i think i have anxiety issues?

ok, lately i've been dabbling around with benzos. not the smartest thing i have realized. however they have really helped me deal with some issues i have.

i might have an anxiety disorder, (self diagnosis), i think this because of these reasons..

*i feel on edge sometimes for no reason, not all the time, but atleast one or two days out of the week i'll just be extremely tense all day

*I get headaches a lot, or my stomache will feel really uneasy, like adrenaline like.

*sometimes i will have moodswings

*sometimes my muscles get really tense and twitch.

*I have problems sleeping without smoking the herb.

*sometimes i'll get really paranoid and worried about nothing

I was also diagnosed with ADD which i think was a false diagnosis, could it be my anxiety?
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HOWEVER.

don't people with anxiety issues have a harder time when they're high? getting paranoid and all? i'm the exact opposite. i use it to sleep and to calm me down if i'm feeling anxious.

and it's not all the time. i get episodes where i get some of the fore mentioned symptoms only a couple times a week.




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taking benzos really did help me when i took it to treat this, but i also took it recreationally.

i want a subscription to kpins or xanax to help me deal with this, using them legibly. i would not ever take them recreationally, because i know if i did i would do it too often and it would end up bad.

anyways what should i do to deal with my anxiety? if i don't get a script i will keep getting them illegally anyways and only use them for this...


how do i approach my parents about this?

 

Well, benzos help everyone deal with life, regardless if they have an anxiety disorder or not. So I wouldn't use the helpful effects of benzos as any sort of clue that you have a disorder.

To me, what you've described is anxiety, but not necessarily disordered. It's natural to be anxious at times, even if it's out of the blue. Before you self diagnose yourself, ask yourself if there are any outstanding circustances to be causes this anxiety (School, parents, friends, work)
If so, see what you can do to cut down stress in that area. If not..
Ask yourself "How well am I taking care of my body?" Are you getting enough sleep? eating well? Exercising atleast 30 minutes daily? All of this interlinks with anxiety.

If you are taking care of yourself well, and have no outside stressors, and STILL feel anxious out of the blue, go see some sort of doctor and they will help you, whether it's with therapy or medication

 

ALSO. I just read the last bit of your post: Taking benzos for generalized anxiety is extremely dangerous. Benzos are MEANT to be used for people with panic disorder, and you are not having panic attacks. If anything, your dr, if he's not script happy, will put you on an SSRI that treats anxiety.

 

thank you, i will be more careful using it after reading your reply. it's not like i was planning on it being an all the time thing anyways though, just when i was having an especially hard time.

i really do not know the cause of it. my mom used to cause me a lot of stress but just recently we worked everything out and now we get along. other than that i should be fine. i get plenty of excersize (about 2 hours a day plus workouts sometimes), most of the time i get over 8 hours of sleep, i eat healthy enough, i really cannot identify the source of it.

 

I would suggest going to talk to someone first and foremost. Alot of anxiety issues can be most effectively remedied by behavioral modifications and changing our thinking habits. Meditation is certainly a great start. Do you meditate?

 

i do my own version of meditation for sure, it's like a ritual for me, i totally relax.

i think when i smoke weed it just puts me in a better frame of mind and i don't over think things. i'm also trying to cut down on my smoke because i'm spending too much money.

 

I agree, I don't worry about the little shit

 

anxiety is a form of fear,, wtf are you afraid of?
you think some meteor is going to fall on your head??
you think someone no give you no job?
you think this guy is going to rob you and kick your ass?

dude take charge your life,, stop being a pussy.. making excuses.. Go after what you want and WIN!1

 

I have generalized anxiety disorder, I have experienced all of the symptoms you've listed, I don't get paranoid on marijuana at all.

Personally, I'd say to approach your parents carefully and seriously. My mum is very.. lost on my generalized anxiety disorder. She's never handled it well at all and at first would sorta freak out at me whenever it became an issue. To her, I'm just a normal kid. More than that, I'm her kid -- and I'm in a position she could never fully understand, seeing as she doesn't have it. Over time, she's learned that it's a problem that I struggle with daily on the inside, even if it doesn't manifest itself.

As far as the prescription, I don't know what to tell you. If you admit to using marijuana, there's not going to be much chance of getting a script. If you don't admit to using marijuana - you're sabotaging the script anyways as marijuana affects much of the same hormones that anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medicines do.

Have you ever considered counseling?

 

i have not considered counseling, what's it like?

i'm thinking about just telling my dad, he would be way more understanding. if i told my mom she would not like the idea of me taking something like that at all, (even though she forced adderall down my throat for a year, made me very depressed... could that have been the starting point for all of this?)

 

youre letting your mom keep you from perusing goals...
distraction , focusing on the a moving goal post when trying to score,, when you should learn aerodynamic and what makes the distraction move, your mom isnt going away, just like the wind, it will always be present..
you must either learn to run the ball harder, learn a way around the wind.. or flow with it..

 

a drugged up player can not play...

 

Talk to your dad.

See a doctor. See another doctor. Ask questions. Research on the internet. Try to read about the doctors before you see them. And try to educate yourself before you go.

Be respectful to the doctors-but make sure that you ask questions. If you don't like the answers you are getting, if you don't feel good about the doctor, or if you just don't like what you're hearing then see another doctor-that doctor may be right-but you really have to feel comfortable with the doctor. You're paying him.

Stella's making a lot of sense. But you need to see someone.

 

Counseling is kind of what you want it to be. But with anxiety, if you dont have any deeply seeded issues, Behavioral therapy works well. Also ACT is a newer form to treat anxiety that fuses behavioral models with mindfulness practice.

 

It depends. Sometimes, it's just like talking. Sometimes, it's like 'this person has no interest in me at all, they're just using their fancy degree to make money'. Sometimes, it's like some idiot is just trying to rush you out of the office with whatever drug they're sponsored by (which is why I'm biased against psychiatry =P).
There's good counselors and there's bad counselors. I haven't found a good counselor since my diagnosis, but I've only actually tried one. But back when I went to family counseling (he's no longer in this state), it felt like progress.
It felt like an honest and caring outsider was trying to help me figure out ways to live better and happier - and it felt like we had direction to an ultimate destination of happiness.
But the bad counselors I've gone to just felt like pencil pushers, like employees, like ineptitude =P

Personally, I find that looking for a starting point can be detrimental at first. Blame can come with a lot of anger and resentment and a lot of those nasty emotions that you already have too much of.

If your dad is more understanding, go to him first.


And, onto my soapbox:
I just think that if you think the adderall could have had bad side effects - it's kinda silly to want an anti-anxiety medicine that could have bad side effects.

 

Well the side effects from the adderal were blatant. I wanted to kill myself. I would come home and stare at the walls, completely depressed.

When I took 1mg of kpins when I was really anxious one time, it settled me down and made me feel normal.

 

you should think about something else...





when focused on the concrete aspects of how this pill Plan will chill you out, you become more closed-minded and less likely to take advantage of opportunities that fall outside the pill plan.

And in contrast, people who focus "on the why" they have to take the pill in the first place more likely to consider out-of-plan opportunities and achieve their goals without the PILL...
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one of my best friends was falsely diagnosed with add when he just had crippling anxiety but didn't know how to describe it.

if you see a psychiatrist and just be straight up with them [probably omit any history of drug use, because they see that as reason not to prescribe anything scheduled], and you'll probably get the benzos for a while then you'll probably be moved to an SSRI

i'd recommend hobbies and more exercise, but these things can be hard to do in the first place if you have bad anxiety.

Therapy without using a chemical can aslo help these things a lot...i'd also lay off of the caffeine, because it REALLY DOES make anxiety worse for a lot of people, they just don't realize it.

good luck man, if you need someone to talk to feel free to PM me eace:

 

I could really see how that could happen. The racing thoughts of GAD could definitely sound like ADD to someone that doesn't have either.

 

How could you have such a cool signature picture, and think all these things.. quit convincing yourself of something youre not.

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