Hello everyone! I am new to the program. I receieved my material last Friday and can hardly wait to get started!
I am a 54 (almost 55) year old woman who has been one of those positive people all my life. I have always been what I would describe as a "stress seeker" I love a challenge (Now I sure have one):o)
Anyway, long story short, in November of 2006 I had my first RECOGNIZED anxiety attack. I was exhausted because I had been working under stress for several days. I had major surgery in February of that year, my son had experienced some major medical issues in March. My husband was hospitalized in April and that scared the bejeezus out of me. Then we sold our home and relocated closer to the city in July and August of that year. It was a very stressful year for me all around. In November it all caught up with me and I had my husband take me to the ER because I thought I was having a heart attack. Everything checked out fine and they sent me home the day before Thanksgiving. They mention I had a low potassium level and that my thyroid medication needed adjusting and other than that. Everything was just peachy. Then in February of 2007 here we go again but by this time I had learned about a blood pressure monitor!! By the time we got to the ER this time, my bp was like 200/100 and I was scared out of my wits. They kept me over night, put the heart monitor on me and sent me home the following day. But by this time I was really worrying myself silly with the bp monitor. I would take my bp reading sometimes up to 20 times a day and I was obscessed with those bp readings. Acutally I guess I was setting myself up for a panic attack. It was about this time that I started to notice every pain and twinge that I had and I would really get anxious about it too. This just kept feeding on itself and here I'd go like an unending merry-go-round. All this time no one had mentioned the possibility that it was anxiety. Finally my next door neighor mentioned that possibility to me and I ordered the Linden Method. I started to understand more about my condition. But I wasn't sure that anxiety was my problem. I was sent to a heart specialist, sent for several scans and MRI's (no insurance for me) Finally in August, my husband and I had taken our new camper and pontoon boat to the local lake for a couple weeks. We were there for about a week and one day I was inside the camper, thoroughly relaxed and happy, reading a book about history, my favorite passion, and out of the blue, I started feeling that "feeling" again and I took my bp to find it was over 200/100. I headed to another ER again. By the time I got there my bp was 194/98 and I was a mess. They gave me a tranquilizer in an IV and I was fine in just a few minutes. This time I asked the doctor in the ER if it was possible that I was experiencing an anxiety attack and he confirmed it!
My doctor had encouraged me to take Prozac and I had refused because I had read the book "Everything they don't want you to know" and I was terrified of taking medications.
Anyway, I finally gave in and started taking a very low dose of 10mg Prozac and it's done wonders for me. I still have some "shaky" times and constantly monitor how I feel physically. So last week I talked to the doctor and he increased my doseage to 20 mg. I don't have any major problems at all but want to get "happy" and content for the first time in my life.
I'm excited about the program and have made my commitment to finish the program and give it a REAL effort. Wish me luck, everyone!
I am happy to be here with all of you!
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Thank you, MC Grace! I'm glad I found this program and this site. I don't suffer with the issue as bad as most do, it appears. But I wish none of us had to suffer with this condition AT ALL!!Originally posted by MC Grace:
Hi No1,
Welcome! I know you will get so much out of the program.
Stay in touch.
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Welcome. Like you, I am new to the program and excited about eh possibilities. I hope it will work for both of us. I too have issues with health related anxiety. That "feeling" you describe...I know exactly what you're talking about. I feel so so today but yesterday I was uneasy all day. We need to shake the negative thoughts so that we don't trigger the anxiety and panic. Good luck to both of us.
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Hi Joe! We'll both do really great and in a few months we'll be steppin' high and glad that we took the steps to improve our lives! Stay in touch with me and we'll walk through these steps together. I got the 15 week audio tapes, the relaxation tape and the coaching DVD's in my packet. Is this the same program you received?Originally posted by Joe P.:
Welcome. Like you, I am new to the program and excited about eh possibilities. I hope it will work for both of us. I too have issues with health related anxiety. That "feeling" you describe...I know exactly what you're talking about. I feel so so today but yesterday I was uneasy all day. We need to shake the negative thoughts so that we don't trigger the anxiety and panic. Good luck to both of us.
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Welcome everyone! I too just started the program last weekend. This week I began session 2 and I've found while it upped my anxiousness a bit, I felt a wave of relief to find that there are other people out there struggling w/ the same anxieties as I have. I truly look forward to getting the peace of mind I deserve, that all of us here deserve, and I wish us all much luck.
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Hi Peaceofmind08! This is really neat that there are so many of us here to help each other and also can relate to us.Originally posted by Peaceofmind08:
Welcome everyone! I too just started the program last weekend. This week I began session 2 and I've found while it upped my anxiousness a bit, I felt a wave of relief to find that there are other people out there struggling w/ the same anxieties as I have. I truly look forward to getting the peace of mind I deserve, that all of us here deserve, and I wish us all much luck.