Re: any anxiety/depression sufferers here?
Wow.
I thought I was the only one who suffered with several different diseases, but to be honest about it (I thought I'd never write openly about it), I suffer from 2 severe chronic diseases. Honestly I've had these diseases all my life but wasn't recently officially diagnosed with it.
I have a very arduous ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) disorder which was shown after a few medical exams, they concluded the final results with a rational convoluted explanation, parts of my x-rays shows white spot like particles which expands in high concentration situation which demands my brain to 'overheat', my concentration can at any moment crack which leads to 90% of the time I either stand still and stare at what I'm suppose to do until someone shakes me and lead me to where to start or I give up and end up with having a ravage disaster around me (both in homes, hygiene, job or activities). It's really difficult for me to learn new things, I cannot read a page of a book, after just a few seconds I've totally forgot about its context and which last word I just read. Ironically though I learn fast when it comes to VISUAL teaching-mode and video/theoretically/interesting-mode. (Even just now when I write this text; I have to halt, go back, read, go back, halt and one-to-one letter learn some new and hard words). My concentration scale are very low for instance if I'd sit and listen to a conference after just 5-10 minutes I cannot sit still... (no need for explanation about it though, if you have ADHD you know).
The second disease I have is bipolar (hypomanic and major depression), there are two levels of bipolar syndrome; Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2.
Just to sum up a short description of the differences between 1 and 2. Only 20% who suffers or have suffered a manic-depression period
can (not saying it's a fact) overwrite to bipolar 1. Ones you've been fully diagnosed or have had suspicions about this you must IMMEDIATELY start with the medication. Doctors are prohibited to subscribe you with the most common drug for bipolar 1 patient; Lithium. ? consult your doctor about which medicine you'll take. The symptoms for B1 are very variant since most B1 patients have a very long period of "feeling-good" moments, however B1 patients often suffers from hallucinations, 'ghost-voices' (voices that are temporarily stuck in your head), EXTREME happiness, EXTREME manic periods and in down-side when the patients become ill, enormous rage, suicide thoughts, destructive abuse and manipulations; however when B1 patients gets ill, it only lasts a short period of time (estimated 1-2 weeks). However a B1 patients gets these hills more often than a B2 patient.
That's what I am a B2, after being diagnosed the doctors sadly put me on Lithium which made my psychiatric phrenetic. I do not suffer the joints of B1, however I do get severe manic-period in which I very fast can react on. But if you do not inhale your medication every single day and every single exact time it will take longer for you to get better. The differences between B1 and B2 when it comes to 'sad and depression moments' are enormous. B2 patients can go weeks, months or even years without getting sick (if you're on the right medication and under in which I need to inform you with, you'll be under observation the first 1-2 years and enhance the right dose until you're where they feel you're 'safe'. Both B1 and B2 can suffer from multiply panic attacks (several ones a day), anxieties or panic/anxiety attacks. To know how to deal with both panic and anxiety attacks please follow the link below.
http://www.medicinenet.com/panic_disorder/article.htm
Most people think anxiety and panic attacks are the same thing, but to correct you with this; it's not. They are two different things with strikingly symptoms. However a anxiety 'attack' (doesn't always have to be attacks) often corrupts when your mind is reflecting some very bad and negative memories, (e.g loss of a friend, family or someone important, money, relationship, wedding *yeah it's true*, or emptiness). Your body reacts heavily under these circumstances, you'll feel hopeless, worthless, ugly, fat, unwanted etc... It's often very hard to think happy thoughts under these 'attacks'. Let me tell you this, I've suffered from anxiety all my life and the best way to get rid of that feeling is to talk to someone professional and cry, if you let the feeling you have in your body inside you will probably produce a fear of dying and abandonment, that's where the panic attack comes from.
Under panic attacks you don't often cry and shake, your body reacts very heavily in which you'll feel a raised heart beating faster and faster, lump in arms, legs and hands, heavy breathing and dizziness. Try to breathe calmed and slow and imagine (if there's no picture or squared figure around) something squared, like a picture frame or something that makes you happy... If that doesn't help inform a friend about this and teach him or her to calm you down DO NOT LET THEM GRAB YOU AND SHAKE YOU, the 'fear' you have in your mind appears to be very real in that moment of time. You often feel as if you'll get a heart attack but don't worry you will NOT die!
When you get a panic-anxiety attack your mind have collapsed uncontrollably, only medical supervision can assist you then, after all of my panic-anxiety attacks I've crawled up and started to cry and shake, but that's ok, your body will after 20 minutes (after each attacks) calm down and you will feel nauseous, dizzy and weak. Lead the person to the bed BUT leave the lights and the door to the next room open and on! Let the person hear some existence in the house, can be anything, the TV, radio, music or even talking on the phone can sooth the person down.
WOW this was much but hope what I wrote can be in any help. Right?
