Stress Center Peer Support

Hello to all and thank you to the people who take the time to respond. I am new to this.... kinda. I bought the tapes 10 years ago and never did anything with them. I have been on Paxil for the past 5 years and stopped taking it cold turkey 2 weeks ago, boy was that a big mistake. well now that Im off of it ive realized it did not cure me. I am so happy to find that you are still here. Any suggestions on how to get started would be great. also i am south of boston and would like to find a group that meetsif anybody knows of one. well thanks fro your support and let the journey begin.

rmac good for you for doing the program finally! I know that you won't regret it and it will be one of the best things you will have ever done for yourself. Good luck to you.

Hi rmac. Firstly WOW. Going cold turkey is tuff. Let me tell you something. If you can go through that, you can definately conquer your anxiety/depression.
A quick overview of me, I had anxiety panic problems since 2001. Went off medication twice which helped during the time but does not cure. ! I got to the point where I was diagnosed with severe depression as well as anxiety/panic attacks.
I received the tapes last year and was definately on the road to recovery a month after. My advice..
1. Follow the tapes
2. Understand why you get anxiety / depression
3. Catch yourself thinking "what if" thoughts or negative thoughts (REALLY IMPORTANT) and replace the "what if" thoughts to "so what if" and relize that what you are worried about has NO immediate danger to you ..
4. Understand the attached file.. It is what YOU do and think that will prevent an uncomfortable situation even worse.
When you get to BOX 3, you have to train your thoughts to skip boxes 4 and 5 and go straight to 6.

In case you cant see the link here is the url
Situation Flow