Living With Anxiety
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (167103)
Boise, Idaho
April 30, 2018 9:17pm CST
Out of the five forms of anxiety that about 18% of Americans suffer from I probably suffer from three of them. There is generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and PTSD. I have the social anxiety, panic and PTSD.
One negative thought can be so paralysing. These feelings of anxiousness can lead to some very intense physical symptoms. I have gotten so bad I have rashes and shake, can't talk or form words. Then the nausea and headaches start. It is horrible to feel this way.
I was lucky to go to a experienced psychiatrist back in the early 90's who, after interviewing me for less than ten minutes, reccomended and prescribed a anxiety medication known as Remoron(Mirtazapine) and I have been taking it now for nearly twenty years.
Some may not believe in medications. I didn't in the beginning. But, when you find the right medication, and it works for you and your life is liveable again it really makes it all worth while.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
1 May 18
I have the PTSD anxiety. If I get too worried about my symptoms reemerging from my accident, I start setting them off myself. It usually takes a trigger, but it certainly happens and then is perpetuated.
Currently, I have upped my consumption of Magnesium, and that is calming me down.
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@celticeagle (167103)
• Boise, Idaho
1 May 18
That's good. A healthy diet probably helps.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
1 May 18
@celticeagle Yes, I was reading that healthy levels of Magnesium helps calm anxiety, and I was barely getting any in my diet at the time.
Also, my anxiety really made my allergies worse this season. I have been relying on congestion medicine and Benadryl.
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@celticeagle (167103)
• Boise, Idaho
1 May 18
@OneOfMany .....I know that magnesium helps sleep issues. I take it for that at times.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
1 May 18
I know what you mean. I've been taking my anxiety meds for 5 years. Life is so much better. 
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@celticeagle (167103)
• Boise, Idaho
1 May 18
Isn't it though? Finding the right meds is so nice.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
1 May 18
@dya80dya absolutely. I also meditate and that helps greatly.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50291)
• United States
1 May 18
What a blessing that the medication helps
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@Courtlynn (67083)
• United States
1 May 18
Anxiety in any form is certainly no fun. 
Glad you found a medicine that works for you.. You're lucky.
Glad you found a medicine that works for you.. You're lucky.2 people like this
@celticeagle (167103)
• Boise, Idaho
2 May 18
@Courtlynn ......Yes. Had it done about three years ago.
@celticeagle (167103)
• Boise, Idaho
1 May 18
I do feel lucky. I even did the DNA testing and couldn't find one that the side effects were something I could stand. Luckily my last stay in the hospital I was put on a couple of new ones that help alot.
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@Courtlynn (67083)
• United States
1 May 18
@celticeagle wait.. you can do dna testing to see which meds will work for you?
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@celticeagle (167103)
• Boise, Idaho
8 May 18
Finding the right ones is the trick.
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@vandana7 (100303)
• India
1 May 18
You all have those doctors, and are not looked down for approaching them. I am not confident that everything about me is right all the time. Sometimes I feel elated, sometimes lethargic. I do suffer with panic attacks, on small scale. Social anxiety to an extreme level. I do not like mixing with people. But I have so far survived. Yeah..perhaps it could have been better. Don't know.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
2 May 18
glad the meds are helping the ease your distress
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@dgobucks226 (35625)
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2 May 18
That is really wonderful you found a medication to control your anxiety. One source I found says there are 6.8 million sufferers of general anxiety disorder. That's astonishing 
