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The panic room! Describe your symptoms!
I want to do this as a topic for the group, so that by reading other's experiences, they may themselves calm down, and be released from anxiety's grasp. I am actually having a decent anxiety attack right now. I have a sharp pain in my heart, difficulty breathing, I feel a numbness in my upper left arm, pins and needles in…
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Anxious/ADHD Teen Driving You Crazy
Just looking to vent unless someone has advice on how to handle this. My 18-year old daughter was diagnosed with ADHD at 7 and recently with anxiety. I can’t say that the anxiety comes as a shock given all the stress she’s had to go through her whole life. My ex-husband and I have been divorced for 16 years. He’s a…
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Family related anxiety and food binges
Hi everyone, I chose this group because it seemed like one of the best places for me to go. I have serious anxiety issues. Most of the issues stem from when I was a little girl. My father left when I was about 5 years old. At the time he was getting my brother and I about every other weekend or so. In my opinion he should…
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Let's start with introductions!!!
I am Brandon, founder of the group. I have been diagnosed with Panic Disorder, Chronic Depression, and PTSD "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder." I haven't been to a psychologist or psychiatrist in nearly 5 years, meaning I have suffered just as long without medication. My anxiety started as a young teen, with Insomnia that…
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Managing panic, trying to abstain from "soothing" myself with food
Hi there. I have anxieties around health issues, particularly petrified of developing cancer. I tend to do alright until I develop what I perceive to be a symptom. Lately I have been dizzy and off balance and I can feel myself unraveling. I am working on this with a therapist but in the meantime, I am trying not to calm…
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There's a new weight loss drug made from a combination of an anti-depressant and a crave-reducer
I know when we hear "diet drug", we all cringe. But I just heard about one called Contrave, which is a combination of Wellbutrin and Naltrexone. It's refreshing to hear about some kind of weight loss aid other than phen-fen, uppers, speed, or anything that would make anxiety worse. I understand that some people with…
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Medication?
I know this doesn't really have to do with food, but I'm just curious if any of you have taken medication for your anxiety. I personally went through a rather crappy time trying SSRIs (generic Zoloft, Prozac, and Lexapro to be exact), all of which ended relatively badly for me. Prozac especially led me to depressed/…
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I've come to realize something...
I may be crazy, but it seems most of our members here in ASG are female. Anyone anywhere read anything interesting that may close the gap on this? Is this a normal statistic? Or is it just coincidence?
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Zoloft: Does the Insomnia go away?
I started taking Zoloft last Friday for anxiety/panic and every night since I've had issues staying asleep. I usually find myself waking up around 4-5am. I also have loss of appetite and almost always the feeling of a small lump in throat like I had when I had anxiety attacks. Has anyone else had this issue with the…
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Anxiety around weight gain, food, binges,...how has tracking calories helped you?
As most of us I guess also have a lot of anxiety related to weight gain/food /binges etc or overeat or emotionally eat because of anxiety and body tensions I wanted to open a discussion to enhance motivation. I just started to realize that tracking in MFP could help me reduce my anxiety e.g. by showing me that a binge…
