Posted by Janice on September 20, 1999, at 22:27:29
In reply to Re: Depression or Anxiety, posted by Sean on September 20, 1999, at 16:59:18
hi nancy,
As opposed to Sean, anxiety is the one disorder I have completely rid myself of mainly through cognitive therapy and experimenting with anti-anxiety medications. On these anti-anxiety medications I got to feel what my body would feel like without anxiety. I would go as long as i could comfortably throughout the day until the anxiety built up, and then go back to trace my thoughts and actions up to that point; trying to ascertain what exactly was making me so anxious. Was I running late, was i thinking irrational thoughts, did i have any underlying assumptions significant to what was happening, to make me feel this anxious that I could become aware of...? Anti-depressants helped also with my anxiety.
I also had tremendous childhood anxiety (I used to get up in the middle of the night at age 6 to pray to God and hide food under my bed in case my parents died). As it turns out I've had ADD my whole life. My psychiatrist said that it's not too uncommon for children with ADD to have alot of anxiety. you may want to look for any other underlying disorders you may have. It seems were all very different Nancy. I hope some of us have helped. Good luck, Janice
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