Anxiety, It's Highs And Lows...

What's this supposed to mean? Her symptoms are clearly those of anxiety.

I have both anxiety disorder and Clinical depression. but in years of this disorder, a lot of psychology study, reading, and course work, I have learned how to both control it and see the warning signes before it happens. There is always a warning sign. I have been on more medications out there than the average person with these disorders and none have helped me the way i needed. I have pushed myself forward, finding ways to get around my 'disability' I can't handle public, no more than 2 or 3 at a time, and i still can't handle seeing certain people in my life, or going into certain situations that trigger my memories, but i know that when i start feeling something that says your going to panic right away, i get out. There was one day not long ago that i didn't... That cost me a few days. I confronted someone that was a big part of this disorder for me, I was sitting in a chair that was pretty sturdy when i did it and i ended up breaking it in the process. Yes, it can be horrible for me at times, when i'm intent on doing something to help myself, but i can definately say that i have got the best hold on it i can. And that i can see the warning signes of it before it happens full force. Many people see the warning signes but think that they're already in the anxiety attack more than they can handle. If you just get out, within a few minutes the attack can get better... And people out there who have lost friends or jobs because of this, so have i, and i'm sure everyone else who has this disorder... But really, were these friends and jobs worth your stress and anxiety? These disorders take days and years out of peoples lives, but if you can learn how to cope, and the proper techniques to get yourself through, you can really make a difference in your own life.

Yeah i know what you mean. See though, his was more severe than the average anxiety disorder... Most people have it to a smaller degree, and in some cases like his it can get so bad that it messes everything up, now that he's getting the proper treatment, He can over come it... But with people that have it to a lesser degree, or anxiety that is associated with something, like depression, it's easier to control. One of the major problems is that people don't know what they have, they get scared because they don't know what is going on in their lives and start to fall, because they don't know where to start...

Your right, it does have deeper causes, and you just have to learn to find what they are by how each situation causes you to react. It can also cause several health conditions otherwise, which is something that it has done to me. Thankfully, as soon as i went off the meds for it, I began to get better, Thank god that there's places you can go to learn about your illnesses. Thanx.

My type of Anxiety is Social Anxeity and I have noticed that when I first told people about it after being diagnosed most people just assumed it was just nerves. But anyone that has gone through it knows its much more. I have been helped greatly by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and would recomend it for someone looking for help. The "Midwest Center for Stress and Anxiety" has some resources that got me through some tough times aswell.