My Recovery

[naad]

Hello...i posted a month ago saying i was well and and recovered from anxiety...however when i was posting that, the HA forum still made me abit anxious...

a month down the line...i'm sat here laughing at myself and writing this so happily, whilst trying to avoid my dissertations. i haven't looked at this forum for ages and hardly ever posted here but i thought i share my recovery with people to show that you can recover and i did it WITHOUT medication.

well...the recovery process is plain and simple. you have to accept you have anxiety and that your healthy and normal...what helped me was, looking around at all the old people around me, my family...people on the street...and thinking, wow i could be them one day, 86 years old...and walking happily on the street. and i rather live my life happy than worrying about something which is beyond your control...which is what HA is based on...your worrying about something beyond your control!! so why bother worrying about it...i know its easier said than done....but it CAN be done!

i used to have really bad symptoms (blurry vision, paplations, migraines, aches and pains, dizziness, nausea, couldnt swallow, trembling etc) and was severly depressed...but i'm sat here right now...not scanning my body for any aches and pains because i don't have any for a starters and my blurry vision has gone...also due to me believing in god...and believing that my life is already written for me...if i was to die of a deadly disease or have aneursym etc...it was meant to happen, theres nothing you can do about it so dont waste your days worrying.

trust me its been hard...its taken about 2 months to get fully better, for my energy to come back, my vision to come...my enjoyment of life to come back but it HAS and if you let it...it will HAPPEN TO YOU. i seriously laugh at how pathetic i was but hey its made me stronger :-).

goodbye to you all and i hope you all recover...which im sure many people have!   

 
 

[SuperJew26]

I am pro-med... But I do like your method of thinking.....

Very interesting, indeed!

[naad]

I am pro-med... But I do like your method of thinking.....

Very interesting, indeed!

what does pro-med mean? sorry i'm abit blonde lol.

i hate medication...i think medication makes the person alot worse, if you believe in yourself...you can do it!!
i honestly believe the body and chemicals can go back to normal...EVENTUALLY, without medication...like a headaches goes etc

and oh yeah OMEGA 3 fish capsules helped me alot...with my depression and my thinking and memory and the fact its good for your brain and heart.

[SuperJew26]

Keep in mind HA/OCD/GA is not something you beat like perhaps a video game or etc....

I don't mean to rain on your parade, but......You cannot say that you have beat it after only a few months....

It is always there lurking around ready to jump at you when you have your guard down.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that you are doing better..... but i disagree with some of your prev post about medication...

You say that ssri's and etc "suppress or hides" your anxiety but does not deal with it.... Medication gives you the ability to clear your head a bit so you can be strong enough to address the notions that you speak of..

I just don't want people so afraid of medication, that they suffer a lot longer than they needed to. You can easily develop a new line of thinking while benefiting from a medication at the same time. So many people have medication anxiety and this needs to stop. I think this anxiety comes from the fact that doctors are not really educating people about how they work and what they should expect..

[SuperJew26]

What medications have you been on (longer than a month) ?

I would like to hear of your experiences.

[naad]

i don't agree with your post...because i strongly believe that if i was about to die, then i will.

if i lived 22 years of my life not worrying about illnesses...why am i going to waste my life worrying now...and by the way i only had HA for about 6 months and i only got it because i had a Panic Attack and thought i was dying from it and because i didn't know what it was...and because i addressed why i got HA...i'm able to move on.

you can clear you head with meditation or exercise, or breathing exercises or praying...once you on the road of recovery from HA...your irrational thoughts start to disappear, trust me!

and plus...even though this forum is very supportive...it can make the HA worse...because you read about posts about people who are worried about so and so symptoms...then you start worrying about them symptoms...or you think their going through it and start relating to them rather than looking at yourself. anything HA related makes the HA worse.

and not all doctors give anti-depressents out...i know a guy who had anxiety and he kept going to the doctors, who eventually told him to do one and enjoy life,...the guy listened to him and he's anxiety freee...and when i kept visiting my doctor because i thought i was dying, she was just sympathetic but never offered any medication until i asked for something...but when i looked at the side effects...i thought no way!!!!

but hey...its all upto you really 

[naad]

i havent been on any medication at all!

im very ANTI-anti depressent!!

[SuperJew26]

Although I admire your strong will, I do think that you might be oversimplifying this particular anxiety disorder. If it was this simple... there would not be a gazillion post on the HA forum. And we would not be suffering from this for years and years.

With that said, I appreciate you posting your positive story on here, as it might give a spark of hope to those who might come accross it.....

I just don't want someone giving up after they are not anxiety free after a couple of months. I am a big pro natural kind of guy..... I'm always suggesting lifestyle and dietary changes... but It is IRRESPONSIBLE to ignore medically sound methods proven to help people. 

My suggestion... always try a natural way first......then if that doesn't work... have an open mind when it comes to listening to what your doctor might suggest.

I have been down both roads and have a decade of dealing with this stuff. Other members on this site have 10X the experience.

[naad]

i'm sure your right in many aspects but it is mind over matter really...hence the most succesful therapy for HA is cognitive behaviour therapy.

i know quite of few people who have had HA in the past but they recovered...one of the main reasons they recovered because they got so fed up of worrying and they never googled symptoms and they never went near anything HA related.

do you ever think that you have worried for 10 years but your here today and healthy (im assuming)...you should stop wasting your days living like this. something to think about...if you havent already.

buh byeee and hope your on your way to recovery.

[idreamofskiba]

I think it's great that you were able to overcome this on your own without medication.

Some people, myself included, aren't able to do it without, though.  I tried all the natural ways but it wasn't working and I just couldn't take it any more.  I figured the constant high stress and extreme anxiety was far more harmful to my body than any medication would be.   

You say that ssri's and etc "suppress or hides" your anxiety but does not deal with it.... Medication gives you the ability to clear your head a bit so you can be strong enough to address the notions that you speak of..

I just don't want people so afraid of medication, that they suffer a lot longer than they needed to. You can easily develop a new line of thinking while benefiting from a medication at the same time. So many people have medication anxiety and this needs to stop. I think this anxiety comes from the fact that doctors are not really educating people about how they work and what they should expect..

Very well put.

[SuperJew26]

do you ever think that you have worried for 10 years but your here today and healthy (im assuming)...you should stop wasting your days living like this. something to think about...if you havent already.

I am not wasting my time... the bad thoughts in my head come no matter how good i feel, or whatever philosophy that I take..... its not really much of a choice with ocd/ha

Learning to live and manage them is the key.....

[naad]

but the fact that your doubting that i'm fully recovered or that being fully recovered is impossible...maybe thats the reason behind why you aint recovered because your already thinking negatively about recovery..

if you google hypochondria recovery...it'll show up so many recovery stories.

my aunty is a psychiatrist...she said she seen people recover.

and my mum worries about her health but not so much that it harms her in anyway and ive realised my anxious thoughts probably come from her. my grandma's and grandad's are all in the 80's and so are all their generations...parents, uncles, aunts etc are in the 50's and so are all their generations...no ones had anything majorly wrong with them so ive learnt to except that i'm a healthy human being who comes from a healthy background.

you need to start thinking postively about being able to be fully recovered..because it is possible and i dont believe HA is is a mental disorder...because they way we act, speak, do things...we are still NORMAL like everyone else...its just we have stupid irrational thoughts which unfortunately leads to symptoms.

but hey...its your journey.

[idreamofskiba]

You seem to be one of the lucky ones who were able to overcome with just thinking positive, but if it was just that easy for everyone, there would be no such thing as hypochondria.  It's easier said than done trying to change ones way of thinking.  I believe it can be done, but understand that it's different for each person and some people have HA more severely than others, so it's not as simple as you think.

[naad]

yeah your definately right.

i was just trying to put ways across on how i started to think...and hopefully it might work on others but suppose everyone is different.

[SuperJew26]

You know what...

any success story about someone recovering (in two months or two decades) is worth posting......!

Congrats dude.

[pnod]

I must agree that any story is great and your story gives hope to some. 

Is it simple? no it's not.  Changing your mind in a radical fashion is not easy.  So to sit here and say that "If it was so easy" seems childish.  I agree it would be a hard time without meds, but I like your thinking and I wish the best for all of you

God Bless You and Your Recovery :)