hello everyone, hope you guys are well. as for me id say so so? moms out of the hospital after 8 days, she was diagnosed with congestive heart failier.i think its tougher on me than her, i have laid in the bed at night and thought of the complete worst!! what ifs and whens and whys, i worry when the phone rings, i hate to go out of town ect.. im just afraid. id have to admit i was doing better "not great" untill she called me needing to go to the ER, since then im back in my old shoes again feeling sick, anxious, exhausted the whole 9 yards. i have gave myself credit for the weeks past. its hard to beleive stress can lead to anxiety and make a person feel physically sick. ive got to get back to feeling good once more. its like a rollercoaster up and down all the time. oh well so much for me how about you guys hows it been

WOW I feel the same way I'm 29 with a husband three kids I feel there is something wrong with me too been to the Doctor's more times than I can count!they think it is anxity depression because of all the times I have seen them!Have you gotten any testing done?I feel like the Doctor's just want to give you a pill and call it a day the dont research how we feel!!1 We know our Body's something is wrong and they wont listen they guess this make's me so mad.I dont play with my kids as much my Husband and I fight all the time because he is tired of hearing I always feel sick!This starting about 7 months ago for me never thought in a million years I would be like this I just want my life back the person I was I dont sleep much at all Do You?Do you feel like you are going to die because they haven't found out what is wrong with you?I do please wright me back :wave: Thanks Jen
Hi Jen, I can relate to the way that you feel concerning depression, because I had it for 25yrs along with anxiety. That is a terrible way to live. I had to come to the place to realize that nothing that I had tried to be free from depression, had worked. Everything I tried, (including drowning myself in alcohol) just did not help at all. I just ran out of things to do. Bankrupt of ideas...

I finally gave up and turned to God. I gave my life to Jesus along with all of the mess that I had created because of my sin. I asked Him to forgive me of that sin and He did. On my knees in my livingroom, praying with a preacher on TV, I recieved Jesus as my Savior. My life has totally changed since that day. Depression and anxiety come from worry. Living by Faith toward God, has totally separated me from depression. As my Faith grows in Him, my worry about even the most pressing things is less and less. Now God has givin me peace and joy in my life, in place of sorrow and fear.

It all starts with "give it up, and give it to God".... Jesus has,.. no Jesus is the answer to all of your problems. It all can happen for you too, if you are willing to just believe and trust in Jesus by giving your life over to Him.

Anyone can contact me anytime at REMOVED. ..... Thanks!!






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:angel: thanks randall p. i saved this post in my favorites and began using it today.

Hyper, i lost you along the way, I thought this thread was closed/ anyhow, you know its just the up's and downs.And you have been up and can get back there again.I am still up, I did my first tour of the country, albeit as passenger and had one hint at that old agorophobia trying to slip back in my brain. and it worked, i said to myself cut it out, you are fine, this is great ( dont think about being12 hours from home !!) which of course I aleady had, took some breathes,and a valium, looked out at veiws, put on the CD player, and talked about anything and everything , and the panic went. PHEW .
I had no anxiety at the concert, 15,000 in the stadium, alright I did have a couple of wines and beers, but I was rocking!!
keep up the here, now thoughts.
Ruby

Jen
Try to play with the kids, the more you can take your mind of the problems you will actually go one day hell I've been an hour with no anxiety syptoms,t if you can train your mind to only think in a positive way, eventually that is the only way it can think.
IT takes a long time and hard thought changing ideas, but the outcome is so much better than living with this hideous disease, for the rest of your life.
can I ask if you have had tests done to rule out any physical symptoms.?
I was so bad years ago,wouldnt leave the house, now I am out and about all thru changing what I was telling myself.
Ruby

Hyper, i lost you along the way, I thought this thread was closed/ anyhow, you know its just the up's and downs.And you have been up and can get back there again.I am still up, I did my first tour of the country, albeit as passenger and had one hint at that old agorophobia trying to slip back in my brain. and it worked, i said to myself cut it out, you are fine, this is great ( dont think about being12 hours from home !!) which of course I aleady had, took some breathes,and a valium, looked out at veiws, put on the CD player, and talked about anything and everything , and the panic went. PHEW .
I had no anxiety at the concert, 15,000 in the stadium, alright I did have a couple of wines and beers, but I was rocking!!
keep up the here, now thoughts.
Ruby
hi ruby,good to hear from ya, its been a rough 10 days been out of work, dr's were trying to find out if i have lupus, had some test done 50/50 chance of that or another autoimmune disease,run out of cash to futher more testing,huge co-pay for speciallist $300-700.00!!! i feel aweful depressed, anxious, fatigued. saw my thearpist today, back on lexapro. im just worried.problems all the time!! i went to church sunday for the 1st time in a while, didnt feel like it though, think ill go back tomorrow. oh well enough of my whining. gotta get some rest.take care ."hyper"

Hyper,
Just keep thinking all is fine ( i know its not ) but things have a way of coming up trumps.
man, thats expensive, our public hospital system is free here, , but you can have private,insurance and get in quicker, or go public which is just as good, same Docs actually, jst may have to wait awhile longer if not urgent. A doctors visit is ussually $40-$45, prescritions vary, but the government subsidizes them. We also get a services card if you earn under about $30k a year which means, cheaper visits, cheaper transport etc.Also have a good welfare system, hah dont know why they call America the land of oppurtunity, seems a struggle!
I will read up on Lupus. And may the lexapro kick in real quick and work for you, have you any valium like meds to take, maybe worth checking out.
Rest up, relax and keep chin up
Ruby

hello i was waiting to hear from you before i went to bed, lupus is treatable, although not curable. im not really worried bad. ive got some back-up klonopin on standby.man you guys have a super plan over there, wish health care was like that here!! ill catch you tomorrow, have a good one!

oh and the days past, and I havent replied!
Are you any better my man.? I shall read thru your posts to see what has been happening to you ? Is the anxiety any better, and your test results.
All is well down under, am still not working, but thats not a big problem, am waiting for a job to just emerge that i would like to do, instead of a job where you groan to have to go everyday, darned if I know what this great job will be. So I have become a proffessional magazine reader and proffessional luncher !! Oh tis quite a life.
Ok will read your posts and see whats happening. Hope you are getting better every day, and your mother is she ok?
We are about to get snow.
Ruby

hey ruby red, have not posted much, still the same though "anxiety/depression" i dont have lupus, thats a releif! im soon going to be jobless also, my choice though, im going to ask to be booted out, cant handle the stress any longer. with the stress of my job i cant make improvement, i shall do it friday. im happy to hear from you its been a while. ill keep you posted. best to ya!! hyper