I’ve been suffering from depression & anxiety disorder since my husband left me 1 1/2 yrs ago for another woman (after 31 years of marriage). My depression is being treated, but lately I’ve been suffering from anxiety disorder/attacks which makes me not want to leave my home. I cannot sleep at night and suffer from intense fear, so I have missed a lot of work. My doctor gave me meds for anxiety but they are not helping. I am afraid I’m going to lose my job and since I don’t have any one to support me or help me, I feel I’m 1 step closer to being homeless. The psychiatrists I have seen say I need to go to work and fight the fear, but this is easier to say than to do. I don’t know where to turn. Please help!
This problem isn’t about my ex-husband anymore. I’ve accepted the fact that I’m better off without him. My problem now, is the anxiety disorder and how to cope with it so I don’t lose my job.

I recently had a "breakdown". I had a lot of negative stuff hit me all at once. My husband took me to the e.r. and they monitored me for about 9 hours and released me advising me to seek mental health. I contacted my local mental health board the following work day and spent a few days in a wellness center (not a mental health hospital). I was medicated with Lexapro but it is costly. I don’t have an appt with mental health again for some time and even then it will just be an intake interview. My delimma for the time is are there any effective "home remedies" for panic attacks. I suffer from tightness in my chest, heart beating fast and nervousness. I had a panic attack yesterday an took a 0.5 xanax but I would prefer not to take something like that. I recently lost my job (another major stressor) and don’t have the money to see my family physician at this time. I just need a few pointer to help with the panic attacks until I can see someone at mental health to hep with medication…

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?

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.

Does anyone out there have anything that works for them? Aside from medication, I was searching for quick, sure-fire methods for relieving sudden panics. It sometimes interferes with my schooling and my job. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated!

I need to get a job and get on with my life, but how can I do that when simply driving to the store sends me on a hellish fit of fear and panic? I cant even get to the doctors easily….

If you were once a sufferer and found treatment, your opinion would be most valid.

I’ve been very good about cutting out all of the foods that act as risk factors for me, and getting regular exercise.

When I have any amount of free time, however, I start to freak out. I want very much to be able to sit down and study, or write, but most days I find myself needing to do mindless s*** just to calm down.

It’s really silly. For example, I cannot concentrate on Friday afternoons because I know I have to go to work on Monday. And I love my job.

Medications are unnecessary at this point, but I’m getting really frustrated with doing everything "right" and still having this problem. It seems like my body is actually adapting so that I will feel anxious even when there is no trigger for it.

Thanks in advance.
Also, I do not have insurance, so I cannot afford a psychologist.
The problem, as far as activities go, is that I do stuff like baking and sewing when I want to be reading Hegel.
The problem, as far as activities go, is that I do stuff like baking and sewing when I want to be reading Hegel.
And I go to yoga 5x a week.

My friend developed an anxiety disorder while working at her current company. They have assistance available, and she is taking advantage of that. However, though her immediate boss is working with her to reduce her stress and anxiety at work, the general manager is overriding these methods and making life at work difficult for my friend. She is beginning to think her days at this job are numbered and that she will be fired soon. Is this legal, or is it covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

hello i think im having anxiety attacks and or panic attacks idk know what to do but its scary and i dont like it. it all started when my aunt died in march and then i got sick of some sort and never felt the same since thn i also am the type of person to bottle up my feelings anger and emotions.my symptoms are a detachted and unreal feeling almost all the time a slightly fast heart beat and i feel like even when i sitting down i have this burst of energy and it makes me jumpy to were i could go run a mile and when my heart beats fast i think im having a heart attack or im just gonna sudendly drop dead but this really makes me feel weird.and i cant even go have fun because when something comes up and im lik ohhh sweet im going to go do something i love doing all those things start happing to me and i just like nevermind i dont wanna go i more less get drained of all energy.but im 18 years old i have a six month old daughter and i cant even go get a job because of this even though i want to real bad its like theres 2 of me.ohh and i feels like i get shorted of breath to.but hey now i kinda relize why i think im gonna die if this happend to you guys you would think it to but what should i do take the xannax the doc gave me a nd see a therapist but if i do do these things will it go away so i can have my normal lif back plz

ok so i suffer really bad panic attacks and anxiety attacks they use to come once or twice a day but now they are that bad that they never go away theres not a muinet in the day that they go i am constantly fealing like i carnt breath and my chestis always tight and on a night i can not sleep because i get the fealing i am choking and my chest is that tight that my heart is going to stop and it terrifies me and then i go into a panic attack i then get no sleep and because i am so tierd my panic attacks are worse, they are rewining my life im starting to get terrified to leave the house or travel in cars!i constantly feel tierd. i quit my job because of panic attacks! but if that is not worse i think i am suffering deppression i am never happy i constantly cry and have mood swings i have lack of appetite and sometimes have suicidal thoughts! i have been to the doctor loads of times and he just keeps sayin oh its all in your head and theres nothing up with me he even says im a hypacondriak! can any body tell me why i am like this because im starting to think i am going mental! and i call the ambulance out a few time and i carnt keep doing this! am i deppressd? mental? got a seriouse underlieing problem? or dose any one know what to ask for at the doctors to help me!! im only 17 and this is in england! x

I am so tired of feeling like a disabled person because of my panic disorder and the depression-like symptoms, and I WANT TO seek treatment, but everytime I call a mental health center, hospital or doctor, they are booked for at least a month. What do I do? I have a job, a life, and I need treatment ASAP. Emergency Rooms are not for treatment!

I suffer from really bad anxiety, and have had a few panic attacks. I can’t go into my city centre on my own, don’t really like to go anywhere on my own. I struggle with busy places, I end up feeling on edge, and like I stand out (although I don’t).

I’m a manager in a bookies, so have to deal with abusive and angry men sometimes. Although I stand my ground, any sort of confrontation leaves my whole body trembling.

I hate it. I hate being scared of everything.

I used to be really bad, I wouldn’t get on the bus at certain times. I used to go out of my way to get another bus home, because I didn’t want to get on my usual bus. Sometimes, I wouldn’t even use the usual bus stop.

I don’t understand it. I feel silly, but I can’t help it.

I have to feel safe, but I don’t.

Anybody know what I mean?
I have confidence in my job, because I know what I’m doing, and it’s generally the same everyday. I have a routine there.
I don’t smoke, I eat okay, and I have already stopped drinking coffee.

This has been going on for years.

My mum died last year, so I struggle with a little depression. But the anxiety etc went on long before that.

I am a nurse and it is embarrasing when I have panic attacks on the job. I am supposed to be taking care of sick people not the other way around. Any suggestions?

I have a good friend who suffers from panic attacks and because of this has been out of work for some months.
So im asking this question for him .he has been getting therapy and often carries a brown paper bag with him to town incase of a panic attack. He wants to return to work but is afraid of getting a panic attack in the job.Is it possible for him to return to work or should he wait longer and get more therapy?

Hi. I have been suffering from panic disorder for almost a year. It is work related. I was bullied at work and as a result I got moved to another area. But its not the job for me and I cant cope anymore. I have started to look for another job.
Im ok until the day before Im back at work and then try not to think about it. But it is always at the back of my mind. I have panic attacks, usually when Im on my own, but my husband saw me for the first time having a really bad one last week. I feel so low and guilty, because I think my anxiety is too much for my husband. He shouldnt have to see me like this. I hate being on my own now, especially at night. And I cant sleep the night before Im working. Once Im there Im exausted and constantly worry away to myself. I have even thought about taking a heap of pills or cuttting myself – just so I dont have to go to work. But I wouldnt manage to do either of things cos I know that that would make everything worse. Im seeing a councillor.
Im not on any meds for it, I didnt want any fom my GP. But that was earlier in the year, and things did get better, but Im getting bad again and the very thought of going into work tomorrow makes me feel ill! But I cant take sick time anymore as I have been off alot this past year, and that also makes me worry. That Im going to loose my job if Im ever not well.