I’ve taken in a cross collie / german shepherd 7 month old dog that needed re-homing,,,, only got him last week,,,, he had lots of probs – very nervous, seperation anxiety, toilet training which we are working on and seem to be improving. The problem is he is very aggresive towards youth males (I assume something has happened to him with this age group / gender) problem is I have a 16yr old son and he growls at him, he eventually comes round but next day after he hasn’t seen him for a while, he goes back to being aggressive – he’s like that wih all male youths – but he’s brilliant with kids and females, wee bit wary of adult males with exception of my boyfriend… Any ideas how I can deal with this and give the wee dog a chance?????

you?
could you explain what type of treatment worked best or whether it was a combination of different things that helped?

to give me an idea on the right support and treatment i should be trying to get..
im a bpd sufferer, im 30 years old, i live with rage and anger feelings because of a bullying and abusive past, unresolved anger, and supressed anger.
i have high anxiety and panic where i cannot leave or go out anywhere, except when i have to.
i have inner anger feelings stemming from my bullying past, from being attacked and harrassed…..the anger impairs my ability to go out and function, incase i have an anger outburst.
i control it well, but still deal with the feelings.
i have paranoia that certain people are against me, want to ruin my life.
i have racing obsessive thoughts, that lead to high levels of panic and anxiety, cant hold a thought, keep forgetting.
low bleak moods everyday.

im just wondering if anybody knows what kind of treatment i should be chasing?
plus could you go into detail on what treatment you
think would help or work?
i do desperatly want help and to change, but right
now, i dont feel im getting the right help and support.

my psychiatrist wont give meds because he said there
addictive….they have set up psychotherapy..

but with
my symptoms, im wondering if its enough

I’m trying to overcome an anxiety/depression issue that is triggered when I take on a job that provides no stimulation/enjoyment. Sometimes I quit after a day.
The thing I can’t get used to is spending so much of my life doing something I don’t want to do – 8 hours a day 5 days a week is a huge chunk of life to dispose of.
I think part of the problem is that I don’t have any career oriented goals.
So, do I do it and deal with it or do I hold out for something that might be ok?

We have undergone a huge amount of stress this year a long with owning a business, having a baby, losing a job, almost eviction, utilities being shut off, vehicles breaking down, vehicle repo, as well as dealing with anxiety disorter,PTSD, and manic depression. My husband is an awesome guy and only the last 3 years has he started having bad moodswings 2 have turn out violent where I have been left with a black eye and bruises. He had a lot of abuse from his sister beating him as a child and we think that could be the cause. We have no money to get counseling, but he wants to get help now! He is having a hard time dealing with the fact he hit me, and i am concerned for him. He comes from a family that never faught around him a day in his life. He never heard his parents or family argue once. The only problem was his sister. 1 week ago he blacked out, yes we were both drinking, and he thought I got on top of him and started hitting him which I didn’t, and he got very violent and I had to run out of my house. The next morning he did not even remember or know what he did untill someone told him, he just thought I left him for no reason. He said he never wants to drink ever again and hasn’t, wants to get counseling and see if he needs medication as well. I want to stand by him and support him but a little afraid he might do it again but worse. On the otherhand he is ill and needs help and I do not want to turn away from that. He has never showed any violent behavior towards his son what so ever. He is the best Dad in the world,and loves me with all of his heart, he wants to leave me because he is afraid this might happen again even after treatment. Please help, what do I do, should I stick around if he really gets the help he needs, or should I leave him anyway?

I have been seeing my nurse for a while now and i have learnt from her that i have bad emotional problems which means in the past i have pushed people away who have tried to help because i didn’t believe anyone would want to help me and in the past i have opened up to someone but i got so desperate for love that they ended up hating me. Then i hit rock bottom and had a breakdown and accept that i couldn’t do this on my own and went back to the nurse. For 3 weeks i have been seeing her weekly and she has been doing basic therapy with me which isn’t her job. This week she told me that she could no longer help me with the therapy but would still see me weekly and deal with the anxiety instead. I am feeling gutted, i don’t understand what i did wrong? Maybe i opened up too much but she asked me to and that was part of the work we were doing. 3 weeks ago when i first started seeing her i was so positive about things which is the first time this year and i could see and wanted myself to get better. I knew she wouldn’t be around forever but i thought she would of stayed around a bit longer than this. I really don’t know what to think. Last night i started getting nightmares because of what happened last time i opened up to someone and this feels like the same. With the other person i knew what i did wrong and i was sorry but at the end of the day i just wanted them to care for me and help me. I feel like giving up now, i have been suicidal in he past and i don’t want to go back to the place in my life, i thought i was getting over it but she has just proved that i shouldn’t open up as people end up hating me. I don’t have family i can talk to and my friends don’t understand what i am going through so i don’t talk to them either.

I had an annual check-up for everything (including std’s) and I won’t have the results for 2 wks. I am terribly nervous. The doctor said there really wasn’t any cause to worry. My white cell count was slightly increase (in the prelimary results) but she felt this was due either to my NuvaRing or my endometriosis, since there was no other evidence of an std (ie chlamydia, ect) and she felt antibotics were unnecessary. Regardless of this reassurance, I still am suffering alot of anxiety in waiting for the results. Any suggestions for dealing with this?

My boyfriend has quite bad anxiety/depression.
It really upsets me that I don’t know how to make him as happy as he could be.
On top of that I have quite a few problems with stress and anger and I lash out quite a lot.
He’s so nice and would never ever say or do anything to hurt my feelings but I can’t help trying to pick little arguments, not bad ones.
I know he would be better off without me, but I really don’t want to loose him.
Half of the time I have no idea what I’m getting angry at and I just seem to take it out on him. I really don’t want to do it but I can’t help it.

So does anyone have any ideas how I can make him happier, or try and control my anger around him before I muck everything up!?!

Thanks in advance.
I forgot to mention, he already is on anti-anxity meds, and does see someone about his anxity. He’s been on them for years and slowly getting the dosage lowered.

I have had anger management and didn’t feel it helping, but I am starting it up again within the next couple of weeks.
Annddd

It’s a long distance relationship.
So I don’t see him nearly as much as I would like anyway.

would cause anxiety in any case?

I lost a great deal of money on the stock market yesterday, around 5% of all my savings. Whereas a small loss does not make me anxious, I know that had I not been taking antidepressants this type of loss would cause depressive symptoms such as insomnia (no sleep last night) and desire to drink water – the fight or flight response.

But now I am on antidepressants, which work for me, I have had this relapse exactly the same as I would have had in the past.

Is it likely to disappear in the next few days once I have got used to the idea of the loss, or could it disappear faster, or slower?

Thanks

i suffer from major depression and have a anxiety disorder im currently getting help with cbt and anti depressants and feel i am on the road to recovery but there’s no way i would have been able to do it with out the help of medication, but im just wondering if you think a healthy diet and exercise helps a great deal in battling depression and anxiety and other mental health problems?

Mine comes and goes but its horrible lately since my bf dumped me,i usually cope by drinking to relax me,how about you?

Hey, I have been having panic attacks for about three years. I now have agoraphobia too.

I have been trying to so hard to deal with it on my own, I have tried (I think) everything and nothing works. I really can’t cope with them anymore. They happen everyday and I can no longer stop them. I feel so distant from reality most of the time. I am terrified of going to school and leaving my house.
I still manage to go out as long as I know I can run away at any time or I’m with someone who knows how to deal with it.
Whenever I have one I don’t tell anyone, not even my friends. Everyone around me is so unaware, I don’t let them notice but Inside I feel like I’m tearing apart.

I’m going to the doctor tomorrow, I want medication but I want to know what you do/did to stop your panic attacks?

Thanks

We have undergone a huge amount of stress this year a long with owning a business, having a baby, losing a job, almost eviction, utilities being shut off, vehicles breaking down, vehicle repo, as well as dealing with anxiety disorter,PTSD, and manic depression. My husband is an awesome guy and only the last 3 years has he started having bad moodswings 2 have turn out violent where I have been left with a black eye and bruises. He had a lot of abuse from his sister beating him as a child and we think that could be the cause. We have no money to get counseling, but he wants to get help now! He is having a hard time dealing with the fact he hit me, and i am concerned for him. He comes from a family that never faught around him a day in his life. He never heard his parents or family argue once. The only problem was his sister. 1 week ago he blacked out, yes we were both drinking, and he thought I got on top of him and started hitting him which I didn’t, and he got very violent and I had to run out of my house. The next morning he did not even remember or know what he did untill someone told him, he just thought I left him for no reason. He said he never wants to drink ever again and hasn’t, wants to get counseling and see if he needs medication as well. I want to stand by him and support him but a little afraid he might do it again but worse. On the otherhand he is ill and needs help and I do not want to turn away from that. He has never showed any violent behavior towards his son what so ever. He is the best Dad in the world,and loves me with all of his heart, he wants to leave me because he is afraid this might happen again even after treatment. Please help, what do I do, should I stick around if he really gets the help he needs, or should I leave him anyway?

I suffer from anxiety and currently not taking any medication as I prefer to deal with using natural non medical methods.

I drink moderately, swim frequetly, avoid negative situation or people to ease anxiety. However it is now much better than earlier in the year but I still find it a little hard to deal with sometimes especially in a social situation. I find it hard to talk to people and being deaf does not help sometimes. Any tips please.

Thank you to those who replied to my previous question…. Very helpful!

Now any ideas how to deal with anxiety? I have had it for years and am truly fed up with it! Have tried drugs, therapy, etc but still it comes back! It makes me feel physically ill and mentally drained. I feel as if I am different from other people who live life without feeling anxious or unhappy…. and then I feel lacking in self esteem. Anxiety is really quite a crippling thing! Any suggestions on how to deal with it or should I just accept it and make the best of a bad situation?

well I am a gay and I have been suffering anxiety since I am 18,I tried some medications before because of doctor, I feel horrible my stomach and cold in my foot, and I feel my hands sweating and.. I speak too fast, I am taking now efexor again but now 150mg, some nights, I can’t sleep so I have to clonazempa, well I live in mexico in a small town, I feel sometimes, I have accepted myself but some parts of me are so sensible when someone asks me if I am gay or mom is crying, because I told her I have seen a handsome guy, etc.. I don’t know what to say,sorry if you can’t my understand my questions. please tell me something, I have visited a psychiatric, two psychologists.. sorry for my bad spelling too. I am confused with this website now
well according one psychologist, she told me nobody was born gay and the other told me my psychologist tests told her, I could change if I want to be straight, she told I should try with a girl.. well actually.. I don’t want to do it.. I don’t feel good to do it..
btw I don’t want to spend more money with those things of going to doctors..

I really suffer from anxiety especially with friends. I’m always wondering if they’re mad at me or that there is something wrong, and its usually over the littliest things but it makes me feel like I can’t cope. Even writing this message has my stomache in knots. How can I just not take things so serious.

I have just come out of hospital, having a bleeding bowel ,and have had transfusions ,morphine,antibiotics, this happens alot and I am ok when I am in hospital but when i get home every time I get terrible anxiety, fast heartbeat, sickness,can’t sleep and feel really panicky as if I am in a terrifying situation , I feel i can’t just be ,I try to breathe deeply , but has anyone any tips on how to deal with this each time, I have another operation next week ,Anyone else felt like this? please sensible answers any help will make a difference thanks, i have 2 kids to think of and want to be ok for them,

we brought joey home last night. he left his mum at 15 week old so quite late and was used to being around people all day and 3 adult dogs. someone bought him and couldnt cope so sold him to a lady i know. she called me and asked me to take him on (at a price of course) as i wanted a play mate for my 5 month old lhasa bitch.
last night was unreal, he was very distructive in the kitchen in his crate, even with gemma and the tv on and lots of chews and bones. i took him on a long walk before hand to poop him out but this didnt work. he is very clingy and wants attention all the time. i’ve def got my hands full as gemma was a dream compared to this wwe had her from 8 week and moulded her well. i work full time but work flexy hours so am able to come hom for an hour at lunch every day.
how am i going to deal with this anxiety? i am at the vets today for a new puppy check so will talk to them as well but i was thinking of getting some DAP spray and also putting his crate by my bed for a bit and then moving it to the landing and so on, my mum is going to have both dogs a couple of days a week till he comes round a bit. i hope it wont affect gemma too much but i also want to make this puppy healthy and happy too, i have bonded with him already and just want him to be a dream like gemma!

I have been down the prescription drugs, along with their many side effects and also am currently trying herbal rememdiesfor anxiety, panic and phobic complaints, but thought that if the drugs target the parts of the brain affected, would surgery help ? I am interested in anyone doing research if anyone knows someone or some institute, i would be very grateful.

Is there any natural products or remedies that could help?

a more recently developed drug with fewer side effects

Especially if the suffering goes on for a long time, some times i just shut down and my prayers and obligations are neglected.
What can you remind yourself to stay positive?