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#1
Jan 09, 2009, 03:40 PM
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Im new here... i just wanted to try and get some information from people that maybe could be going through some of the same things. I think maybe i need anxiety medication but im not sure... i mean im almost positive i do but im kinda embarassed to ask a doctor.. and there are so many people a out there that abuse medications like that i dont want them to think things like that.. but then again im sure they could tell if i really do or not. Here is the situation. Ive always been taught to just suck it up and lately life has just been too stressful i cant take sucking it up anymore. My father passed late 2008 right after my grandma .. ive never had anyone close to me die and they both died the same month. Ive always just sucked things up until i about want to burst i just feel like there is no outlet... ive been going through these ups and downs for a while(about 8 years) i try real hard not to let them effect my surroundings too much but its getting harder and harder to hide. Im getting to where i get so upset over the smallest things. Its getting bad ive tried to try herbal things but they just dont help. I dont know if this has to do with anything but i supposedly talk very loudly in my sleep all the time. i sleep walk. and latly its just been like ill wake myself up all tensed up. It usually get much worse about a week and a half before my period starts. I always thought it was just a teenager thing but im a bit older now and its still here. I know my sister has anxiety problems... but our family is like if you tell one person everyone knows so i dont want to talk to her about it. if anyone could tell me what they think and how i go abdout maybe talking to a doc please give me your thoughts!
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#2
Jan 09, 2009, 09:42 PM
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hi ally and welcome to pc
 . i'm glad you found us! so sorry you lost your grandmother and dad this past year. those are significant losses for anyone to have to endure.i'm not a doc but i think you have some real things going on in your life that could benefit from looking into. perhaps you could go to your regular doc first and tell him what you are experiencing. mention all the things you told us here. the sleep walking and talking in your sleep may be a result of stress. i talk in my sleep when i am under stress and my son is a sleepwalker. when he was in iraq i worried a lot since he was already in harm's way. as for the ups and downs they may be from a form of depression or mood swings. the more you try to hold this stuff in tho the more it will intensify. you need an outlet...a person to talk to. your writing about these things here also may help cause you're geting things out. having said that, i do think you might want to seek help-a school counselor, a doctor, a psychologist...since you don't wish to talk to family about this. you didn't state your situation about insurance or whatever but i hope these suggestions may give you some validation of your feelings and possible soltutions you can look into. hope you will keep us posted on what you decide to do. meanwhile keep talking about these things to people you trust to give you emotional support. we are always here for you too. 
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Jan 10, 2009, 01:43 PM
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Hello ally, welcome to psych central. I really think that you should talk to your doctor maybe they can recommend a therapist and someone that is trained to handle psych meds. I was very concerned that my dr would consider me a druggie or something but I was very careful when I approached them explaining that I wanted to try something that was the least habit forming, I even explained how I had been addicted to pain pills in the past, I was prescribed the meds but because I needed them so long I formed an addiction. Just try to be honest about your concerns and explain your situation in great detail, I hope that you will find the help that you need.
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Jan 10, 2009, 03:34 PM
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Hi Ally, welcome and sorry about your losses. Being taught to just suck it up isn't healthy. I would suggest therapy so that you can unlearn this and learn how to deal with your feelings in a healthy way. You probably have a backlog of feelings to deal with, especially your grief.....
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Jan 10, 2009, 08:00 PM
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Years ago I tried treating depression myself vitamins and such. It wasn't working so I eventually went to my family Dr. cause I couldn't stand it anymore. He treated me at first and then sent me on to more specialized care. There are anxiety drugs that are not habit forming and they do work. Try not to worry about being judged by the Dr. There are alot more people out there hurting than you probably realize!
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Jan 12, 2009, 08:16 AM
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thanks guys well one of my coworkers is on the way to pic me up for work ... my inspection sticker was out on my vehicle by one month and my apartment put a tow sticker on it.. well i called and was like how am i suppose to get my car inspected on a sunday and they said they would give me until tonight.. well my car is not here so i guess they lied.. just a little more crap to screw with my life.. i thought i was going to hyperventilate in the shower.. i feel like i just want to jump right out of my skin .. why does everything seem to happen to me .. to answer the persons question about insurance i do have that...
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Jan 12, 2009, 12:01 PM
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Jan 12, 2009, 04:22 PM
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i know things happen like that to everyone... and sometimes i could tell myself okay well there is not anything i can do about this its already done... and thats seriously how i want to feel. I dont want to be one of those people that gets upset over everything or cant keep myself together.. ive never been that person. And its really freaking me out that i feel this .. i guess "wound up". But seriously im like a magnet for this stuff .... new year comes along and im like okay... this is going to be so much better than last year .. last year started out with a miscarrage, my fiance and i split, two deaths. This year has to be better... um so far i have found out im serverly allergic to shellfish, and my little brother got jumped by six guys and was put in the hospital, and now my car. not to mention since i am the person that usually can hold everything together everyone with comes to me with thier problems. i really just need to go to the doctor i cant wait for my insurance card to come in. i may just see if i can get a paper faxed to me. this is starting to get too bad i cant focus.
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Jan 13, 2009, 08:55 AM
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Quote:
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Don't let your problems or the world make you feel small. Stretch your arms out over your head. Take a deep breathe. Tell yourself that you are big. You are big, not small. You always have space, you are not trapped........ I'm an ISFJ |
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Jan 13, 2009, 06:01 PM
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you can go online and print out your insurance card.
as for how you are perceiving things this saying works for me.... "yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery...we only have today." 
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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand |
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