female over 40 developed anxiety with panic attacks 2 years ago. have a high stress job that i have to do. try to find ways of dealing with this without medications. i do take ativan .50 daily would like to be free of it. i wish i could make family understand they have no idea and i find friends and family not very supportive
44 year old woman, mother of three, going through nasty divorce for six months now. I seem to not be able to handle extreme stress, without prozac that is. Get that doom and gloom thing going about the future.
I have been living with anxiety for 30 years. I have tried numerous medications most of which did not help. does anyone out there have any suggestions. I cannot work and I am so tired of this
I suffer from a type A personality. I work full time and run a full house. I am married but I have been through alot since 95 with addiction and a very ill daughter with Lupus. I have too much anxiety and I always feel if everything isn’t done I am a failure. Too much to go into to. I need to connect with women who can offer advise or share some of their stories with me. This condition concerns me because
of my age and now my children are all adults.I want to feel less stressed out. Thank you, Donna
I am very active. travel allot, like people, live alone and am getting a little lonely when I see couples together. I am attractive, but can not find that special someone to share lifes’s fun stuff with, I find myself getting and having fast heart beats lately.
I want to learn more about the medicine’s the doctor proscribes to me for treatment.
I am not depressed , I just have anxiety. I am going thru the change of life. I am married (30 years) and have 2 children in college.
Melita Smith
shortness of breath
ANXIETY DEPRESSION ALSO TOLD I HAD BIPOLAR BUT I HATE TAKING DRUGS.
I am 56 years old and have been suffering from depresssion and anxiety for almost 3 years. I am on meds and also just started a cognive therapy called anxiety commitmentrrtherpy or ACT.
I’ve been dealing with anxiety for five years now. Some periods are better then others but I am never anxiety free for any long period of time. I have anxiety with most any pain and it effects every area of my life as well as attacks that will wake me up. I have four children and want to be better for them as well as for myself. I am here to talk to ppl that know what I am feeling as well as finding better ways in dealing with the stress and anxiety.
I have been living with anxiety disorder for years and it is like walking dead, I have no life other than my children and a great girl that looks after me, they are the only thing that keep me going…
I am a woman who had ulcerative colitis since I was in my 20’s and now it is blamed on all of these autoimmune disease reactions I am having that are making me miserable and affecting my life like nothing I have ever experienced. I am in so much pain and now they want to start me on Remicade. Well, my rheumatologist does, my medical doctor and GI doctor want to send me first to the University of Virginia Medical Center for evaluation first. They are wanting a second opinion before they try Remicade due to my liver problems. Well I am still in misery and so much pain and depression. I just lost my Mom right before Christmas and I am having a hard time coping with the grief, she was living here with me, was sick but such a reason for me to keep going to take care of her needs. It was almost too much but we needed each other so much. I am praying every day that my heart and mind can take all of this, I believe HE will not let us have more than we can bare, so I am ready to unload, my shoulders are too heavy and sore to carry anymore at this time. I just ask for support and prayer right now and medical advice as I write in my journals about some of my problems.
I have been retired since 1998 from the U>S> government.
I was a manager of 44 people with mixed careers, with photography and design as their backgrounds. Lately I have not been feeling useful to myself. I cannot do things correctly without feeling sad about myself. My doctor said that I need to increase my meds. I hope this helps me. I have been a musician for over 50 years. playing the piano and drums. I have been taking voice lessons for over 7 years now. I do solo work at my church. I use to play drums with a big band of 12 members. now is it hard to find work in the music field. I had a trio of singers and I played the keyboard making all of the music for them. we worked many big installation dinners and dances. after 9/11 happened the work stopped. people did not want to come out of their homes. my group works no more. I now watch TV , I own many DVDs , I purchased a large DLP TV 50 inch size so I could enjoyed my movies at home without going out to see them. I have two border terrier dogs at home they keep me busy taking care of them. My dogs are female and I enjoy them very much, they understand when you talk to them. the dogs and I have many hours of fun together. I have been getting up during the night around 4 am and it is very hard to get back to sleep. so I watch a movie until the rest of the family get out of bed. I hope my life takes a turn soon I need a change or something. Budlee
I have lived with anxiety for 10 yrs ,ever since I gave birth to my first child, now I have 3 children.
I decided not to take meds and try to deal with it
I have a thyroid disorder now after the 3 child
things are stressful at home and that hasn’t helped
I’m homesick for my family in another state
I have some good days and some days I wonder how I get through them,
I have been diagnosed with anxiety,and would like to talk to others with the same condition.
I have been dealing with sometimes disabling depression, severe anxiety, likely borderline personality disorder - avoidant personality syndrome. I am making some progress, especially through my blogging which acts as my journal, and by interacting with people through support groups, and through sites like this one.
i’m trying to find out why i freak out over the dumbest things and take it out on my fiance behind closed doors. he recently asked to seperate, something i do not want and desperately need to fix. we both think i need helpp in finding what’s wrong with me, so i can earn his trust back in me to stop hurting him.
I used to be quite a bubbly confident person and then late last year i was very stressed at work and as a result developed an anxiety disorder.
at the moment i still go to work and socialise but at the same time i petried of doing these things. i am determined not to let it take over though. i want my life back and to enjoy myself again. i am determined that this is going to happen
I was recently diagnosed with AvPD, after years of councelling for Depression, bi-polar disoder and anxiety. At least this diagnosis fits me, but now what do I do? It is all so new and I know I have much to learn and I have this nagging feeling that it is going to be a very long jouney.
My name is Kyra NOT Kira…get it straight. K well most important things about me I’m a MUSIC FANATIC…I listen to any and ALL types of music if someone is talented i give them a chance! Music is the only thing to get me through rough times! I’m a party girl…I’m all about partying it up! I’m also all about my friends, they hold my heart! I’m not as small as the models but im still pretty fucking small HAH! and more than likely smaller than you 
. My hair doesn’t always stay in place but neither does urs so get over it. I’m clumsy not elegant & sometimes I complain too much but who cares? My laugh is a little nerdy, my sentences often make no sense & sometimes I’m not as pretty as I’d lyke to be…but who is? I skream more than I admit too and My music is always too loud. I live with no regrets. I envy more girls than I say & I have a major jealousy problem, but I’m not afraid to be who I was born to be. I’m stubbourn, I claim my territory,and most of all I’m a bitch because I can be, because I’m not afraid to be. I’m very much into personal body art (piercings and tats) and have quite a few piercings. I’m pretty dominant with most things in lyfe, I’m very controlling and very bossy…but it’s just who I am. I have insekurities…JUST LIKE YOU only I admit to mine. I’m proud of who I was born to be regardless of my flaws. I learn from my mistakes. If theres a party…u’ll more than likely find me and my girls there! My friends and girls mean the more than me than you’ll ever know! I’m spoiled but wut female isnt these days. I’ll more than likely never amount to anything…but atleast I try HAH! I search for sekurity in places it’ll never exist. I soul-search with my eyes. If your problems aren’t affecting me or my life as a whole…well then I could give a fuck less about them. I’m selfish but thats my problem not urs! I live by my own personal morals and theories, and I dont need society’s outlook to ruin my mind and or creations. I make memories, I dont forget them. I’m always right…and I never compromise. Once you lose my trust…you more than likely won’t regain it. I’m usually irrational, and a drama queen…and if you don’t make me feel important than I probably will not like you. I often try to reach out and touch what’s too far away. Just because I’m smaller than you…doesn’t mean I cant kick your sorry/and or fat ass. I tend to be brutally honest…regardless of if I hurt your feelings. I lack patience. I hate being rushed. I change my hair color ALOT. I dispise liars more than anything in this world…and in MOST cases I don’t believe in second chances. I HATE HATE HATE frogs & mayonaise! I hate procrastination and unorganized plans. Music is my life…but its pointless if the lyrics arent meaningful or fun! The small things in lyfe make me smile. I’m naturalistically fake. I write more than I talk. I love trying new things, but I hate change makes sense right?! The only respect I will ever need is self-respekt. I tend to hate higher authority. I learned nothing can effect you unless you LET it. I had my heart broken, I’m afraid to love again, yet being in TRUE love is my dream…okay so I’m SECRETLY a hopeless romantic! 