On 6/1/2014 natesgrandma said: I have anxiety attacks all the time. does anyone have any tips on how to get through these? I do have a dr. and I do go to counseling. This is becoming so debilitating. I have been having real problems with anxiety this past year, it is not easy. My husband is tired of it and I just don't know what to do anymore. I have been on prescription medication and I really don't like it. I don't even think it helps and I really don't want to try another one. My symptoms are: dizzy and lightheadness, just feeling sick.
I was diagnosed with Anxiety/Panic Disorder and Clinical Depression in the mid 1990's. Spent 7+ days as a mental ward inpatient. During that time they worked with individual counseling/group counseling/classes pertaining to causes and prognosis for a recovery.
Unless you have had a specific diagnosis by a Doctor of Psychiatry of a Panic/Anxiety Disorder, it is not wise to self-diagnose as it, like with many others, can be a sign of just plain ole stress and more of it than your mind and/or body at times seems to be able to handle.
For me I will never consider myself as "recovered, but always in recovery". Diseases of this nature are not usually the type that just up and go away never to return. Even with proper medications and regular therapy some people still struggle a lot with this type of "diagnosed mental issue".
It is not unusual for a spouse or others close to you not to really comprehend what one with this disease is going through daily, sometimes hourly or even less. One can be feeling on top of the world one minute and so far down the next minute they lose their perspective and desire to live. Yes, with this disease it does happen and I work my mind almost constantly monitoring how I feel and if something feels different mentally? I have ready made ways with which to deal with them.
Forget about what your husband or anyone else thinks unless they have been through this "deep black hole in life". They cannot and will not completely understand unless they serve their time dealing with this terrible part of way too many people's lives.
Wishing you the best but never self diagnose be it a physical or mental issue. Sore bodies do not equal broken parts. Painful minds does not necessarily equal Anxiety/Panic Disorder and I can tell you there is a very,very distinct difference between "lots of stress" and having this worst of the worst disorder that many suffer through much of their lives.
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