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I'm not a psychology professional, but I am recovering from an anxiety disorder myself, and it sounds like you've got it bad.
You say you can't afford a psychiatrist, but I say you can't afford NOT to go. If you want to know if your insurance covers it or not, either read your policy or call your insurance company.
If you're not covered or are minimally covered, you might see if your local city or county government provides mental health care on a sliding scale based on income. That's what I did.
You probably won't need to see a psychiatrist on a regular basis. A psychologist or a psychiatric social worker would be qualified to provide you with therapy. The psychiatrist is just for prescribing drugs (if that becomes necessary) and monitoring your progress with them.
As for the drugs, don't get all worried about them like I did. I dreaded taking anything at first, but once I agreed to take Zoloft, things improved dramatically. Drugs or not, things will improve for you dramatically too if you just take the plunge and get the help you need. You'll be glad you did.
that happened to me once, but it only lasted for like a few months. i dont know what happened. but if it's interfering with your life you should talk to a doctor.
girl welcome to my world, I think everyone has anxiety atleat sometime in their day, I also worry constantly, I anylize everything, and observe everything, I also think too much, instead of enjoying a song, my thought linger into what the future holds, or doesnt, thats called the snowballing effect, were one anxiety leads to the next and next, before u know it, u have one big snowball in your hands. If its too much for you to handle see a counselor, if not, like I did, learn to know when your getting a little out of hand, and say to yourself, hey your bugging, everything is not so bad, either way, talk to someone, youre not alone, millions of people deal with this, hey were only human, chill honey, everything well be alright, Good Luck
hi try this daily for a week atleast for 10 to 15 minutes.
1. Sit at a place very comfortable to you and make your sitting position also very comfortable to you. Use pillows at your back if you want to.
2. Close your eyes. Now let your eyes focus at the centre point of your eyebrows.
3. Breath slowly. Inhale. Exhale.
4. Now try to think about the parts of your body starting from head. Head, forehead, left eye, right eye, nose, cheeks, mouth, neck, left shoulder , right shoulder, left arm ,right arm, left fingers, right fingers, chest, stomache, hips, left thigh, knee, leg, fingers, right thigh, knee, leg, fingers, genitals. Now start from your tows again and go slowly the same way upto your head.
5. Now slowly open your eyes.
6. Close your left nostrils with your right middle finger.
7. Breath slowly through your right nostrils until your lungs are completly filled. Now close your right nostril with right thumb and exhale the air completely.
8. Repeat the same with right and left nostrils for five times.
9. Now breath slowly by both your nostrils. Inhale ..exhale...
10. Lie down relaxly for 5 minutes.
Do this for a week in early morning and inform if you have any changes in your mood.
Good luck.
I was much like the way you describe yourself. I also had panic attacks that frightened me...gasping for breath. My doctor put me on a low dose of Zoloft and the change was amazing. I have begun weaning off and hope to find I can live without it. But, the past 15 months have been my most peaceful and I don't regret seeking help. I was in a very desperate condition.
Constant worrying about absolutely nothing and being irrational is usually due to excess adrenaline production. Adrenaline is a worrying hormone, that keeps you "concentrated" on the enemy. Hence excess adrenaline can cause compulsive behaviours. Because it is an illness triggered internally it is not related to anything going on a in the environments or the mind. The mind is merely a victim of an internal biochemical flaw, that can be treated without recourse to drugs.