ot:anxiety disorders

[bassguy]

anyone else here have these?

 

i was told that my fear of thunderstorms is caused by anxiety disorders...ne1 back this up?

[EuphoricGreyGuitar]

do a search, man. over in GuitarJam we had a big thread about anxiety attacks and anxiety disorders.

[GrooveMonkey]

 

Take two and go enjoy the next thunder storm.

 

 

Personally, I love storms. As long as it's not a tornado...

[mrcrow]

these will treat anxiety...but are mainly for depression...

 

anxiety can eat your life up and restrict motivation and purpose..

 

get it seen to ...its common and curable.

 

these

 

[Kaesh]

Originally posted by bassguy anyone else here have these? i was told that my fear of thunderstorms is caused by anxiety disorders...ne1 back this up?

[Johnny BoomBoom]

Hmmm, not too fond of spiders.........in fact downright terrified of some of them!

 

But haven't ever taken anxiety attacks.......well, 'cept for the time I was getting treated for depression....I had a seizure which the docs reckoned could be down to the AD I was taking....they took me straight off the tablets. Well, I never knew paranoia couold be so acute! :eek:

 

Fortunately they changed my medication and alls well that ends well!

[gretschzildjian]

Yep...I'm claustrophobic.

 

I'd rather not take the elevator or be in overcrowded places. I don't use any medication for this...except avoidance

[Undertoad]

I've had chronic and really bad anxiety/panic problems my entire life. They first showed up when I was 13, got bad at age 16 and have completely dominated periods of my life. (Ever go to a concert and leave before the first song because you were sitting in the men's room thinking you might die?)

 

Five years ago I went on Paxil and once I got the dosage to the right level - enough to stop the panic, not enough to have the side effects - it turned my life around.

 

If anxiety/panic is preventing you from doing things, do talk to a psych doc about what you can do about it. Modern pharmaceuticals are amazing. Don't listen to Tom Cruise about it, he's in a cult and gets his information from morons. Listen to modern science, listen to your own body and talk to qualified pros about what you can do.

[Dark Slide]

I myself have some mild anxiety. I have agoraphobia as well as social and specific phobias.

 

My girlfriend however has a full blown anxiety disorder (There is a big difference between a generalized anxiety disorder and a simple phobia) She has obsessive compulsive disorder, a panic disorder and post traumatic stress. It can be disruptive at times, but she seems to have found the right medication for her right now and things are much better. Anxiety disorders can be effectively treated with medication most of the time, given a little time and effort.

 

To specifically answer your question... Yes, fear of a thunderstorm would be considered a specific phobia and would technically fall under an anxiety disorder catagory. However, in reality it is just a phobia and nothing quite as serious as a full blown panic disorder or the like.

 

Edit: Check out this link:

 

http://www.adaa.org/

[Kin Corn Karn]

I have anxiety problems, depression problems, lots of trouble with concentration. I think it might be some form of PTSD, but I'm not a shrink. I take Wellbutrin and it keeps it under control.

 

I've been on Paxil and Prozac in the past, and looking back on how they affected me, SSRIs terrify me now. With their effects and the way they're being prescribed these days they are like a real world version of Soma.

 

That said, Paxil was a big help to me at first because it helped me learn that I was capable of not being suicidally depressed or terrified of people, so I know that I can do it without such a life-altering drug. I took it for 5 years and I think that was about 3 years too long.

[fureybass]

I don't have any clue about specific stuff like thunderstorms. I used to have panic attacks in the middle of the night pair that with sleep apnea and you get no sleep at all. I've now got a CPAP machine and a little Paxil and never knew how healthy I could feel.

 

The drugs are tricky, though. Not bad, just tricky. Originally, I was precribed too much Paxil and it left me sleepy as all hell. I could barely function. Eventually, for monetary reasons, I began splitting my pills in half and it help. Basically took the edge off the day. Took the tightness out of my neck. You feel like yourself, just not at 11. More like 8.

 

Also caffeine. Do you drink a lot of coffee? If so, try cutting down. that ramped up heart rate can feel like a panic attack. Switching to decaf/half caff coffee helped a lot. Coke and tea don't matter so much b/c they have about 1/4 the caffeine as coffee.

[beam]

Yup.

Was very severe when I was a kid, I was scared of other people my age.

 

Now, it isn't so bad. I still have it, but I make myself put it aside.

If I was a kid today, I would have been diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder.

[vanlatte]

We sure are a messed up bunch, arent we? hope nobody takes offense, after all I have had my own share of psychological...issues too.

[s4001]

I'm scared of spiders. Except black widows and tarantulas. Go figger.

[the_big_geez]

I was just listening to Garrison Kiellor's 'Writer's Almanac' for the day.

 

By his account, Elvis Presley was faced with performing a 'hot number' for the first time, where he'd always had a preference for the slow ballad. In response to his own nervousness, his leg began to shake with the rhythm of the song; an anomaly that did not go unnoticed by the female patrons, nor did it go unfavorably.

 

The shaking later became a trademark manouever on which a legend was born.

 

It is possible that a 'phobia' is the best thing that could happen to a person...

[KeroseneTrewthe]

Who doesnt have anxiety over something in their life.

 

Im not scared to fly in planes but I wont if I dont have to. Makes me a nervous wreck.

[Kin Corn Karn]

 

Originally posted by the_big_geez It is possible that a 'phobia' is the best thing that could happen to a person...

 

I think that many of the instant depression diagnoses that are made these days are made based on "symptoms" that are just the quirks that we would have accepted and called "eccentric" 50 years ago.

 

If Elvis would have shown up today, he probably would be fed some Effexor and treated for acute performance phobia or some other bull{censored}. Ironically, self-medication was what killed him.

[Geddy'sFavHeadache]

 

Originally posted by bassguy anyone else here have these? i was told that my fear of thunderstorms is caused by anxiety disorders...ne1 back this up?

 

 

i have to take Inderol now:( (anti-anxiety)

 

once i start hiding i keep on hiding till my paranoia:eek: calms down

[Geddy'sFavHeadache]

having a mental illness is no picnic. very stressful at times unfortunately. i really couldn't explain it completely, just hope that those who have used drugs don'[t turn out like i did. using illegal drugs can & WILL cause mental illness if they don't kill ya.

 

keep this in mind, VERY serious!

[Mike in Utica]

I've been in psychiatry for 10 years as a Social Worker and have seen lots of people with depression and anxiety. In terms of phobias (ie.T-Storms) one question to ask yourself is why do you fear them? My wife and her sibs are horrified of T-Storms, like really horrified. Then I found out that her mom would wake them all up in the middle of the night and make them sit in the hallway or basement. Now? My wife will not sit inm front of a window, talk on the phone or shower while there is a T-storm. But to the point of obsession and completet irrational fear.

This may not be you at all, but just a case example.

[Perfessor]

Originally posted by Mike in Albany I've been in psychiatry for 10 years as a Social Worker and have seen lots of people with depression and anxiety. In terms of phobias (ie.T-Storms) one question to ask yourself is why do you fear them? My wife and her sibs are horrified of T-Storms, like really horrified. Then I found out that her mom would wake them all up in the middle of the night and make them sit in the hallway or basement. Now? My wife will not sit inm front of a window, talk on the phone or shower while there is a T-storm. But to the point of obsession and completet irrational fear. This may not be you at all, but just a case example.

 

This is exactly what happened in my wife's family. Her mother would take them all downstairs. My parents let me go out and splash in puddles during the storm and today I work outside and am especially busy out there in a storm. I drove my wife through two events that were sure tornados. Once when the sky was green in western Ohio and another time in N. Carolina when the radio stations were telling everyone to take shelter. Well, that was touhg to do on a crowded freeway with all the spots under the bridges already occupied. Afterward I got to be there while she told her mother. Great fun.

[Rachel Sampson]

I've never been diagnosed by a proffesional, but I'm pretty sure I have a mild case of general anxiety disorder with a touch of social anxiety. I've read books and the way I feel is exactly how they describe general anxiety disorder and social anxiety. I'm a worry wart, every day I worry that my baby is going to die in utero I stress about everything. When it comes to difficult social situations my heart practically pounds out of my chest.