Posted by SLS on May 30, 2005, at 17:06:42
In reply to Sitting here crying ..., posted by Maxime on May 30, 2005, at 16:33:40
> I just don't know what to do. I am overwhelmed and my stress level is high. I just want to feel well and not have to take tons of pills or gain weight from them. I'm tired of living like this. I am anxious about getting a job. I feel like I am going to going throw up all the time.
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> I want out of this hell. I've just had enough of everything and everyone. And there is no answer ... there isn't.
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> Maxime
Maxime, you MUST find a way to reduce your level of anxiety. Take a temporary vacation from the thoughts that plague you by doing something you enjoy or at least provides a distraction. Go for a walk. Take a nap. Read a book or magazine. Take a bubble-bath. If sufficiently distracted, your anxiety level will abate, and you will be able to think more clearly and perhaps reduce the size of the catastrophy that you feel overwhelmed by.If you have medication that can reduce anxiety temporarily, give that a try. For me, I found Zyprexa to be a good drug for my own psychiatric emergencies. I have never been in the hospital for depression or suicidality, even though I have been experiencing nothing but for years. I have found that anxiety is the killer, not the vegetative anergia of depression.
Treat the anxiety now and leave the rest for later.
- Scott
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