Can I ask for prayers please?

[theoldchick]

Dealing with anxiety or depression is like trying to swim upstream with leg cramps and Niagara Falls is only a few hundred yards down stream. If you are lucky you'll manage to grab a life preserver before going over the waterfall.

If you do go over the waterfall you have two choices: Sink to the bottom or swim for shore. If you elect to swim to shore. Kick with all your might. Stay focused on your goal. Kick, scream and thrash your way to where you want to go. When you reach the shore you can either kick and scramble your way to your feet, or hold your hand out for help. Don't matter how you do it, simply get on your feet. Walk forward and don't look back. If you trip in the sand, get up, and go forward.

Find the Doctor who works with you. Avoid the ones that preach to you. Make your doctor earn your trust and tell him/her exactly how you feel. You have to find the root of your problem, and you may have a physical problem causing many of your symptoms. Nothing worse than going to your doctor who simply prescribes a drug just to treat a symptom.

Once I went to a doctor to complain of leg pain from being kicked by a horse. He gave me something for pain. I went home took the drug for a few days and really didn't feel better plus I started to have respiratory problems. Went to the emergency room where they discovered I had a clot in my leg and now had a collapsed lung. A radiograph revealed I had a hairline crack in my tibia. The original doctor never radiographed my leg.

Well, I didn't go to that doctor again and notified the State Medical Board of his mistake. Doctors aren't perfect and some are overwhelmed by their job. Seeing 40 patients a day does make one cross-eyed with fatigue.

I think you'll find yoga a great help. I really enjoy the mediation part, and while I can't do the advanced poses, my instructor focuses my attention to the little things to make my body align into a simple pose. Since I have lung issues, poses that open the chest are really beneficial to me.

And that's the key to recovery: Finding what's beneficial for you and doing it. Might be yoga, might be swimming, or maybe starting a new hobby. And don't forget to breathe. Deep breaths. Slow and easy. Focus your mind and look forward.

Good luck! I'm rooting for ya!

 

[HeatherLynn]

mmm on the thyrioid question it has been checked multiple times. I am borderline but not enough for them to treat me. I have a little heart flutter that the doctor said might cause the panic also but there is no treating it unless it is much worse because of the side effects of the medications. My doctor does know I struggle with this, we just have tried to do non medication treatments because I have had such horrible reactions to the meds. She is actually less willing than I am to try meds again if there are any other options. I have been doing just simple stretches and a directed meditation cd for panic. It helps. I am back in control again at the very least. I think just circumstances tossed me over the edge. Honestly with panic I don't think I will ever win the war. I just have to take it battle by battle. My husband also took me on a mini vacation. A weekend away from the problems. My husband was great. I was eating healthy. Sleeping tons. Lots of relaxation. Lots of walks. Lots of talking. I came home pretty limp but I had some reserves again.