Do i have a General Anxiety Disorder?

Question

i worry about people breaking in at night, and cant sleep....im afraid of people i offended years ago which causes me to shy away from activities with my friends. i constantly panic to the point where i cant eat for days, and i constantly have headaches. Im irritable, and jumpy, im not patient and always become frustrated. i never used to be afraid of anything, i used to be fearless, but now im afraid of everything. i constantly over-think things and work myself into a frenzy. tis has been persisting for about 7 months after i had a traumatic experience with a girl at school (oh yah and ima fraid to go to school, even tho shes not there) please help me so i can help myself

Answer 1

Yes.  From your description, you're definately experiencing chronic anxiety.  I highly recommend finding a good therapist who deals with anxiety, and it sounds like medication might be a good thing to look into as well.  There's a class of drugs called SSRIs that are very effective at treating anxiety and depression.

Never underestimate the impact that traumatic experiences can have on you.  You really should deal with it in therapy, and in spite of the way you might feel about it, trust me when I say you really can deal with things like this and get past them.  You'll thank yourself later when you're getting on with your life.

Good luck!

Answer 2

I felt the same way. Please take this into consideration. It worked for me, although I am not you.

I had overwhelming anxiety. It turned out to be my use of Splenda. Yup Splenda. How could something that taste so good, be so bad?



I like to say sucralose, not Splenda, because that is what Splenda is. And it is in a lot of stuff. The package doesn't have to say Splenda to have sucralose in it. You have to read labels. So, you might still be using it and don't even know it!



Sucralose is poison. It ruined five years of my life. I had a laundry list of medical problems while taking it, including overwhelming anxiety, depression, mood swings, insomnia and more.

Go ahead, google: anxiety splenda or anxiety sucralose or insomnia splenda or insomnia sucralose



The slogan, "Made from sugar..." is very misleading. Splenda might be made from sugar, but it is far from sugar. The resulting chemical is an organochloride (chlorocarbon). Organochlorides are typically poisons.



carbon monoxide - made from oxygen so its like a breath of fresh air

Answer 3

Hi, I am the author of http://panicattackresearch.blogspot.com

Do not worry, I am not spamming my site - my site don't sell products or anything. My site is solely dedicated to panic-attacks or people whom have anxiety. I give tips on how to sleep even if you have anxiety.

Please do visit and post any questions there or here so that I can help you further.

I have been a sufferer for 12-years and am doing well. My blog is dedicated to help. I will be updating my blog every 5-7 days on new ways to cope anxiety. I have just made few good entries on coping - I hope it will help you.

I started out taking prozac 20mg daily.. then it dropped to 10mg and now I am just taking 5mg and still doing very well. I might be considering taking medication off my life.

And most importantly, I am here to help you because I know how it feels to have anxiety or panic attacks.

I have just posted a new entry and uploaded some good files for you to do some relaxation, and there are techniques to overcalm immediately!

All the best,

Seng

Answer 4

take a placebo you'll be cured

Answer 5

It sounds like you might have an anxiety disorder. Or even post traumatic stress disorder. I got so I was afraid to go outside alone. I had a friend take me for a short walk, only bout 5 houses away from my house. I was scared to death. We went down to a field that had horses there and I stayed and fed the horses a few carrots. From that point I started getting better at going out. If you can try that with someone you trust and do something that may make you feel nervous but you know you shouldn't mind doing, maybe that wll help you. If you don't think you could do that maybe you should go talk to your doctor. there are meds that can help with anxiety and you dont have to take them forever. just until you start feeling better. I hope this helped. Take care.