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Hi, there is definately a link between too little sleep and anxiety. When we are tired and our body is fatigued we get symptoms like shakiness, jitteriness, and racing thoughts. Many of the symptoms of fatigue mimic panic/anxiety reactions and make those of us with anxiety worse!!! I have a few thin...

The best advice my coach gave me was to look at the drink before I drink it - really look at it. As I look at it, I remind myself that I'm having a drink because I will enjoy it, it is my choice and I am sharing in an experience that I want (I don't ever drink alone, so for me it's always a social t...

Yes, I did have this symptom too! I enjoy a glass of wine or two, or a martini once in a while - maybe once a week or once every two weeks, certainly nothing excessive, or like I was in my 'younger years'. But, one of my biggest symptoms has always been an issue around food and drink. That if I put ...

Although I've not experienced it personally (we don't have kids yet - we're just working on that!) two of my closest friends BOTH went through what you are talking about. One friend even thought about driving her car down a ravine because she couldn't understand what her point in being here was. Don...

I am a bit of a 'health foodie' and actually spent 18 months trying to address my anxiety and depression with natural methods before I realized I wasn't getting to where I needed to be. I went on Effexor and then found the program and am really happy to have reduced the Effexor by a lot! Things that...

When it IS working, you jut feel closer to 'normal'. At least that was my experience. It's like the 'ultra-nasty' edge of anxiety and sometimes depression that would make me feel incapable and useless and over-whelmed and 'freaked-out' passed and I began to feel 'normal'. I still felt the anxiety to...

It might not have worked for you because you may have had some pre-concieved thoughts about what it would do or how it would work and then the anxiety kind of jumps in! :) Don't worry - just keep trying. Put the CD on when you're doing something else, like getting ready in the morning and get used t...

Congratulations on starting! Good for you. I really hope it helps you as much as it did me. ;) I was just chatting to my husband about it yesterday and mentioning how I'm feeling a bit more 'on edge' since reducing from one 37.5 cap every second day to one every third day. I'm confident I'm going to...

Hang in there girl! It's going to get better. You've got to make up your own mind about things and do what you think is right for you - just recognize when you're talking yourself 'into or out of' something because it might be easier in that moment. I'm not in the place of 'peace and serenity' that ...

Laura, if that makes sense to you, then of course, that's what you should do, but I'm wondering if maybe it's an excuse to not take it yet? Honestly, it isn't going to take long to work through the symptoms, then the next time your husband has time off, you'll be feeling much better? Understand, I'm...