i couldn't really find a support group in
my area, so I decided to give the online
support group a try. This also works for
me because i'm a bit nervous to try group
therapy irl yet.
Anyway, to tell you a bit about myself, my
name is cian, i'm a 21-year-old male, I
live in st. Louis and I suffer from a mix
of anxiety and depression, which is caused
by issues with my parents, my former
fiancee, school, and reality in general.
I'm currently seeing a therapist, and I
think this will help to supplement things
nicely.
One thing that I have found is really
helping me thus far with my anxiety, as
well as other things, that my therapist
pointed out to me is a technique called
transformational imagery. For those
looking for something to help you out
there, you might want to give this a try:
[link removed]
so, there you go, I hope this adds as a
nice contribution for my first post. I
haven't had a chance to read much posting
yet, but i'll be back soon, and will
hopefully be able to give a bit better
dialogue.
Take care!
Cian
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Patrick B. Asay
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 138 Location: Pocatello, ID
Hi cian,
this is exactly what I am hoping for
too. I am 38 with 2 kids, just seperated
from my husband in july. He couldn't
handle the fact that I am struggling with
depression and now my Dr. Thinks anxiety
too! I am on meds for both, but neither
one seems to be working. I am hoping to
start up some good helpful chats with
other people at this site. I am kind of
new to this, as I have never really
chatted on the computer, but I am hoping
it will help.
I love my kids so much and am trying so
hard to make this time as easy as possible
for them, but it is so so hard for me,
that I don't think I am succeeding very
well.
I hope that you find some help on this
chat .
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STLSingleMomma
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 30 Location: St. Louis, MO
Hi From St. Louis Posted: 10-03-03 11:50am
I'm also in st. Louis....
Welcome to ehealth, i'm new here too...
Been here a week and it's amazing the kind
of advice and help you can find on
here...
Good luck!
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gg
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Oct 2003 Posts: 2 Location: charlotte
Help Me Today On My Anxity to Medicine Posted: 10-06-03 11:06am
I am giong to the densist today and I am
so scared I have a anxity toward medicine.
I ma scared it might do something to me .
Help
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Eloise
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 21 Location: Georgia
"i Feel What You're Feeling" Posted: 10-09-03 14:24pm
Hi cian, i'm eloise & i'm going
through a lot as far as panic/anxiety
attacks. I had 2 major attacks thur &
fri. I've heard of people going through
this, but I didn't know how scary it was
until I had one. I have so many other
problems to. I pray to god all the time
& my belief in him will help me out a
lot. I have better days & bad days, I
haven't had a good day in a very long
time. I think a lot of my problems come
from things that happened to me in the
past. It's good that you know that you
have this problem. I also have migraines
which are very excrutiating. I visit the
er frequently, some of them know me fairly
well. If I had, had help when I was your
age, I probably wouldn't be suffering like
this, & then again who knows. I've
been feeling really bad for years since
cerebral brain surgery to clip 2 very
large aneurysms. I just found out that I
have 2 small ones. On top of all that I
have 12 other symptoms. I've been seeing
all kinds of doctors, but when I was
referred to a psychiatrist, I started
feeling better, enough where I wasn't
bedbound. We talked a lot, but I think it
was the pills that she prescribed. Elavil
& she upped my dose of zoloft. If you
are still having problems, don't wait to
long to get yourself checked. My mom just
called me, have to go, sorry. Bye,bye
& good luck
