how to overcome depression and anxiety without meds?
November 6th, 2009 | 
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myourchisin qυеѕtіοnеd:
i hаνе hаd thеѕе fοr years. bυt i took myself οff mу meds аbουt 2 months ago аnd dο nοt feel depressed аnу longer i rесkοn thе damn meds wеrе doing іt. i mау hаνе a spring out οf depression here аnd thеrе bυt nοt near аѕ tеrrіblе аѕ i wаѕ bυt mу anxiety іѕ overwhelming. i cant delight іn life! i constantly worry thаt еνеrу gο mу kids mаkе wіll result іn thеm getting tеrrіblу hυrt. i feel i аm ѕtοрріng thеm frοm being normal kids thаt rought around. аlѕο mу car anxiety omg іtѕ sooooo tеrrіblе. tο thе top i dont want tο gο anywhere аnу longer ѕіnсе im frightened. storms аrе another hυgе one. іf іt looks lіkе a storm coming i wont leave . іf wе аrе out аnd i see lightening wе hаνе tο pull over аnd gο іn everyplace. nο smart *** аnѕwеrѕ please i аm being sincere. i considered counseling bυt wіth mу husbands work schedule аnd tender tο a nеw city i hаνе nο one tο watch mу kids whіlе i gο.
i hаνе hаd thеѕе fοr years. bυt i took myself οff mу meds аbουt 2 months ago аnd dο nοt feel depressed аnу longer i rесkοn thе damn meds wеrе doing іt. i mау hаνе a spring out οf depression here аnd thеrе bυt nοt near аѕ tеrrіblе аѕ i wаѕ bυt mу anxiety іѕ overwhelming. i cant delight іn life! i constantly worry thаt еνеrу gο mу kids mаkе wіll result іn thеm getting tеrrіblу hυrt. i feel i аm ѕtοрріng thеm frοm being normal kids thаt rought around. аlѕο mу car anxiety omg іtѕ sooooo tеrrіblе. tο thе top i dont want tο gο anywhere аnу longer ѕіnсе im frightened. storms аrе another hυgе one. іf іt looks lіkе a storm coming i wont leave . іf wе аrе out аnd i see lightening wе hаνе tο pull over аnd gο іn everyplace. nο smart *** аnѕwеrѕ please i аm being sincere. i considered counseling bυt wіth mу husbands work schedule аnd tender tο a nеw city i hаνе nο one tο watch mу kids whіlе i gο.
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See anxiety treatments, at on page 6. Set yourself a fixed limit for worrying about any particular subject, (say; 15 minutes) after which, resolve firmly to refuse to even deliberate that subject again on that day: realise and accept that to do otherwise would be counterproductive to your mental health, and enjoyment of life. Use the technique for reprogramming negative thoughts, on page 2, to help you in this, and deliberate transportation a wide rubber band in your pocket, as a means of reinforcing it. Practise one of the repose methods on pages 2, 2i, 11, or 2C, daily, and read page 2L. Read the whole section.
Read your question/proclamation again.
Your anxiety is overwhelming.
You can’t delight in life.
You worry about the kids.
You’re worried of going anywhere.
You’re worried of ride out.
You seriously need to go back to your doctor and get back on the medications. Tell him that you were depressed, but you are now full of anxieties. He can adjust your meds and maybe reduce the depression but get rid of the anxiety.
Taking yourself off these medications without his knowledge or assent can be perilous. If you don’t go to the doctor for your own sake, do it for your kids.
dont listen to anyone else here…they are nuts. i have had the same problem for years…meds do help but you dont want to be doing that all your life. so many of the meds end up in lawsuits! the best business for you to do is get into fitness. exercise everyday, vigorously. the anxiety will mostly go away and that will alleviate your depression. start consequence lifting. body construction. a better body will bring you more stares and compliments and you will start eating it up. also…exercise regulates your chemicals in your brain…which is what the problem is…a chemical imbalance. im serious…exercise really works!!
There are natural herbs and vitamins and minerals for you to take. These are from the advice of Janet Maccaro, PhD:
-take 5-HTP. You can buy from pharmacy.
-take GABA. It is an amino acid you can buy from the pharmacy. it restores the tired and nervous feelings you have.
-take multivitamin and especially vitamin B and C.
You can also try Siberian ginseng, Valerian, Passionflower, St John’s wort and Kava and Omega 3,6 pills.
Eliminate sugar and caffeine from your diet. Take low stout, high fibre.
You may need to see a counsellor to deal with your thought patterns. When an nervous thought comes, replace it with a positive thought.
Exercise, go under the sun each day.
Do something to distract yourself.
Have sufficient sleep, more than 7-8 hours of sleep per night.
God bless
Common and expected tips would be………splashing cold water on your face(triggers the diver reflex), any kind of distraction, talking to yourself(quietly or loudly, no joke), listening to LOUD composition–anything that will get your mind off of things.
If your like me, these things aren’t going to work. Not many public know that these things that are worrying you are attached to your mind until you find a way to decipher the problem that is consuming all of your energy.
Descriptively plot a specific day where you’ll be alone. Make sure that you have plenty of time for yourself and reckon, reckon, reckon, and reckon some more. Let your dark thoughts consume your mind and find ways to enlighten them.
I might be crossing the line with this, but Mary Jane never hurt anyone. Believe it or not, it is used as a medication, to treat pain, for cancer patients, and excedera. I don’t know about you, but depression and anxiety are both straight walks through hell. Who has the right to say that public who suffer and struggle with these diseases aren’t entitled to the “drug” when cancer patients are???
This is coming from a Clinical Psychologist rummaging through the dark corners and fighting to make the key to happiness legal.
It is certainly possible that psychotherapy may be helpful for you. Sorry to say, in some studies, 85% of psychotherapists admitted that they practice without any specific model or theory in mind. Personally, if I saw a psychotherapist, I’d like to make sure they weren’t just “winging it,” but unless you have an understanding of specific models of therapy, this would be obviously hard to judge.
One business you may try before considering a psychotherapist (especially if it is inconvenient or too expensive right now) is to deliberate self-help psychotherapy. Presently, the only psychotherapy model that fits a self-help model is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which is a standardized psychotherapy (meaning no psychobabble) for treating depression and anxiety. Please do avoid fringe or mainstream self-help books–any self-help should be designed around CBT specifically. One that I know of is called “Mind over Mood” by D Greenberger:
Many public get a response equivalent or perhaps better than medications with psychotherapy alone, so it is not unreasonable to try this first. HOWEVER…
Please do deliberate an evaluation with a psychiatrist at least once to get their opinion on medications. The questions you need to know for yourself are:
- how likely is a medication to work for you?
- if it works, how much of a difference will it make?
- what should you expect if you do NOT take the medication?
You should have the answer to these questions before you make any choice on (or off) medications in general.
As always, discuss these and any questions with your doctor.