Anxiety

Hey all, I have been subscribed for a month or so to this group and the> > only thing that bothers me about it is that there is far too much talk> > about medications people are taking and not enough talk about alternate> > methods of dealing with anxiety or panic attacks. As someone who has> > had a history of panic attacks and anxiety I have found that other> > thing, like meditation, self-help books, exercise, deep breathing> > exercises and so on seem too work just as well and do not have the ill> > side-effects of medications. Of course there is a time and a place for> > medication(I myself needed it when I reached a deep state of depression> > with extreme panic attacks) I just belive that drugs are far to over> > prescribed and they only mask the illness. When the illness is only> > masked then it will come back when meds are stopped, so there for the> > problem cannot be fixed with medication alone. One needs to find the> > cause of anxiety and understand the illness before one can rid it from> > there body...medication cannot do this...>

sounds great, Ron ... really, it's a nice pitch. But pardon me if I get> more than a little agitated with it. Just exactly how many fucking years do> I have to spend talking to some therapist in search of the "cause" of> anxiety at $175 per hour and a huge expenditure of time ? Been there, done> that and it didn't work. A low dose of diazepam DOES work. Which part are> we missing here ?>

You can't "fix" everything. When some form of therapy comes along with a> reliable record of success and good cost/benefit quotient I'll be there.> Let me know.>

Sure, I can use various "techniques" to manage the onset of a panic attack> (which are fortunately quite infrequent) when I'm sitting at my breakfast> table watching the news but it just DOESN'T WORK when I'm in front of 300> people and the voice goes south, the hands shake and the knees wobble. What> the hell am I supposed to do, say "Would you all please excuse me while I> meditate and count slowly to 10 ?">

What you're doing is helping to perpetuate the moralist view of psychotropic> agents .. the "you can do this if you'll just stop being lazy and weak and> don't look for the 'easy' way out" point of view. This is NOT a moral> issue. Nobody is here discussing medications because we LIKE taking them.> It's an imperative.>

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