Stop Anxiety and Panic Attacks

http://AspergersSurvivalGuide.com Those with Asperger’s syndrome often struggle with anxiety and depression. This video explains the reasons for this and profiles both causes and avenues to relieve these negative effects of Asperger’s syndrome.

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I am 20 years old. I have been out of work for a year due to depression and anxiety. I have been self harming for six months and its getting worse. I am seeing a therapist because my parents are making me and its a waste of time. I am on 150mg sertraline daily. I feel sick every time I go out and and I can feel myself getting worse. I am considering suicide. I just dont know how much longer I can live like this.

I understand what you are going through as I have and still am going through similar things. Please, the first thing you must do is to tell someone you feel suicidal You MUST do this. Don’t worry what other people think put yourself first. If you can’t do it for you do it for me and everyone else who feels this way.
Second, the Therapist and/or therapy could be wrong for you. I went through a lot of therapists because I felt it was a waste of time. My GP was no help – he gave me a prescription and told me to come back in 2 weeks when I said I was suicidal. I went straight to Accident and Emergency and told them I was going to kill myself. They admitted me to the Mental Health Unit which is not as scary as it seems at first but once you are in there – the first time for me was 7weeks, you have space and can use this time to not think about much.I believe this saved me. When you leave the unit they follow up with outpatient appointments with a phyciatrist – my current one is the best medical person I have ever consulted. Unlike the private counsellors I saw over a 10 year period, the hospital phyciatrist really listened to me. After 2 years I was put on a DBT 1 year course which adresses self harm amongst other things. This was in London. Don’t know about the rest of the UK? the link following will show you:
http://www.dbtselfhelp.com/
http://bpd.about.com/od/treatments/a/IntroDBT.htm
and you can google DBT
Please write something here so that I know you are ok. If you need any clarification just ask.
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I weened off of the Lexapro. But now that I stopped taking it completely im really nauseous all the time.

It took me about two weeks to even start to feel normal. It will probably be about a month before you completely feel like yourself again. Your lucky you got to ween off of it. I had to abruptly stop and I was a b*tch for like 2 weeks straight. I was emotional, irrational, and hard to be around. Sound familiar?

I’m sure the best answer will come from a physician, but I would like to get feedback from women who have been on anti-depressants such as Lexapro if they were able to take birth control at the same time, and if there were any side effects?

I assume you mean the pill. There’s no reason not to, generally, but of course it will depend on the specific meds you’re on or thinking of taking. Both kinds of medications can affect the same aspects of your health, like weight. mood, or libido. That’s why I would suggest that you leave a gap of several months between starting one and then the other; that way you’ll know whether a certain effect is due to one or the other.

Keep in mind that many oral contraceptives list depression as a side effect. (The first oral contraceptive I used, years ago, caused me to cry uncontrollably for hours every day.) So, if you’re already on antidepressants, you might have to change the dosage once you start on the pill. On the other hand, if you’re on the pill now, I suggest you try stopping for a while to see if your mood improves at all. You might find that you need to change oral contraceptives rather than take antidepressants!

Most of this comes from my own experience with both antidepressants and contraceptives. I must say that doctors are more open-minded than they were twenty years ago, but they’re often skeptical about the contraceptive-depression link, even though it’s a fact that many, many women experience dramatic changes in mood (either better or worse) when they mess with their hormones by starting or stopping the pill.
So look out for yourself, girl. Do what works for you.

So I’ve read that high intelligence is a risk factor for anxiety/depression, is this true? I had an intelligence test as a child and scored well above average and had major anxiety issues and depression so I’m wondering if being smart is way over rated.

That’s true – having a highly developed cerbral cortex, being intelligent, artisic and sensitive. Watch for suicidal tendencies.

what does Serotonin have to do with anxiety/depression, and what do anxiety/depression medications do? Increase Serotonin or decrease Serotonin and how does that effect the persons brain? while using meds?

I have had moderate depression my whole life. It is caused by a chemical imbalance in my brain – my body doesn’t produce enough Seratonin on its own. Medications such as Zoloft usually neither increase nor decrease the amount of Seratonin – they simply block off some of the receptors in your brain, making the Seratonin you *do* produce last much longer than it otherwise would, keeping your brain better supplied throughout any given day.

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Seratonin is a chemical released when you are HAPPY – it is an endorphin. It is **absolutely not** a chemical that triggers anxiety or despair!

Psychology anxiety, depression will make heart attack (but i have panic anxiety and depression), could not perform in sex, Pre-mature ejaculation, weak feeliongs, could not concentrate in work etc? pls help me what are the body affects like nervous, brain organs etc will be affected by anxiety and psychological problem, i could not make good work in my life in official places etc? pls help me out for marriage also..

These are somatoform disorders and can be tackled by cognitive behaviour therapy, even without medicines. But before embarking on any psychological therapy, physical ailment has to be ruled out by evaluation by a physician.