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musicjunkie
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Hi Im new to all this stuff. I have been around here every once and awhile reading some posts, but havent signed up until today. People on here just seem so supportive and thats what Im looking for. I have never been to a doctor about my "issues" persay. But from what Ive been reading and relaying into my life Ive been having some aniexty issues. It started off small fearing of not having a bathroom when I needed 1 when I go out. Then I just started avoiding going out so I wouldnt have to deal with aniexty. Now I avoid just about everything. I feel like Im at an all time low. I was doing better for awhile then about 3 months back I had a big panic attack and that kind of set me back in life. Now im always nervous of it happening again. Im not really wanting to take medication. I also can be a slight hypochondriac which isnt helping. I just wanna get over this and live my life like I use to. Has anyone overcome this without medicine? Just looking for some support from people who are going/gone through the same stuff. Trying to get a gameplan of where to start first.
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musicjunkie !
Welcome aboard ! I made it thru without meds. It takes a lot of work and persistence, but eventually, it got to the point where if I feel a panic attack coming on, I can stop it most of the time. There were days during the process where I really wanted to go back to bed and stay there, but I knew I had to beat this. Besides, some of the attacks happened while I was in bed. I'd wake up in a panic. It was pretty freaky during the attacks and I never thought I'd overcome it, but I did. The number one thing for me was the journalling. I can honestly say that I've never kept a diary LOL, so journalling for me at first seemed kind of weird. Once I got over the fear of writing my thoughts down , it got to the point where I'd miss it if I didn't do it. For me, it seemed that once I had my thoughts down on paper, there was no need to have to remember it over and over again. Eventually, it worked ! I'm not knocking meds, so don't get me wrong, but I've heard stories that coming off the meds can sometimes be worse than the attacks themselves. Now mind you, it's more work doing this without meds, but for me, it was worth it. Did you end up buying the program ?
Welcome aboard ! I made it thru without meds. It takes a lot of work and persistence, but eventually, it got to the point where if I feel a panic attack coming on, I can stop it most of the time. There were days during the process where I really wanted to go back to bed and stay there, but I knew I had to beat this. Besides, some of the attacks happened while I was in bed. I'd wake up in a panic. It was pretty freaky during the attacks and I never thought I'd overcome it, but I did. The number one thing for me was the journalling. I can honestly say that I've never kept a diary LOL, so journalling for me at first seemed kind of weird. Once I got over the fear of writing my thoughts down , it got to the point where I'd miss it if I didn't do it. For me, it seemed that once I had my thoughts down on paper, there was no need to have to remember it over and over again. Eventually, it worked ! I'm not knocking meds, so don't get me wrong, but I've heard stories that coming off the meds can sometimes be worse than the attacks themselves. Now mind you, it's more work doing this without meds, but for me, it was worth it. Did you end up buying the program ?
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thanks for replying manofmusic. made me super happy that someone actually responded lol. yea ive had the program for awhile now. I started it once than stopped after session 4 and havent started again. but Im gonna give it another go and hope it helps. I also tried journaling as well but dont do it often. Im a big procrastinator which doesnt help at all.
thanks for sharing some of ur thoughts with me!
thanks for sharing some of ur thoughts with me!