Why am I here??? This is why...

[MandiJ]

I am just now starting this program. I got the program about a year ago, but my father was sick at the time (he apassed in aug.) and so much was going on and was making my problems worse that instead of doing the program to try to help myself i just gave up i guess. I have been told i have PTDS, OCD, General Anxiety Disorder, and Panic attacks. I struggle almost daily and thought i take pristiq daily i normally have to take a ativan to help me calm down. I dont like ativan, I think my body is getting to use to it. There are times at night now that i get that sleepless leg stuff where it feel like you just have to move. Its very uncomfortable and makes it where i cant sleep but as soon as i take a ativan it stops and i sleep. I have never had that problem till about a year of being on ativan. I cant really at this point go off my meds because if i miss so much as a day my attacks get VERY bad. I am constantly having trouble breathing, heavy chested, hurting everywhere, sleepy, and now having problems with tight throats. It feels like my throat is closing. I guess thats because about a year and a half ago i went into sever shock from a allergic reaction (we still dont know what to) and the thought of ever having that again scares me to death. So every since then now i have tight throat and feeling like my throat is swelling as a symptom with my anxiety. I got this program and have now decided to comitt to it because i have the most amazing supportive husband i could ever ask for.. and i have 3 wonderful children. I want my husband to have his wife back, the way she was when he met her, and more than anything i do not want my kids to have the problems i do because they grew up seeing mommy being scared all the time.

Thanks just my story.

[tina martin]

Yes, indeed, you can get better as you want to for the good of the dear people around you. Take the time to do the program. Don't expect overnight miracles.

Try your best and the rewards will be there for you. We try to be here to be as supportive as possible. Wishing you the best.