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- Scottievm, on 04/06/2008, -2/+18This article is making me anxious about my anxiety medication. *pops a xanax*
- jggube, on 04/06/2008, -4/+16I agree with the premise of this story, we take pills for everything, like it's going to fix it, but oftentimes, it makes the symptoms worse or it leads to drug dependency. While I do not have anything against using medication for illnesses, I do think that we should all strongly consider natural treatments first, and only use medication as the last contingency.
Personally, I avoid medication -- it's normal to feel down sometimes (try going out with your friends or doing something that you think might cheer you up), and it's normal to get headaches after a long night of drinking (and instead of popping a pill, try drinking lots of fluids and getting food in your stomach). My two cents. - ghall, on 04/06/2008, -1/+12I understand how you feel. I'm the same way. It's hell. It makes it difficult to get around, and live. The good news is that it's the most curable mental "illness", and it doesn't even require medication. It just takes the will to face your fears. I know, easier said than done, but I'm still working on it too.
- rsmithrun, on 04/06/2008, -0/+10Sometimes it is normal, sometimes you have social anxiety disorder. Like me. :(
- Gloogle, on 04/06/2008, -2/+10I suffer from 24/7 anxiety, which means I'm so anxiety ridden I can have an car accident and feel the same.
- vertinox, on 04/06/2008, -0/+7Well, there are plenty of times where "drink it off" works just fine. Its how I deal with relatives during family get togethers.
- Sibre, on 04/06/2008, -1/+7Agreed. The problem, though, is that the pharmaceutical companies want us to think otherwise, and are fairly successful in getting their message into everything.
Your body is generally very capable of fixing most problems on its own, given proper nourishment, rest, and exercise. If you feel down, do some activity that makes you feel better. If you (or your kids) are having trouble concentrating, don't just pass it off as ADD and medicate. Use techniques that teach the brain to focus more.
Think of how much money could be saved by many people if they would take steps to improve their body's response to various problems, rather than just swallow some stupid pill.
That being said, I do think there are conditions that require medication for treatment, but not as many as one might think. - irvin666, on 04/06/2008, -1/+7If I didn't have an anxiety disorder, I would have my own country by now and be dictator.
*sigh* One can dream. =( - domokunt, on 04/06/2008, -1/+6I can only speak for myself but check out some Eckhart Tolle books, first "Power of Now" then "A new Earth"
- TheHim, on 04/06/2008, -1/+6Anxiety disorders are habits, mental patterns. I have the social one since years and it's finally getting better. What i found interesting is that essentially you have to live through your fears, to overcome them. This applies to people with "normal" anxiety as well.
What helped me deal with my inner world, was to not look outside for solutions. If these sensations come up, don't put them down while desperately holding up a facade to your environment. You need to get to know yourself, it's the priority of your life, no matter who's in your neck, pushing :)
The rejection and attempt to BLOCK it, is what creates a chronic illness. This of course is the human dilemma of self-awareness. A public speaker who frustrates himself is no different, he's trying to fix what isn't broken. - smrtbmb, on 04/06/2008, -4/+9sometimes you can't just"walk it off". Living with panic disorder is hell think before you try to reduce it to an "article of interest" on digg. ***** you all.
- rsmithrun, on 04/06/2008, -0/+5Shyness and social anxiety disorder aren't quite the same thing. And no I do not take pills, I just live a lonely life.
- SolidEnder, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4Next thing you know we'll have grammaton clerics after us...
- BoneStamp, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4I would have thought somebody with your condition would at least appreciate the awareness. I don't believe the article is suggesting everyone can "walk it off"... I think it is simply suggesting that some people who are taking medication do not have a condition as severe as yours, and those people may not need medication. I think it is just asking people to think twice about whether they really need the medication, some people obviously do, some people may not.
- ambion, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3Psychiatric disorders are a major problem everywhere in the western world. Telling someone with impairing depression or anxiety to shape up and get a grip is one of the cruelest things you could say. The problem with benzodiazepines and SSRIs is that they are used to treat the symptoms of the disorders, not the disorder itself. With benzos the relief can be so dramatic that the patient feels he or she doesn't have to go through all the ***** of proper counseling and therapy. SSRIs on the other hand are readily and far too often prescribed "just in case" because of the fact that they're very safe drugs to take. The underlying cause(s) for the mental health epidemic worldwide can only be guessed at.
What can I say... it's a mad world. - inactive, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3The key word is "sometimes". When my sister has anxiety attacks, she says it feels like her throat is closing up and that she isn't part of reality. I had a severe panic attack from smoking weed awhile back (I don't smoke that often) and I felt the same way. I know it's not the same thing, but it scared the ***** out of me regardless. If you legitimately have a problem, medication is the answer.
- hello2usir, on 04/06/2008, -1/+4Yes because everyone behaves the same in real life as they do on the internet.
- sporad1c, on 04/06/2008, -1/+4It's the sane people that are crazy.
- priegog, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2I think there's a fine line between not taking medications for everything and having to put on a tinfoil hat about it. Not going to the psychiatrist when I occasionally feel down = good, not taking an aspiring when you're hungover = meaningless suffering with no real benefit.
But then again I'm a med student so maybe I'm biased. - BabyWookie, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2It's the liberals, right?
- mattyshake, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2Wow. A article with no actual content. Perhaps if he had actually found some people diagnosed incorrectly instead of theorizing about it. Or had he found the boogeymen doctors that write you a RX for getting anxiety before a first date. This is the worst critique I've seen against the DSM. Much smarter and qualified people have voiced legitimate complaints.
- danmat06, on 04/06/2008, -2/+4I suffered from what i thought was anxiety disorder for about 4 months, i stayed inside because it got worse when i left the house, and my GP told me that they would try and organise some 'help' for me, and in the meantime, they would prescribe me anti-depressants and beta blockers to slow my heart rate.
I flat out refused, as i know of people who took anti-depressants and it made them worse, and after one session talking with a therapist, and about 3 months of slowly easing myself back into normal routines, i was fine. I came to the conclusion, based on others experiences, that my GP was wrong to try and put me on drugs that i didn't need, as i clearly only had a mild form of what they thought i had.
Sometimes it's hard to judge what to do with a patient if they don't show any "set in stone" physical symptoms. - inactive, on 04/06/2008, -2/+3Both of your responses could have been much more efficiently summed up with the following:
"NO *****!" - AmICoolNow, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2I think it's ridiculous the amount of medication we take in today's society. I think that sometimes whatever mental illness you have is either a minor personality flaw or something that can be worked out psychologically. My friend takes medication for "Restless Leg Syndrome", and maybe I'm wrong, maybe I don't know enough about the syndrome, but it seems ludicrous to me that there's an entire market for people that think they move their legs too much, and need pills to fix it.
- boombye, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Best comment Ell3 has ever made, wow.
- inactive, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2And you're British. I'm sorry. :(
- stupidpoo, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1I find that if you are stressed out and complete a few tasks that are weighing on you then you will get the confidence that things are going well as well as less things weighing on you.
- FiestyPumpkin, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Because they believe what the advertisements on TV tell them. I assume the doctors even believe it since they are the ones prescribing them. I think those advertisements should be banned. We should not be telling our doctors what kind of medications we should take. "Ask your doctor." "Free trial." WTF?!?
- Innominate227, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Nothing wrong with that as long as it works.
- dagooh, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Well, now we know who voted for Bush...
- BabyWookie, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Oh god... not that faggy, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual, psycho-babble self-help *****. If you can take that ***** seriously, you might as well become a born-again xian or a scientologist. You'd be gullible enough, for sure.
- BoneStamp, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Hmmm, I've never read that in my research... do you have any links I can read about that?
- tower31, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1I went to the doctor seven years ago for stress and he put me on xanax. Over a period of four years I took 4mg of xanax a day and did not care about *****. After the company I worked for was sold I told myself that no more xanax in my life. I spent two months on the couch hating life and feeling like a crackhead. I would never wish that feeling on my worst enemy. You can also die if you go off the drug cold turkey. The problem with xanax is you never get stressed out. And sometimes that is exactly what you need to do.....
- ez8t, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Personally I try to avoid taking any medication if possible due to the side effects and i know there are many people who feel the same way but having said that if I was suffering and my mental illness was seriously effecting my life and those around me I would take it. Is this article suggesting that people that are suffering should just accept it as a part of life and avoid taking medication? I have live with someone who had anxiety and refuse to seek treatment let me tell you if anxiety is not treated it can cause Anger, Rage, Depression, Insomnia Panic Attacks, Psychosomatic illnesses, and so many other problems.
- inactive, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1If the answer was so obvious, why are millions of the people in the US alone on medication for normal problems?
- inactive, on 04/06/2008, -3/+3 Hopefully, the Pharmaceutical companies can come up with a drug for people, who think a normal reaction is a normal thing.
- MrSlumberjack, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1Can you rephrase the part "...If these sensations come up, don't put them down while desperately holding up a facade to your environment."?
- MattS, on 04/06/2008, -2/+2The way a person reacts to one situation tells you a great deal about how they react to all situations - on the internet or IRL.
- BoneStamp, on 04/06/2008, -2/+2What do you mean by "no matter who's in your neck pushing"?
- Bizdorph, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1I strongly agree with this. Anxiety medications are (a significant portion of the time) not necessary. While it is definitely true that some people have chemical imbalances and do genuinely need medication, these people are not common. Anxiety is a natural response to certain stimuli. Our bodies are not stupid; there are reasons for these responses and trying to medicate ourselves to the point where we no longer feel them is stupid. For me, anxiety and nervousness are ways of telling if I'm genuinely involved in or worried about something. It's nice to feel them sometimes, because it lets you know how much something means to you, beyond the conscious level.
- gilbertvaio, on 07/20/2008, -0/+0i have social anxiety and general anxiety disorder and been on a lot of meds some are bad some are good cymbalta is really helping me now
- oliviaguildford, on 04/10/2008, -0/+0I completely agree with the comment made by jggube, people these days tend to turn towards medication as a first resort rather than a last. As someone who suffered severely from anxiety, I can personally attest to the fact that by putting dependancy on being 'cured' in a pill, or any other outside source you can't control, is depowering yourself.
I found the key to ending anxiety is to empower yourself; and that truly does come from within.
I have recently created a squidoo lens some may find helpful, which lists all of the tips I used for coping with anxiety and panic attacks, which eventually led to them stopping - and they all hinge on self-empowerment.
The link is: http://www.squidoo.com/coping-with-anxiety - binorgog, on 08/07/2008, -1/+1CRAZY?? NOT SURE?? Head over to http://www.patientslikeme.com/ and read those BLOGS!!
- ashluvleigh, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0I think I have been anxious from a toke, and also that time I had fish and chips with a pot of tea....and was afraid I might end up with bad teeth and an accent from Wigam....but seriously sounds like all of these people need a little sexual release. If you're with someone spice it up with a new toy:
http://www.pleasuremenow.com/index.asp?PageAction= ...
and if not do like Ben Stiller in "Something About Mary" don't go out with a loaded gun (men or women) :
http://www.pleasuremenow.com/index.asp?PageAction= ... - stythe, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0Many people would rather pop a pill then actually think about why they need to take it. Medication has a place, but it's not, nor should it ever be the first and last option. It's just a lot harder to actually look for the real problem then it is to make up a substitute one and wisk it away with some ritalin.
- phizz, on 04/06/2008, -1/+0Gaba doesn't cross the blood brain barrier on it's own so if it makes you feel better it's placebo.
- prgmctan, on 04/06/2008, -3/+2I thought the title was anorexic
- BoneStamp, on 04/06/2008, -4/+3Go to your local drugstore and buy some Gaba (vitamin isle). This will make you feel better/happier, almost instantly... it's a natural occurring substance in your brain. (Do some research on it first of course)
- inactive, on 04/06/2008, -3/+2wow smrtbmb, sounds like your bigger problem is that you're an *****. Are you taking pills for that too?
- inactive, on 04/06/2008, -4/+3"almost half of the population is described as being in some way mentally ill"
I have no problem believing that. -
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