GW1981
22-11-11, 14:21
Hi Folks, this is my first real post on here so bare with me, i was diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder 7 months ago following 18 months of suffering, the initial anxiety all stemmed from one extremely traumatic event that had a massive impact on my life (or should i say my thoughts) and spiralled from there, although on reflection i believe i have always suffered anxiety but to a much lesser degree, life was not great, i suffered regular panic attacks and struggled with sleep and food but did manage to get short breaks from the physical symptoms and general miserable thoughts, 6 mnths after the event i confronted what i thought was causing my anxiety and for a short time felt better only for a few months later the spiral to begin again.
Anyway.....After my diagnosis 7mnths ago my doctor prescribed me Sertraline and i sought out counselling and CBT therapy privately, the counselling/CBT has helped me enourmously to this stage although i cannot say i feel the same about the medication which i would say heightened my awareness of the problem so i came of the meds 2 mnths ago although not pretty at first i felt better after 1 week of coming off them, over the past 6 weeks i have cut back my counselling sessions (only had 1) and somewhat neglected my CBT (I believe CBT is something you work on yourself, the counsellor only points you in the rough direction of the answers), i was actually at the stage for a 4/5 week period where i didnt have to do any therapy at all and i felt back to my old self, it was fantastic....to top it all i had some highly stressful events in my life during this time that i handled superbly, i was almost there (wherever that may be) and was really positive having thought i had come through this horrible condition...
However i have started to feel anxious again over the past week and i am struggling to move forward again, its like someone has put the handbrakes on, my anxiety tends now to be negative thoughts, i dont always suffer the physical symptoms and i do know how to deal with them, it just seems my negative attitude to the traumatic event over 2 years ago are so embedded they wont let me go free... I have considered my options and i have started to apply all i have learned about CBT again BUT i am considering seeing a hypnotist as it seems this is a far more progressive way of changing thought processes, there are some fantastic articles on this site that have helped me too, i have found someone locally who specialised in the treatment of anxiety conditions and i will find the money from somewhere to go and see him, i suppose i am wondering if anyone has tried hypno and knows if it works in conjunction with CBT, i have read online it is a very successful form of therapy but would be great to here some advise from people in a similar situation, i usually spend my days feeling anxious about feeling anxious....
i now know what it feels like to be rid of this horrible condition and its good so please be positive that it can be resolved, i feel so selfish because i have everything i have ever wanted and still i continue to make myself miserable and want to explore another avenue of putting these completely irrational thoughts into perspective....
Hope someone can spend some time to respond
:weep:
Anyway.....After my diagnosis 7mnths ago my doctor prescribed me Sertraline and i sought out counselling and CBT therapy privately, the counselling/CBT has helped me enourmously to this stage although i cannot say i feel the same about the medication which i would say heightened my awareness of the problem so i came of the meds 2 mnths ago although not pretty at first i felt better after 1 week of coming off them, over the past 6 weeks i have cut back my counselling sessions (only had 1) and somewhat neglected my CBT (I believe CBT is something you work on yourself, the counsellor only points you in the rough direction of the answers), i was actually at the stage for a 4/5 week period where i didnt have to do any therapy at all and i felt back to my old self, it was fantastic....to top it all i had some highly stressful events in my life during this time that i handled superbly, i was almost there (wherever that may be) and was really positive having thought i had come through this horrible condition...
However i have started to feel anxious again over the past week and i am struggling to move forward again, its like someone has put the handbrakes on, my anxiety tends now to be negative thoughts, i dont always suffer the physical symptoms and i do know how to deal with them, it just seems my negative attitude to the traumatic event over 2 years ago are so embedded they wont let me go free... I have considered my options and i have started to apply all i have learned about CBT again BUT i am considering seeing a hypnotist as it seems this is a far more progressive way of changing thought processes, there are some fantastic articles on this site that have helped me too, i have found someone locally who specialised in the treatment of anxiety conditions and i will find the money from somewhere to go and see him, i suppose i am wondering if anyone has tried hypno and knows if it works in conjunction with CBT, i have read online it is a very successful form of therapy but would be great to here some advise from people in a similar situation, i usually spend my days feeling anxious about feeling anxious....
i now know what it feels like to be rid of this horrible condition and its good so please be positive that it can be resolved, i feel so selfish because i have everything i have ever wanted and still i continue to make myself miserable and want to explore another avenue of putting these completely irrational thoughts into perspective....
Hope someone can spend some time to respond
:weep: