Great, Im not living with this

Ive not tried CBT but even when Im thinking positive and enjoying things the anxiety feeling is still bugging me, does it do any harm in the long term (such as increase heart attack risk) or is it just a nasty annoying feeling?

I think everyone get anxiety to a certain point. I think you've really just got to forget everything and go for it

Unfortunately that's easier said than done when everyday activities terrify you mentally and physically and leave you sobbing in a corner hoping you never have to leave your room again. This isn't 'I'm a bit nervous about public speaking and meeting new people' it's 'I can't go to lectures because I feel like I'm going to die'

If it's so bad then why won't you try anti-depressants or benzodiazepines? If it's ruining your life then you really should, you can't just give in to it all the time or you'll end up sat in your house on benefits for the rest of your life.

I've had chronic anxiety for the last 7 years and it's as bad as it's ever been. There's no easy way to control it, you just have to carry on as best you can and hope that it'll recede. I always just think that when it's really really terrible (like now), it can only really get better, so I look forward to the patches when I manage to get it back under control again (hopefully once I get home after exams)

You'll probably never get rid of it totally but you might manage to lead a fairly normal life. You just have to accept that there are some things you'll never be able to do and live with it. Loads of people are restricted from doing things by one thing or another and anxiety is no different. Life is just a bit **** I guess.

NB I've posted on lots of these types of threads recently so if you search you'll probably find more helpful, sensible advice

I won't try anti depressents as it is not even known how they work, Im scared of the side effects and probably won't stop thinking about them all day. I can't take them all my life can I so what is the point in getting used to them? Beta blockers did nothing that I noticed except I did feel tired which helped a bit.

I was hoping to get rid of it totally as I wanted to join the TA but im scared of being away from home, but how is the average person of our age group restricted from doing things? I see most people my age going out at night, going on holiday with there mates etc. They obviously have problems but they don't seem to stop them from having fun How do they put there feelings on hold while they have fun
People have been telling me its just hormones and my age so I have put up with it with the hope of it fading away with treatment.

I'l go have a look at your posts in the other threads

At the risk of being the total *******, I'd suggest that this profile doesn't fit that of the OP.

At the risk of being the total *******, I'd suggest that this profile doesn't fit that of the OP.

Samba, just because it doesn't sound like it fits the OP, you do realise you have no idea who the OP is and consequently equally little idea of what they're like, don't you?

It doesn't matter WHO the op is... I look for behaviour patterns, and these ones are quite overt. I've no doubt the op is a perfectly decent girl/guy whos having a bit of a hard time.... but until they are willing to open their mind, what can we do?

I certainly don't know how people feel, and am sure s/he does have some sort of anxiety! However the symptoms of self diagnosis, impending zoom, magnification and exaggeration of issues, inability to listen/consider listening to advice, (i'm sure a doc had suggested AD's before now), and the condescending 'i know best, you cant help, poor me, but i'll tell you anyway' line, suggests that the person just needed to get stuff of their chest here, and have absolutely no intention of properly listening to advice with an intent to change.

I don't want to sound stranger than I have but for the guy who said self pity doesn't work, crying on my own actually makes me feel a bit better I think they do because (I know being a guy this sounds pathetic) when I start crying for an hour or so because of it it usually fades away for several hours after before returning. Though that might be to do with loss of energy or something.

Im not sure if I think I know best but im just frustrated that they don't have a decent medication that they know about properly, not sure if anti depressents fit in to this but I have read a lot of sites that say it is not known how they work etc. I don't have too much confidence in taking pills as I don't like the idea of altering chemicals in the brain, anything could happen though I'l probably end up trying them sometimes soon.

A lot of people probably share the same opinion as you but what I don't get is despite being a bit aukward (sp?) why would I have no intent to change??