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Q: Anxiety

asked by: songoku350 on July 29th, 2006

New User

Im 21 years old for the past few months ive been lazier than usual skipping class in late may I started developing constipation that would alternate with diarheea I went to the doctor and I was given a fetal occult blood test and an abdominal x-ray with blood and urine tests everything was normal all of a sudden I started getting this weird head feeling that made me go to the hospital

-blood tests
-mri
-ekg

all normal...

From there I was told it was gad

ive been having this horrible tense feeling with sometimes panic attacks really bad shoulder twitching im scared on edge fearing im going to die from stomach cancer (grandfather) or something else I will go into a gaze im more irritable and ill just walk around akeyed up and lets not forget the loss of sleep

i got loss for words or concentration

2 weeks ago I had funny stomach feelings so I went to the hospital I was given the following tests

-tube in my nose to drain things out of stomach (blood etc)
-chest, abdominal x-ray
-urine tests
-blood tests
-fetal occult blood tests

all normal again

i want to believe its anxiety I really do but im stressing I can never relax I feel like im going to die and its destroying me

please what do I do

Replies(14)

johnR

replied on August 1st, 2006

Experienced User

I think you are smart to rule out any physical causes but it does sound like anxiety may be your problem here. It sounds like the way you are thinking or processing your thoughts is what is causing your panic about your various symptoms. I have always struggled with my thoughts but now that I have leanred to use the tea form to counter them in my cbt group I am feeling so much better. You should try and join a cbt group and learn how to counter your thoughts. The tea form exercise is the exercise that has helped me the most but I do all the ones in the book called been there,done that? Do this! By sam obitz that we are used in our group. It's a simple book with lots of common sense and I recommend it also. I just finished my group and can't believe how much it has changed me so far and hopefully for forever. Good luck to you.

songoku350

replied on August 1st, 2006

New User

Also

I have teeth grinding and im real figity something ive never never done before in my life and digestive problems

this really sucks

abbas936

replied on August 2nd, 2006

New User

Meditation Can Help Tremendously

Many studies have shown that meditation 10 - 15 minutes a day can help reduce stress and anxiety enormously.

The most studied technique in meditation(and the most famous) is actually trancendental meditation which you can view at http://www.Tm.Org

but you don't have to do traditional meditation alone, check out this link http://www.Learningmeditation.Com/relax.Ht m for a different way to spend time in "meditation".

If you want to learn how meditation has helped many overcome health problems(including digestive problems) and other research check out
http://www.Tm.Org/inthenews/index.Html

abbas
http://www.Instantstressmanagement.Com

johnR

replied on August 2nd, 2006

Experienced User

Re: Also

songoku350 wrote:

i have teeth grinding and im real figity something ive never never done before in my life and digestive problems

this really sucks

song- in my experience with anxiety I am learning that you need to treat the root causes of the anxiety (your misguided ways of thinking and processing things including your symptoms) and not the symptoms themselves. Otherwise you will end up in a vicious cycle of more and more symptoms and anxiety. Both cbt and meditation beat the heck out of worrying about and having doctors treat all the symptoms. Only you can take the steps necessary to help you. Good luck.

trying_to_cope

replied on August 7th, 2006

New User

Two Things, Brother

Exercise, cbt and cook chicken and veggies in a wok. Constipation will be gone, the aerobic exercise will cleanse your body, and the cbt/tea forms (like in the obitz book) will cleanse your psyche.

johnR

replied on August 11th, 2006

Experienced User

Any progress song? I'm thinking about you :d

trying_to_cope

replied on August 31st, 2006

New User

Did Song Ever Post Anywhere Here With Progress Report?

I'm curious too how things are going...

johnR

replied on September 12th, 2006

Experienced User

Re: Did Song Ever Post Anywhere Here With Progress Report?

trying_to_cope wrote:

i'm curious too how things are going...

at this point I think song is not coming back here :(

cece7

replied on February 17th, 2007

Experienced User

That's too bad if he never came back because that was really good advice. You sound similar to my cogntive training therapist and we used the tea form and that book in my group also. I use the tea forms all the time to keep my anxiety from flaring up again.

johnR

replied on March 9th, 2007

Experienced User

Hi Cece and welcome on board here. Thanks for the compliment and let me return the favor by saying it's always good to have other fans of cbt and the tea form here trying to help share what worked for them with other people who are not as far along in their road to recovery.

cece7

replied on April 5th, 2007

Experienced User

Thanks john. I try and share what with others what is helping me and thus far the tea forms have helped me more than anything else I have tried.

johnR

replied on April 13th, 2007

Experienced User

Me too cece, keep working at the tea forms and you will continue to make even greater progress if your experience is anything like mine with them.

cece7

replied on April 23rd, 2007

Experienced User

Thanks johnr.

cece7

replied on May 20th, 2007

Experienced User

hi johnr I wanted to let you know your advice is helping me make even further progress and I have been able to conquer more of my fears thanks to sticking with my tea forms. Thanks for the advice Laughing

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