anxiety , depression, panic attacks...

marcosdt10 · May 2015

Hello everyone .. Im marcos ☺I am very thankful that I found myself again... For the past year or so , iv been going through some tough ***** , dealing with anxiety, panic attacks, and mild depression.... I thank god and my family for helping me pull through .... Im back doing what i love doing and this is what makes me feel my #BEST.. And that is lifting and eating right... It was very tough for me to get to where I am today... I became very anti social and all I wanted to do was sleep sleep and sleep... The result of that was gaining 35 pounds of fat... And it didn't make my condition any better... There were times when I though maybe today would be my last day in this planet... I decided one day that enough was enough ...I headed to the gym with the fear of having another panic attack while I worked out but my motto after that was ***** fear ... For those suffering from mental disorders and or anything that is holding you back from achieving your goals.., believe in yourself , things will get better , stay active !! Sometimes youll feel like giving up... Fight through it and i promise that things will be better.. .. Feel free to add me

lovellm122 · May 2015

Second this

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OzcnzvHo88 This man is brilliant. Last few mins of vid are pure motivation

baby05phat · May 2015

I'm happy you overcame it

marcosdt10 · May 2015

Thank you very much

Timshel_ · May 2015

I went through about the same stuff a few years ago and found that being active and healthy help balance me. Proud to say, even in my worst times, I was able to stay off meds and regulate with better eating, exercise, and competitive sports. Also props to my family and friends, and the force in the world that be.

zoeysasha37 · May 2015

I'm glad your well now. I suffer from anxiety so I know how miserable that is.

Harlequin1983 · May 2015

Im glad you conquered it. I tell myself that days when im depressed and dont want to go, is when i REALLY NEED to go! Keep up the good work, and feel free to friend me!!

kshama2001 · May 2015

JennaAraza wrote: »

I tell myself that days when im depressed and dont want to go, is when i REALLY NEED to go!

allenpriest · May 2015

Professional help is also a good choice. I know.

Bizurke51 · May 2015

I've got really bad depression and anxiety, sadly dieting made it worse. Starting to decrease my deficit and already feeling better

allenpriest · May 2015

Bizurke51 wrote: »

I've got really bad depression and anxiety, sadly dieting made it worse. Starting to decrease my deficit and already feeling better

See a professional. Medication can take the edge off the depression and anxiety so you can deal with the other things in your life. Such meds don't have to be lifetime things.

kpierce7188 · May 2015

HUGE LIKE!!!!!! I know what's it's like suffering with mental disorders I've got my share. Keep one foot in front of the other!

Bizurke51 · May 2015

allenpriest wrote: »

Bizurke51 wrote: »

I've got really bad depression and anxiety, sadly dieting made it worse. Starting to decrease my deficit and already feeling better

See a professional. Medication can take the edge off the depression and anxiety so you can deal with the other things in your life. Such meds don't have to be lifetime things.

I'm already on meds and did the therapy thing for longer then I care to admit. The pills worked great but since July it's like they stopped working. I really think it's calorie related. I've felt much better since adding 125 calories to my budget, adding more next week.

bhawk102 · May 2015

I agree about seeing a professional. I recommend it for people that don't even have mental illness. We all have some stress in our lives we need to vent and therapists are good for that. I myself am having more serious depression and I just needed to get medication to help out. We're still figuring out the best dosages and what works (it takes time so if you seek help don't expect an instant cure here) but so far I'm maintaining a bit of a routine with diet and exercise. It's a start. My depression makes me lack motivation and keeping interests, plus I can get very stressed at times. All a bad combo.

It's actually a vicious cycle too because your obesity can cause your depression and then your depression keeps you from losing your obesity. But that's my two cents. Don't let the stigma of mental illness or psychiatrists keep you from seeing one. Take the chance and do it. Worst case you are out of some money depending on the costs and how much insurance covers.

dubird · May 2015

Actually, you're better off seeing a professional. I'm NOT saying go get a 'happy pill' to make everything better, but sometimes depression, anxiety and panic attacks are due to a brain imbalence of some kind. If it is, diet can sometimes work on it, but not always. Talk with the doctor and be completly honest. If it's just stress from job or something else in your life, or you're feeling low because things are going bad, non-medicine ways to help will probably be fine. Everyone goes though low spots. That's normal. But ongoing depression or anxeity that never truely goes away might be something you'll help with.

I held on for years and tried the 'just be positive and learn to deal with it' route. I ended up locking up my emotions to the point that I sunk into apathy because it was the only way to protect myself. Once I actually got help (and yes, in this case included a med), I'm a much more balenced person. Which is part of why getting my diet under control has actually worked this time around. If I start the fail cycle, I can now stop it so it doesn't go on for days on end, which helps me keep on track for everything in my life.

Bizurke51 wrote: »

allenpriest wrote: »

Bizurke51 wrote: »

I've got really bad depression and anxiety, sadly dieting made it worse. Starting to decrease my deficit and already feeling better

See a professional. Medication can take the edge off the depression and anxiety so you can deal with the other things in your life. Such meds don't have to be lifetime things.

I'm already on meds and did the therapy thing for longer then I care to admit. The pills worked great but since July it's like they stopped working. I really think it's calorie related. I've felt much better since adding 125 calories to my budget, adding more next week.

Sometimes your body adapts to meds and you have to change them. It's not your calorie intake that causes it to stop working. It's like, if you take some kind of pain medicine regularly, you'll eventually have to up the dosage to get the same effect. You may not need meds anymore, which would be great, but I would talk with your doctor about it before deciding it's not working anymore. You feeling better by adding calories probably means your limit was set to low to begin with, and your body is getting just that little extra fuel it needed.

marcosdt10 · May 2015

Wish nothing but the best for you all, you can conquer this !! Anything is possible , just be positive

elphie754 · May 2015

Way to go!

Mini rant about something I think is wrong and it bothers me. I can't stand when people treat mental disorders as the plague lol. It is a medical condition. Would you treat someone with diabetes like a leper? Why are psychological conditions looked down upon?

I was not specifically just speaking to the OP. More like asking rhetorical questions.

meghanduprey · May 2015

i have PTSD/depression and notice that i can tell a low is coming when my motivation to workout starts to go away (as does my desire to do anything else) but that's exactly when i need to KEEP doing everything. if i stop i spiral harder and it's much harder to pull myself out of the depression. The PTSD is always there but the depression is more manageable when i am active/take care of myself. glad to hear you're doing well again

meghanduprey · May 2015

Bizurke51 wrote: »

allenpriest wrote: »

Bizurke51 wrote: »

I've got really bad depression and anxiety, sadly dieting made it worse. Starting to decrease my deficit and already feeling better

See a professional. Medication can take the edge off the depression and anxiety so you can deal with the other things in your life. Such meds don't have to be lifetime things.

I'm already on meds and did the therapy thing for longer then I care to admit. The pills worked great but since July it's like they stopped working. I really think it's calorie related. I've felt much better since adding 125 calories to my budget, adding more next week.

As far as the meds are concerned, mine have to change and evolve ALL THE TIME. it's not necessarily calorie related at all. your body adapts to medications the way it does to everything else. you may need to have them adjusted. you need to talk to your psychiatrist about what's going on before it gets any worse, best to catch it before it gets too bad.
mental health issues are chemical, they're like controlling diabetes or anything else, you can't control it with calories.

meghanduprey · May 2015

bhawk102 wrote: »

It's actually a vicious cycle too because your obesity can cause your depression and then your depression keeps you from losing your obesity. But that's my two cents. Don't let the stigma of mental illness or psychiatrists keep you from seeing one. Take the chance and do it. Worst case you are out of some money depending on the costs and how much insurance covers.

UGH! it's totally a vicious cycle!!! the less i want to do the more i gain weight which makes me gain more weight which makes me more depressed which makes me want to do less... i have found these message boards to be helpful as far as motivating me to get out and do at least something active, maybe not anything else, but if i can say i got in a workout then i've done SOMETHING for the day, and it's some kind of self-care

urloved33 · May 2015

one foot in front of the other. lay though tracks dude!!!!

insearchofcheese · May 2015

Awesome! I have always had my own struggles with depression and anxiety/panic disorder. I found a wonderful therapist two years ago and my life is so dramatically improved, I can hardly believe it. (I made the personal decision not to pursue medication). Now that I'm losing weight and regularly exercising, it's even better. Bottom line for me was once I started taking care of myself and feeling I was worth it, things began to turn around. That's not to say there aren't days or weeks that are harder than others, but knowing it can turn around is enough to motivate me to keep going until I get to the other side.

Take care!

marcosdt10 · May 2015

Hope everyone is doing well, glad to see we are not alone ...

dubird · May 2015

elphie754 wrote: »

Way to go!

Mini rant about something I think is wrong and it bothers me. I can't stand when people treat mental disorders as the plague lol. It is a medical condition. Would you treat someone with diabetes like a leper? Why are psychological conditions looked down upon?

I was not specifically just speaking to the OP. More like asking rhetorical questions.

Probably because for a lot of history, people with some kind of mental imbalance were considered broken and were kept locked away from society. That's why you ended up with places like Bedlam. Even today, there's a lot of people that will refuse to admit to something like depression because there's still a stigma that if you go to a shrink, you're a broken person. That attitude is more prevalent in men than women, but women aren't immune to it. Education happens slowly, and it takes a very long time to change society's perceptions.

kickassbarbie · May 2015

I wish I could like posts on here! Your awesome, well done!

Great post Ive also just come out of a year long battle with depression anxiety and mild breakdown (somewhat funny to look back on now.) So I get how tough it must have been for you. I love your motto!

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