Stress Center Peer Support

Hi everyone, I just got my program today and listened to the first tape. I have had a problem with anxiety and depression for years. I have been in counseling and on and off medication also for years. I see a counselor now and also am taking anti-aniexty medication. I have been trying to get off my medication and my dr. keeps telling me that my dosage is very low and if it is helping me i should contine it. My husband heard about this program and ordered it for me. I feel very excited and hopeful in starting this. I have felt for sometime that I needed something to change the way I think. All counselors want to do is just let you talk and they never give you anything to help you change the way you think about things. I just want to get off medication and to feel normal, or what I think normal should feel like. I want energy to clean my house and the desire to want to do it. I am looking forward to that happening for me through this program.

Hi there! Welcome to the program! I joined back in December, and it's helped me so much, I just am thrilled. It's helped me by talking to others, and feeling VALIDATED over these things that I thought were just WRONG about me. It's helped me knowing so many people silently suffer with this problem, and you never know.

Please, don't let the stigma of being on medication push you to be in a hurry to get off it, especially if it's working! I too have gone through working hard towards being off medications for anxiety and depression. However after every attempt to go solo over the past 8 years I've found that for me personally I simply can't do it. I have a chemical imbalance, and if I don't take it I become lower than a snakes belly and agoraphobic. I don't like the idea of having to take meds. They do have a few side effects that are a bit annoying for me, but something I will take anyday over being on the verge of suicidal or so anxious I cringe at the idea of leaving the house. All those side effects for me are getting a bit sleepy and really vivid dreams. If i need to adjust my dosage, at times i do feel a little anxious after taking it, but that does go away.

Welcome to the program and I hope you like it and enjoy it. yes our thoughts really are the culprit. The medication helps me stay positive and just get a grip. without it, I just couldn't stop my worrying.

Kimmygirl