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I have been suffering from anxiety and panic off and on for over 20 years. Recently i came down with the worst ever experience. First it started with panic attacks daily, then the anxiety felt like a 24 hour thing, worrying chronically about everything from health to family! It seemed to have shifted to depression, not sure, but felt really really sad on a couple of occasions for no reason, once at brothers bday party so i left after just a few minutes of arriving. The next time i was hugging my son but felt so depressed still, dunno why! Again, it all have seemed to shift to dizziness all the time without going away! This made me concerned and at times felt so hopeless, scared, and just at times giving up! I heard its anxiety related! I also fear hearing any news of bad events happening, and i cannot go to horror flicks anymore, and i used to be the biggest horror fan! I google medical issues which just end up scaring me more, but i feel i should know what is going on with me if medically something should be wrong! Had all the symptoms of panic, from heartbeats, to dizzyness, and ended up in ER few times, and of course nothing wrong! Anyway, i am new here and just wanted to vent and see if anyone has felt the same way, especially with the avoidance of negative media, horror flicks, and even the medicine commercials that advertise pharmaceutical drugs freak me out, talking about the side effects, it is just too much for me to hear!

Wow, Pauly J--I am so like you! I've experienced all of that. I stopped watching all the shows w/ murder in them, I don't like to watch the news either. And the worry...I could go on and on. But you can read my other postings.

I worry about every little thing going on in my house and what needs fixing. I worry about my husband and his health, I worry about my health. And I'm considered very healthy as well as my husband.

I understand you hugging your child and you still feel depressed. I can tell that if I can start to be moving physically to get the endorphins or neurotransmitters going, I'll feel better.

Also, I'm looking forward to the 22nd coming so that the days can start getting longer again. I need the sunlight!

Pauley, I was never a horror film fan. But in todays world I think we have enough real horror that is real not fantasy or fiction. I think its overload on your part. You may have reached a point where the glass is full and now its time to just try not to wonder why you dont like them anymore. You most likely outgrew them or your perception on them has changed. I have changed alot since I got older. it just comes with the territory. Alot of things I used to tolerate I dont anymore.

Hi Pauly J, I also cannot watch all the negative stuff on television these days. There is enough negativity in the world around me, I don't need more. I avoid news shows, crime shows, all negative stuff. I try and find the old comedy shows on television or on the computer. I also have health anxiety and was told by many doctors to "stop googling". I now stay away from sites like WebMD or I'll take the simplest symptom and make it the worst I read about. So, you are definitely not alone in what you are doing and thinking. Hang in there!

Keep your bad news,

Stopped watching the news just before the last election ended,started watching less and less over a the years.When I happen to see the news at any time at anyone's house,It's a joke to me,not what they are saying or maybe it is,it's a waste of words.I think to myself your trying to make me worry about what you think is important and for me to fall into your worry so I can fallow it every day,lol,Joke.I do catch the most important developments on the radio,then turn it off.Don't act like you are my best friend on TV,then give me all bad news.It's like having a friend and every time you see them they talk about bad stuff.I used to read the paper many years ago.Reporting is should be objective and have all the information from all sides and let you make the decisions,very few if any do that anymore.Had a friend a while ago put on Paxil asked what he spend most of his time doing prior to being put on the med --- Answer was -- watching the news every day to fallow the war.

Creamcheese--you are so right! Definitely over saturation these days. I like to see the reruns of earlier shows that are so tame compared to now. Definitely, have cut back on watching TV.

I was expecting my 5th child during Desert Storm, boy did that put the worry in me. Thinking about "what if" I have to deliver in the wilderness or or a bombed out hospital.

I can see how this can get the adrenaline pumping without even knowing why.

I have to admit though, the Rockford Files are in a way relaxing to watch, but it sure took them a long time to film an episode. Which I can understand since they didn't have the technology that we have now to edit and put in computerized generated "flames" vs real fire.

After watching for 30 mins, I was amazed at how little was told in the story line. :p