Can Someone Help Me??

Hi ajames, I will ask my group leader if he knows how to find a good cbt therapist in houston. I'm going away for easter and won't see him until next week though. I hope someone else here can step in and help you find someone before I get back! Have a happy easter

Haley thank you for your help. I hope your group leader knows of a cbt group here in houston. Sure do need to get in to one so I can start to feel better again. I am just wore down with anxiety and tired all the time.
Hope everybody with anxiety gets to feeling better soon and happy easter to you all.

ajames

Hi haley and q have either one of you had any luck asking about a cbt group here in houston get this my anixety was so bad yesterday that I went to a differant doctor to see what he thought (what a waste of time and money) he said their is no cure for anxiety and that I would have to keep taking drugs for it. And he says he knows all about anxiety. To me he only knows how to take your money and do nothing to help. Does anybody drink decafe coffee and get anxiety from it I know even decafe contains a little bit of caffine but can is cause anxiety

ajames

Hello ajames. I too am having difficulty finding a cbt group in my area. I am close enough to pittsburgh that I could drive there, but no one seems to know anything about cbt. Or at least, I cannot find anyone who can direct me to the right place.
Anyway, I hardly ever touch caffeine. Even before I realized I had anxiety, I didn't because I know how bad it is for you. Plus, there are infections you can get from it. Like kidney and whatnot. Anyway, now that I have anxiety, I cannot touch coffee. However, every now and then if I have one cup of decaff I will be fine. But that depends on my social surroundings and my mood and how my day was and, well, you know. Everything. I put so much sugar in coffee though that it defeats the purpose of drinking decaff. my advice on the coffee thing is if you want to try decaf and see if it affects you, then do it someday when you do not have to work and see what happens. Good luck!

Hi ajames, sorry it took so long but I was gone over easter and got back and had my group tonight and asked and my group leader just now e-mailed me a couple of names for you. He warned that he does not know these people personally but looked them up in one of his cbt associations. He said give them each a call and see if either appeals to you. He said he prefers ph.D's because they usually have had more training in cbt. I hope this helps and sorry it took so long

shirley g riff
terrap anxiety & stress center
2513 s. Gessner rd., pmb#131,
houston, tx 77063
phone:(713) 266-5111 fax:(877) 256-2890
email: s hirleyrb@cox-internet.Com
url: www.Terraphouston.Com
profile:
cognitive-behavioral therapy-six locations-licensed psychotherapists (phd's, acsw's and lpc's) treating social, territorial and generalized anxiety, panic disorder, ptsd, ocd and depression. Includes, if needed, exposure therapy. Call (281) 587-5351 to hear a recorded message.

Arlene k baker lmsw-acp
phobia & anxiety treatment center of houston
4615 post oak pl., ste. #201,
houston, tx 77027
phone:(281) 497-8113 fax:(713) 623-2972
email: aba ker-patch@prodigy.Net
url:
profile:
cognitive-behavioral treatment, including in-vivo desensitization for panic, phobias, ocd and generalized anxiety. Individuals and groups. Referral for medication if necessary. Some home visits available.

Hi ajames-
i got the name of a lady who uses cbt seperately and in conjunction with meds at the university of texas medical branch in houston. Her name is
ruth levine md and she is a psychiatrist. I generally do not like psychiatrists because they tend to focus on meds too much and it is hard to find ones who do cbt. But since she is associated with a university I think there is a good chance she will be good. She also has a research program that is you qualify for it, is usually cost free

her phone number is (409) 747-9667

hope this helps and you are doing well!

Q

Hi q
thanks for the info I will call her tomorrow. I hope she can help because the others like terrap want to much money that I can not afford. My anxiety has got so bad I wake up with panic somtimes. I think this back surgery I had the end of january has caused my anixety to get worse because I stay in constant pain all the time and all the pain meds do to me when I take them is trigger anxiety. I am so sick of these pain doctors not understanding what the drugs do to me. I am having a rough time dealing with not being able to do things and being in pain all the time and feeling like crap from the anxiety. I am a fighter but I am loosing the battle. I do belive I have sunk into depression and I am afarid to take drugs because of what they do to me. My grandmother had a hard time taking drugs and when she got sick they druged her up so much that it killed her. I am just like her I can not take drugs. I hope things will get better soon for me.

Ajames

Hi everybody that has helped me. I went to see a different doctor and he gave me a script for klonipin and said the differance between this drug and xanax is that this one stays in the system longer. Have any of you taken klonipin?? I have been on xanax for over 4 years and I have never taken more than 1 1/2 0.5 mg a day and the doctor said that I do not have a addiction problem with this drug but it would be a good idea to try the klonipin. I have been trying to get into a cbt group and now I have to put this on hold because since my back surgery I have had a lot of pain and now my doctor has taken me off my feet until I get a mri on my back.
I hope I do not need more surgery. My anxiety has not been so bad the last few days but now that I am back on pain meds my anxiety is getting bad again. I am in so much pain I have to take the risk of taking pain pills so I can sleep and get through the day. I was told that a pill called elavil 25mg is a anti depressent that will help anxiety and will also help with pain and sleep. Has anyone taken this drug for anxiety and did it work???

Thanks everybody

Just want to say thanks to everybody that has helped me and now I am saying good by to this board because I found a new one that I like better than this one and it has a lot more to help people like us all with anxiety.
Web site algy.Com/anxiety/ib/index.Php? :d :d :d :d

thanks for everything

ajames

The web site is http://algy.Com/anxiety/ib /index.Php?
Do not put www. For this website put it in just the way it is above.
I need to call that lady again because I have called and left her messages and I have not got a call back. I hope you will join this other forum because it is really great. I have not posted on it yet because their is so much to read about all different types of anxiety. I hope you can get on this site because you will see what I mean how great it is. Let me know if you got on it ok. I sure hope you are doing well with your anxiety. I am feeling better since I started doing deep relaxion. Stay intouch qt3.
Ajames

Please don't give up. I understand you going to another forum, I do understand about the pain meds, I sure hope your back is doing better!
I am sure that houston has pain management clinics you might try hypnosis, pain management clinics can help you out with that. And I do agree, psychiatrists like to put you on more medications where psychologists are better and do not use the meds.
Please keep in touch I sure hope you get better soon!
Sincerely,
sandy

Hi ajames, I hope you are doing well. Sorry I have been away for awhile and I hope you still check in here sometime. I will try that site you mentioned as well. Did you ever call the people my group leader recommended? Wishing you well and hope to see you again here

I like that other site for anxiety and what I like most about it is that they have a anxiety chat room that you can go in and talk to others with anxiety and there is allways some one to talk to. I have got to knowing a lot of people through the chat room and they have helped me a lot with my anxiety. To this day I still have not done a post because I stay in the chat room most of the time. Hope to see you there soon so we can chat. :d

ajames

Hi qt3
it is good to here from you. Hope you are doing well with your anxiety.
Try to click on this web site and you should be able to get in. It sure is nice to have someone to chat with when you are having a bad panic attack
www.Algy.Com/anxiety/ib/in dex.Php?
Come join the chat their are lots of people like us to talk to.

Ajames