Three years ago I took medicine for my anxiety. I stopped taking it, and starting this year it got really bad. Its never been this bad before. I’m going back on the medicine, but my appointment isn’t until next monday. I don’t think I can get through this week. I’m so scared and that’s making it so much worse. Taking deep breathes doesn’t seem to help at all. Distracting myself only increases the time it takes for an anxiety attack to get really bad. What can I do to stop it for one more week?

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I have terrible anxiety and it is effecting my performance at work. I have been fired from almost every job… although quite often that was from girls lying about me. Anyway, I made an appointment to see a hypnotist to calm my nerves. Unfortunately I need a referral from my doctor and that it will take 8 sessions, once a week. That means it will take eight weeks before I am done. I can’t wait that long… although what else can I do? Medication just doesn’t work for me.

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Think about it for a second before you answer… wouldn’t they be too afraid of even making an appointment with someone or talking to a doctor about it to tell them what’s going on? I mean, I’m terrified of talking to anyone, so I don’t know, maybe I have social anxiety disorder, but "anyone" includes doctors and everything, so there’s no way in hell I could ever work up the nerve to actually tell anyone that in real life. I can’t even deal with calling a friend on the phone to ask about a homework assignment, let alone a complete stranger to make an appointment to talk about something that’s actually embarassing! So what I don’t get is how anyone can actually be diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, cause it seems to me that if they made it as far as being diagnosed then the probably don’t have it.
Ok, everyone so far has pretty much missed the point. I’m actually perfectly happy most of the time to be alone, but the point is that if I DID want to get treated for "social anxiety disorder," I wouldn’t be able to because it would make me too nervous, and if I could do it then I wouldn’t have need to be treated in the first place. Get it?

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i am really excited to quit smoking, but i am skeptical about walking into the appointment and a smoker and walking out a non-smoker. If anyone has been in my shoes i would love to hear stories, good or bad, but i am mostly wondering if there is anything i should do for the next 2 days to prepare.

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I have severe anxiety that’s due to a really embarassing problem. See I started having digestive issues (mainly chronic constipation) 7 years ago. Also, seven years ago during the same time I started having the chronic constipation, I was told by co-workers, family, a few friends and even complete strangers that I have a foul body odor. I have tried everything I know possible to try and get rid of both the chronic constipation and the foul body odor, but nothing I’ve tried has helped so that’s why I made a doctor’s appointment. Like I said it is tommorow morning and I’m starting to feel like I want to cancel it because I have really severe anxiety and it’s due to the uncontrollable body odor. When I was working I had a really rude co-worker make a nasty statement about me (the foul odor) and since then I’ve had the severe anxiety. This co-workers exact words to me were "Well at least I don’t smell like butt!" She said this in front of everyone at work. How can I lessen my anxiety?

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I have an appointment with a psychiatrist tomorrow and I know that he may recommend zoloft for the treatment of my anxiety because it is supposedly the safest to use while breastfeeding. I am still Anxious about it because I dont want to harm my baby in any way. Does anyone have experience with this?

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I am positive that I have anxiety disorder. Will he prescribe them to me or send me to a shrink or what? I have looked into Klonopin and it looks like it would work well for me. But I don’t want to show up for my appointment and have the doctor think I am a regular 21 year old male looking for drugs.

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I was diagnosed with panic disorder a few years ago. I started out on Effexor XR. While it was excellent in keeping the anxiety and panic attacks at bay, the side effects were unbearable. My doctor switched me over to Lexapro, which worked at first, but now does nothing for me. I even started taking 20 mg as opposed to the 10 mg I was prescribed. I have an appointment with my doctor next week and I wanted to get a general idea of the best medications out there.

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For the past year I’ve been having what I think are panic attacks. At first I ignored them since they rarely happened, but now I’m getting them more often. I have a doctors appointment soon, and I am going to mention this.

I get really nervous and almost paranoid. I feel shaky, even though I’m not really shaking. My heart beats super fast, and when I breath it feels almost like I’m not breathing enough and I have to take extra deep breaths. Does this sound like a panic attack? If so how’s this treated?

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I experience many of the symptoms of both General Anxiety Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder. Which meds are good for combatting this combination?

I have an appointment to speak with a psychiatrist on Wednesday. What do you think he’ll prescribe?

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ive been suffering from anxiety and panic attacks for a little over a year now. i also have Irritable bowel syndrome and a sluggish gallbladder.
long story short, ive pretty much become house bound most of the time…i only go places that i absolutely MUST or if they are really close to my house. everytime i have an appointment or i know that i have to be somewhere, i cant sleep during the night i toss n turn, and i get really stressed. my stress will trigger an ibs attack(diarrhea, nausea, etc.) and then that will cause me to get a panic attack(nausea, suffocating feeling, heart beats way too fast, generalized weakness and dizzyness) bcuz im scared that im gonna feel extremly sick wen im out. i dont take anti-anxiety medications cuz ive tried it n it did more harm then help…(im very sensitive to medication)
i am currently doing counselling but so far it hasnt helped too much (mind you ive only had 2 sessions so far.)
my question is does anyone else get this? and if so what do u do so that u dont get anxiety attacks all the time…or is there anything u wud recommend.?? plz help me, ur answers are appreciated. Thx
btw im only 20.
oh yea…n it got soo bad with my ibs n anxiety that i ended up having to drop out of my 2nd yr of college cuz i was ALWAYS sick.

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I am getting physical therapy for my knees/hips and my first appointment was today. I have to go twice a week. Does anyone have a rough estimate of how many weeks I will be doing physical therapy for? Thanks!

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i’ve tried everything to get hypnotized online but none of it works. I can’t make an appointment cuz im under 18 and there is no shows coming up that i an go to heeeeeeelp!!!!

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I’m going to get some cavities filled in 2 weeks. Because of my SEVERE fear of the dentist and needles, they prescribed 20mg of Valium one hour before the appointment. I’ve never taken it before. How well does it work to ease anxiety? And does it really have an effect on your pain tolerance like I’ve read? Anyone have any experience with it being used in this capacity?

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My brother very obviously has social anxiety disorder but my mom refuses to take him to a psychologist, although I seriously insist on doing so. She’s quite adamant. He doesn’t have a school counselor that can help him, so is there anything we can do? He’s 13, I’m 16, and I can’t drive yet, but is there anything else I can do? Are there any books I can help him? His social anxiety seems to be ruining his life.
How can I speak to a doctor–I haven’t any money. I thought you had to pay for a doctor’s appointment. If I’m wrong, well excuse me. lol.

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