Help! Am I done with Gear forever???

[Nathan]

Before you listen to all of these do-it-yourselfers, just answer one question.

Would you rather spend your time trying to conquer your disorder, or would you rather spend it experiencing life?

Maybe it is possible to quash your disorder without medication, but medicine is a possible solution, so don't decry it offhand.

We are willing to take steroids to make our bodies function better than they are supposed to, why not take medicines which allow your mind the same privilege??

True enough, but I 'wasted' a couple years hurting myself and other people trying to solve my problems with medication, and got nowhere. I helped myself far more efficiently with a couple months of behavioral modification.

 

[Wrongun]

Nathan good to see you freind as it has been a long time.
TxRugby_8 i am sorry to hear your story but i would take courage from Nathans reply and think he speaks good advise.

I hope things work out as it is hard for me to imagine what you must be going through. Nathan can and has come through the otherside so can you.

Good Luck

 

[Nathan]

Thanks dude. Good to see you too. How's it going?
Yeah, I have come through the 'other side', not unscathed believe me. Man, I did some seriously fucked up shit. I'm still a little out there though.....tee hee.

 

[pgerardone]

I am no doctor but I believe the med they give for SADisorder is paxil. I do not believe anabolic steroids effect the effectiveness of paxil or any other anti-depressant. If I was you I would stay off AS until the paxil was working and then go back on with a low dose. If your disorder starts getting worse then maybe the AS has something to do with it. But I seriously dout if AS will effect it one way or the other. You may even get worse if you lose a whole lot of weight and start feeling shitty about yourself.

 

[win4life]

There are many different approaches to Psychology. One doctor may be of one school and another a different. A behaviorist would say that you can change the way Zyg suggests whereas a clinical psychologist might say you need treatment as long as your insurance lasts.

It is interesting the amount of time certain conditions took to treat when insurance was wide open, and how quickly treatment was when the Insurance industry capped the amount of $ avaliable for treatment.

What kind of doctor are you seeing? What school is he/she from?

Do some research regarding the various schools, and I would suggest looking into behavioral models.

We react to events based upon how we interpet them in lieu of our belief system. If we have a false belief system, then we may interpret some event which is not hostile, as hostile to us.

 

[tasteslikechicken]

don't put your head down yet. win4life was on the right track. i am a grad student in psych and all i can say is you cannot rely solely on what your physician tells you. first of all, he is a medical doctor who is specialiced in biological science. many times physicians will jump to the conclusion that every disorder can be treated with medicine. this is only true if it stems from a biological abnormality when often times these things are of psychological origin. your best bet would be to see a GOOD psychologist before you start taking any medication and let im or her try to determine what the cause is. there could be many reasons for this: it could be cognitive, behavioral, psychoanalytic, or it may very well be biological. one thing to look at though is if anyone in your family (mom, dad, grandparents, etc.) has ever had this. this would be the only thing that would make me look directly to a biological cause. many times therapy is the best medicine. ALL possibilities must be examined first before any real treatment should be administered. another thing, find a close friend, let them know your problem, and whenever you know you will be in a crowd have them with you. if anything should start to bother you start talking with your friend and concentrate solely on him or her. but really, before you start to concern yourself with meds, talk to a psychologist. it's nothing to be embarrased of. i love to do it, you really get to know who you are. also, if you need to e-mail me at [email protected]
i cannot give you advice but i will lead you in the right direction.

 

[gzeus69]

Get your head out of your ass and go talk to some strangers - spend a fuckin day riding an elevator in an office building and talk to every person that gets in it. You'll be cured in three weekends.

J/K - hope they don;t give you Prozac

 

[tarzan21]

i have had an anxiety disorder for 7 years now and have learned to deal with it. everyone that faces this disorder needs to find there own ways to deal with it. i feel it has gotten better for me. when i first relized i had this problem it didnt matter how many people i was around i could be just 1 but the more i thought about it the worse it got. i could be just talking to 1 or more people or not talking at all and once i would start thinking about it i would get myself so worked up that i thought if i didnt get out of the situation something bad was going to happen and sometimes it did. like one time i paniced so bad i litteraly passed out and landed flat on my face, i was just talking to my cousin at the time and he was the only one around, now thats a panic attack. i used zoloft for a while but soon realized i didnt need it. i now know my anxiety dissorder stems from stress and depression, so those are the two things i work on instead of trying to fight the anxiety. when you try to fight anxiety in most cases it only gets worse. so focus on ridding yourself of stress and deppresion. i do have to admit some days are better than others,it has been 7 long years. thats my story, hope i helped in some way. if you need someone to talk to email me.

 

[Gotti miami]

sorry to hear that bro, but be positive ,we all have some sort of anxiaty ,, i had it for 2 years u gotta deal with it , some people work out others smoke pot some drink somr cry ,, sleep others get freakd out,, u are ur own medicine and noone is gona fix that and drugs or goin to a shrink anint gona help much ,, just ask ur self what are u afraid of,,and say fuk it and u will over come that i still get anxiaty but now i deal wiht it if i feel bad or what ever i just say fuk it im stress im taking a nap and try not to think about it we all have some sort of anxyaty and some dont even know we have it ,, be strong and u can cure urself and i know u be able to gear up again ,,god bless and be possitive,,

 

[Omega44]

i personaly think everything in the mind can be solved in the mind and drugs just cloud it. but u gota be strong bro, i used to be like u, what u said exactly described me and somtimes i still act that way. like i hate being around tons and tons of people, in the clubs or parties i get nervous and stuff. i honeslty think it stems from low self-esteem. i dont know what changed me but its all cool now. i must of smoked tons of drugs and shit, i think the best way to cure ur fear is to be exposed to it as much as possible, it wont kill or hurt u so its nothing that bad. just go on purpose to hang out with a ton of people and stuff. and if u dont think its a problem dont let a docter tell u it is. remeber its a busness for them too, no matter how sensear they sound on the fone or in person. if ur happy with ur life and dont think theres anythign wrong with ur behaviour dont let some d00d with a PHD tell u how u SHOULD act. every1 is diffrent guy, good luck and god bless!