Tired of the way a lot of people dismiss anxiety disorders

[Charon]

I am sorry, bidule. Just imagine that doctor going thru a full blown panic attack and thinking he is dying or he cannot leave his house or such. I bet he readies valium mighty quickly for himself.

Hope you are feeling better now.

It hurts us so when we are not believed. I read that so often.

Hang in there. A little kindness helps so much for many of us.

[SellStar]

Hello all,

I was diagnosed with a sleep disorder, hypersomnia, daytime sleepyness, not as bad as narcolepsy. Hpwever, they prescribe a adderol or provig, during the day, but side effect of hypersomnia is anxiety.

It is tricky because you can get sleepy but habe anxiety. So they prescribe xanax because all other non on demand meds can caiuse sleepyness during day. I feel for you, anxiety os no joke, so many doctors so quock to not prescribe it.

I hope it works out for you, best of luck....

[Batgirl]

So sorry, Freedom. Probably doesn't apply to many folks here, but one mental illness taken very seriously these days is postpartum depression/anxiety/psychosis. We got lots of education about the warning signs and every time I call the nurse advice line with questions about myself or baby, I am asked if I am experiencing symptoms.

[Bidule]

Thanks Charon !
Yes i am feeling better now. Or different ? 

It happened two years ago. I still have trouble with my moods and my stress.

I was diagnosed with borderline personality problem, dysthemie, anxiety and I forget the other 2. I started to work for a month. I'm still waiting for a group with borderline personality disorder.

But now I'm surrounded by people who understand the situation.
Married life is not easy, however. My boyfriend found it difficult when I have panic attacks or depression period.

[Charon]

i remember the disability psychiatrist saying i had the worst case of PTSD that she had ever seen outside of combat. but, sometimes one's childhood and one's marriage is a war zone. No disrespect to our heroes whom have served in combat. Please believe me.

And, been diagnosed with being a depressive since a teen. I never told my freudian analyst about the abuse i endured as a child. I never spoke of it whilst my parents were alive.

So, oh hell yes i may have periods of depression. Such as I am having now. Or, I can have the panic attacks.

But, I have found men get so angry with me. Not sure why. Being Gaelic, I rarely let on that I am depressed.

Go figure. I am glad you found people around now whom do understand. Cuz, it does not help a person with depression or panic attacks to have an angry male ranting at her. Sure, that will calm a woman down. LOL.

Nice to meet you, btw. You know what i was diagnosed with? After two years of freudian analysis by a big shot in NYC? He claims I am a Catholic prude. I sincerely doubt any of the men i galavanted around with in my younger days would agree. And, I put others ahead of myself.

Yeah, so what? I was to be a nun at first. So, how is caring about the welfare of others so wrong? Stupid famous psych, when I noticed he kept watching the clock he had hidden in the plants next to me, screamed at me: you are a bitch. no wonder men hit you.

To cure me of being an alleged catholic prude, he wanted me to take money for sex. Had I told my medical doctor sister whom was quite well known herself, she would have torn him to pieces with her bare hands. He felt I would feel better if i paid for my own therapy. With money from the oldest profession. Gads.

He also heard a faint piano playing floors away. On Central Park South or West. Big place. And, he freaked out.

He also tried to convince me that the new movie, way back then, had hope lange playing with godzilla or some large monkey. I told him, Ah, no, its jessica lange.

For ten minutes he yelled at me. How embarrassed I shall be when I learn he is correct. It was my last chance to admit i was wrong...which of course i did not.

So, the good ole Doctor jumps up and runs to his volumes on movies. Checks out the newest Blonde with a gorilla movie. It must have stated Jessica Lange as the actress. Hope Lange would have been 90 yrs old. Then, he closed the book. Sat down. Never said I was correct.

So, I did want to be a psychiatrist after I gave up thinking of the convent. But, when my older sister began medical school, she vivisected a baby pig and i became a doctor of law.

But, I cannot take too many psychiatrists seriously. He was obviously nutz. And, when I said, our analysis is done, he said to me: but, i will give u more and more anti depressants to try. Swell. They clouded my thinking and i was in school.

So, glad ur team is far better than mine was.

[Bidule]

Hello Charon !
Sorry i have trouble understanding this long text lol

What i understand is you had a crazy psy ?

I have a chance to find a great community organization who works with persones reached mental illness. There are many cultural free activities open to all. This is where I met my new friend who also has had problems too. We understand each other.
My old boyfriend does not understand this disease. He tried but I gave him a hard time. At the end it was very violent between us.

[Charon]

i did indeed. i just needed to be whom i was meant to be.

i would not say u gave ur old boyfriend a hard time. don't take the blame because he was violent. he had a problem.

everyone does.

i am glad u r away from the mean one. and that u have a man who understands you. awesome.

[Mystical]

I've tip-toed around the entire mental health area because it would be a DQ for my job...It's a shame they would rather have people in the closet with mental health issues versus getting people treatment. Just because I suffer from anxiety doesn't make me any less able to do my job. I pray for a day of acceptance across the spectrum. Sadly, I don't see our cohorts understanding us, but hopefully we will have better protection provided for us. Just know that there are those of us who get what you're going through, and respect and appreciate you.

[CryptsOfEternity]

OP, I know it's not the music thread, but check out those lyrics (they're short, it's 80's hardcore punk, but the smart kind)

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BAD RELIGION
"Anxiety"
1989

It's a love song to the self, a story recapped every day,
It's a world of bogus feelings and a world of slow decay,
It's a world of laughter hidden by this world of fear and torment,
It's a game of strange compulsion, our visceral convulsion:
Anxiety for love of life, anxiety for pain,
Anxiety, a feeling that you know you can't contain.
Anxiety destroys us but it drives the common man.
Foundation of society, anxiety. Suppress it if you can.
The caste of coffee achievers didn't perform like they planned.
The morning rush hour traffic is our play of false elan.
So run around your frantic track and lay you down to sleep;
Tomorrow's the redemption, we strive for that exception.
Anxiety for love of life, anxiety for pain,
Anxiety, a fear that you have nothing more to gain.
Anxiety destroys us but it drives the common man.
Foundation of society, anxiety. Suppress it if you can.
What are we angry for?
We all need a common cure.
That common goal for which you strive:
To have more than the other (have more than the other) guy.
The quest for truth, the quest for gold, yeah, we end up all the same
The common lie, the righteous cry, we end up all the same.
The angry crowd, those lost and found, everybody's all the same.
The poet's pen, these words I lend, we all bend to
Anxiety for love of life, anxiety for pain,
Anxiety, a feeling that you know you can't contain.
Anxiety destroys us but it drives the common man.
Foundation of society, anxiety.
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The average person is victim of trauma that translates into panic, mood and anxiety disorders, it's a reflection of society that they don't know it and some people ridicule others for having to take benzos and antidepressants. Doctors don't mind antidepressants and think everyone should take them, but my serotonin system is very fragile doctors, I did tell you I had LSD before, although I said it was maybe 10-15 times in my lifetime, I lied, it was 200-250 times, and no, those serotonin drugs will not work with my unlocked brain, anyway as far as 5HT-xx receptors are concerned. Pay no mind to regular people who give you snide or misinformed comments about your medication intake. The best you can do is say (even if bought online, put it in a pharmacy bottle), that your doctor who prescribed it and ask them if they think your doctor is an idiot. Or even better, ask them if they consider their doctor idiots, lots of chances they don't even have a GP themselves, which is always the fault of the person

I don't even know how I'd react to ondansetron, which is apparently the best nausea medication (well equal to) Cesamet, but since Cesamet is a "narcotic" CII in the US, it's only cancer patients who also have no appetite from chemo on top of the nausea who are prescribed Cesamet (Marinol is ignored....I mean it's like eating 2 grams of hash oil...too intense for many people). Here it's Schedule IV, which means it's barely controlled, it's a step up from the things we can just ask the pharmacist for them to prescribe something to you, which is Annex II, which is under 4, because Schedule 5-6-7 are just different quantities of marijuana or what form it is when caught with it without a prescription, 5 is harsher because if you got just 20 grams, 5 for personal use and 15 bags of 1 gram, you're in trouble. While if you got 30g and less in one bag, that Schedule 7 and cops don't bother with that, unless you're being overly public with it like in US states where it is totally legal. Did some states add themselves to the list on that day that will live in infamy earlier this week? I know that there was Colorado and Washington state, which is connected to BC in Canada so all that border that's just woods, Washington must be inundated with Canadian weed, which is Netherlands/California class for those who didn't know here (I bet not many). Then Oregon, Alaska and D.C. legalized it. Now I don't even know what states had it on the ballot, but it was 5, I hope they all were successful ballot initiatives. One of the rare things I wish we had when going to vote, it makes it more worth it if you got a referendum for your state (and here it would be province, province rights(responsibilities) are way higher than American States.

Canada is a Confederation, not a Federation, that's why, Lybia worked that way before it was blown to smithereens for no real good reason leaving the place a mess because Gaddafi made all tribes, arab, berber, or black happy by sharing oil revenues equally between them. Of course Canada when under a Conservative government sold our national oil company Petro-Canada and it became a private company. Still have the gas stations, but we're an oil producing country and the ones getting ripped off the most, we don't have enough refineries here so we pump our oil, send most of it to the US, not all, but a lot, and then we get it sold back at the pump for more. Of course the oil taxes are like 84% of the price but no one's in the right here.

[nickolyko]

Freedom 240 I had the same problems as you in the past.  But for now I fell well and ress from stress and anxiety and I also dont mind other people reminding it to me. It is geeting on my nerves sometimes but I get over it in a minute and keep going since I have to face serious health problems . Pills help a lot but friends help more that we can imagine. I can imagine that serotonin is a scammer fooling us playing the game of anxiety and depression . But it is the environment and social relations that must be worked out if we want to be free and escape from our nightmares. Hope you fell better when you read this , keep the faith and have peace.