Will I Ever Get Better, please tell me im not alone!!

[rybonn]

I have been dealing with panic,anxiety and depression for over a year and half...i do have small periods when i feel okay, but then i fall right back into all day anxiety, which leads to panic attacks and depression...i feel like i cant get any relief..just started remeron, hoping that it will help, but not very optimistic. Can anyone relate? Is this a normal amount of time to suffer so badly?!? I just cant stop thinking that ill be like this forever, and that terrifes me as this is no way to live...i also go to therapy, but all he ever says is to accept my feelings...I still dont know how to stop these terrible thoughts that this will never end...i just get so depressed because i cant enjoy anything anymore, i just think about anxiety!!Please Help!!

[Squeemy]

First of all yes anxiety has no set duration so any amount of time is normal really. I don't have depression but do know people can have that a very long time, sometimes their whole life.  Unfortunately if there was a way to stop the feelings with anxiety, we would all do it. The best plan is not to concentrate on stopping but ( like your therapist said) accepting that anxiety is now a part of your life & 'fighting' the symptoms will onlyfeed the anxiety.

When you feel anxious or depressed think of it as just comingto visit & acknowledge what you feel then say ok I have to not give it anymore attention. Find something that occupies your brain & surround yourself with things which make you feel good.

Anxiety does become managable. I still have days where I freak out over symptoms that creep up & I start thinking what if??? But then I tell myself to snap out of it.posting on here helps too. In my life people hear what I went through & say " wow thats terrible, you poor thing". Here in Anxiety Zone everything I have & am feeling is so normal  it feels good to know that anxiety is capable of just about anything & not to stress too much about it because that's anxieties food 

Take it easy.