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Chado2423

Chado2423

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New here... I suffer from depression, panic attacks, and was diagnosed with GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) Unfortunately I am no longer working, and I fear my condition is worsening. I hope someone will be able to help me overcome this terrible battle. Any advice from fellow sufferers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...

--Chad
 
villacjs

villacjs

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Start taking on the problem NOW, especially since you say it is getting worse. You must seek the help of a psychologist and/or psychiatrist. My parents and I let my problems linger on for too long, and it should have been attacked back in high school (I'm 22 now) so it makes the mountain that much harder to climb.

Good luck
 
Chado2423

Chado2423

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villacjs said:
Start taking on the problem NOW, especially since you say it is getting worse. You must seek the help of a psychologist and/or psychiatrist. My parents and I let my problems linger on for too long, and it should have been attacked back in high school (I'm 22 now) so it makes the mountain that much harder to climb.

Good luck
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But you see, I HAVE SOUGHT HELP... I went to therapy... but all that did was give me medicine that didn't work and put me into debt... how is that helpful? I'm not trying to be rude, but it didn't work... it didn't help me out because now I'm in debt. I got fired from my job so now I'm in a worse predicament as I don't have a job to pay for my debt to the counseling agency... ... and with my phobia of going out into public, I'm afraid to go out and get a job, so I'm stuck in a battle I can't win. My mother is in denial about me even though I've been like this for three years living with her. I've tried to get help, but I might as well have payed a drug dealer to get the same results... to be in debt and in the same place I was before. What to do? I'm lost no matter which turn to take. I have only a few friends, but they don't understand what I'm going through, and neither does my family... and apparently neither did my so called "profressional help." I guess I'm just a lost case.
 
Chado2423

Chado2423

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i was put on several anti-depressants and cogentin. But now Im broke and cant afford any more therapy or medication.
 
sabbath92002

sabbath92002

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Chado2423 said:
i was put on several anti-depressants and cogentin. But now Im broke and cant afford any more therapy or medication.
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Take a look at acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). You can purchase an ACT self-help workbook for less than $20. ACT has helped me where meds and other therapies have failed. The latest ACT self-help workbook is The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Paperback) by John P. Forsyth (Author), Georg H. Eifert (Author).
 
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