can GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) be triggered?? because only when my fiance for the military do i start to have very bad panic attacks and its effecting my daily life now and i would like to seek help because my anxiety is getting worst it used to be only when he left now its all though out the day and has been this way for a while now???? do i need meds?? if so what kind i dont really want to take a meds but i will if i have to i also dont wanna become dependent on a med either can some one give any advice ? leaves for the military Yes, it can be triggered. Mine was triggered by my ex-spouse's affair and abusive behavior. What if you sought therapy instead of meds? Therapy can give you a way to effectively deal with the anxiety. It is very important that you try this....its sounds too simple and too elementary to believe, but sometimes you have to go by faith and at least try.
Go to your grocery store and locate the Black tea (not the green, white or red)...just the Black tea.
....see if you can find the one that contains Cinnamon and Ginger and Black pepper....(I buy TAZO chia spiced black tea)...it includes all the above mentioned.
...if you cant find it in the store you possibly can find it online or get plain black tea and sprinkle cinnammon and ginger.
....brew as packet instructs and drink.
....Black tea has been scientifically determined to suppress the stress hormone. You will feel very focused but calm and you will not have hardly any of those weird anxiety feeling or problems with your heart in pain even if it is pounding over problems and stresses.
...I know this by experience,
...please extend your question by a few days..go out and try...respond back if it works or if it doesnt work, I bet you will be surprised. Hi. I'm feelin' your pain there, m'dear. I've suffered from serious symptoms of anxiety before but not GAD. Don't think you have GAD...but that's not the key point. It doesn't matter whether the anxiety you're suffering is part of a specific disorder or simply triggered by an identifiable event, you are suffering from an anxiety that makes you feel terrible.
In my experience...you need to seek professional guidance rather than look for specific detail from lay people or sufferers. It's a potential minefield of diagnoses and treatments that's best left to a trusted pro.
I'd not recommend drugs to start with, but I'd hardly suggest that's the advice to follow. If you trust your local doc, they'll steer you down the right path, whether it be psycho-therapy or therapeutic drugs.
Hang tough, call your doc. Sure--it's triggered by SOMETHING. It doesn't just exist in a vacuum. It's the result of something that set off the part of your brain that sounds the alarms.
If you haven't been to a doctor, how do you know you have GAD? I'm guessing you don't, because GAD is a free-floating anxiety that is not directly connected to any one fear or any one event. You seem to know why you're having anxiety, so it's not really "generalized," is it? It's very specific to your fiance's situation. It's good to do some reading when something is bothering you, but it's not helpful in the end just to self-diagnose.
Anxiety is a survival mechanism. It exists because it has kept people back through time from getting too comfortable when things around them were going bad. For example, it existed to make them anxious when there was too much rain--which will be followed by floods. Anxiety! Find higher ground! So it's not just a bad thing; it has its place. It becomes a bad thing if the situation that is causing it is either not identifiable, or chronic. In both cases, you can't change what you're doing to fix it (in one case, you don't know what it is; in the other, you have to wait things out) and in that time it begins to affect your ability to function effectively and be happy.
So, go see your doctor. You may need to take a med for a while to get your brain's alarm under control. No biggie. Tell your doctor that you don't want something that is just a sedative. Tell him/her you want something that you can take for a short course to see if it helps, and then be weaned off of it. The meds they give for anxiety and depression and things are not sedatives, and they don't put anything in your brain that shouldn't already be there. Anxiety is a sign of TOO MUCH of something you should have anyway, and the right drug will reduce the amount in your brain to the normal levels. That's why it takes a month or so to start feeling an improvement. You have to take them exactly as prescribed. Give it three months, and see if it helps, and in that time ALSO go talk to a counselor to talk through your fears (it really, really, really helps) and to learn ways BESIDES meds to handle the things in life that cause big-time anxiety. It's a good time to do that. Life can be one anxiety provoking event after another, and if you learn good coping skills now, you'll be in good shape throughout your years. The ones who don't learn skills deaden their fears and anxiety with drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, and other numbing/dangerous behaviors.
So consider this a good thing in that there is help out there, your symptoms are probably pretty easy to fix, the sooner you address them the better, and you'll be back on track. Two Books:
The Anxiety Phobia Workbook
Calming Your Anxious Mind
Worked like a charm for me, it will definitely work for you!!
SKIP THE DRUGS! You don't need it. Meditate and do Yoga. It will help a lot. Are working? if not maybe you should take a part time job doing something or a hobby, knit, crochet, something to keep your mind off of anxiety. Do you like music? I got me a cheap Mp3 player and I put music on it and carry it around with me in my pocket. If you can't get a hold of one just get a diskman and get a couple of your favorite CD's, one should be a relaxation CD, something calming to the mind, it will help a lot. When you're not occupied just turn the music on, it helps me get my mind off of things I don't want to think about, watch TV or listen to the radio, watch the foodnetwork channel, get new ideas on recipes, bake cakes and learn decorating them.
the book Calming Your Anxious Mind, helped me when my panic attacks got so severe i didnt sleep for days and didnt eat for weeks. I read the book, practiced the meditation exercises and by the end of the night I finally got a good night's sleep, 12 hours!! WOO HOO!! what a relief! Just remember that patience is a virtue and learn to focus on the breathe while meditating.
When anxiety comes, especially the attack, just tell yourself you can not die from anxiety attack, this will pass, and breath VERY deeply to the tummy VERY slowly. One one thousand two one thousand until four when inhaling to the tummy and same when exhaling. Sit down in a meditating position, it will pass i guarantee you. And after you practice meditation, your attacks will come and go before you know it.
Go to the book store and buy these books. You won't need drugs or quacks telling you how you feel and telling you whats wrong with you. Nothing is wrong with you. It's just an uncomfortable feeling that's all new with you but you will get thru this on your own. I did. When you get these books, find a comfortable spot in your house, make sure its not too cold or too hot, wear comfie clothes, have a blanket or something that will make you feel comfortable. Have the phone next to you in case you need it, it won't but it just in case someone calls, you dont have to get up and be interrupted. Have a bottle water there. And just sit on the floor and read, or sofa, but i'd sit on the floor, on a yoga mat or something. So that you can concentrate on meditating. Make sure you have a pillow to sit on.
I think your panicking gets worse because you don't know much about it. Once you get these books, you will understand it's okay and normal to get anxiety when you feel worried about something, after reading the books, you will soon learn how to control it, and most likely prevent these attacks from happening again. Hope this helps.
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