times. You'll see from my screen name that when I found the program in 2006 I was so identified with my lack of sleep. It was awful, but I let it define me and obsessed about it and that made it worse. I was in bad shape, and for me the short and intermediate...

Thank you, it puts a lot of things in perspective. Leopolda

Originally posted by Mary Wargo: I tried this years ago for insomnia and it left me feeling very very tired with a very low BP. SSRI's had the same effect on me. So, if you get anxious on SSRI's, it's possible you may get anxious on 5HTP also, as they appear to work in a similar way. This may sound...

I could use some encouragement right now. Last week I had a biopsy of a small spot on my nose that came back as a basal cell cancer. I am 41 and for a couple of years have seen a dermatologist for yearly skin checks (after a friend my age had a borderline melanoma). I realize that if you are going t...

few-what you should do is listen to the cd's at night then since you cannot sleep-this may help you to sleep too. Also, think of it this way-your blowing $200 a week on you don't know what, so how would u figure out what your spending your money on? Writing everything down during week, $20 gas, a ca...

kind of. my mind goes off in all sorts of directions and i don't even realize what i am thinking about until all of a sudden i start to panic.

I wondered if anyone knew if atrial fibrillation can be brought on by anxiety and stress? I am asking not for myself but for my mother-in-law. I think she experiences stress and anxiety, and back in 2006 I tried to convince her to share the cost of the the program program with me. She said she would...