You ever wonder what might have happened if the doctor said....

[HealthMinded]

"Everybody gets anxiety. You need to take a step back and give yourself a break. Its not going to kill you or even hurt you. There is nothing wrong with you. You probably have a few things going on in your life that are causing you stress. Lets talk about those and try to find some solutions to help you avoid feeling anxious." ....

Basically, I am wondering if any feel that their doctor's diagnosis or treatment amplified their anxiety rather than minimized it.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

yes plz check into meds they can help alot i took klonopin and it got me back on my feet and now ive been off it for 2 years. there is help out there so go for it you will get back to your old self if you try hard .

[aw90]

I'm glad to read people's comments and see that i'm not the only going through all of these things. :). I suppose at one point or another, everyone has problems with anxiety. But for a while now, mine have been extreme. They've driven me to major depression, mental breakdowns, and suicidal thoughts. I'm going to look into medication. I wonder if my anxiety is a chemical imbalance in my brain, or, something i'm just struggling with at this point in my life.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

wow thats a great dr cnote hang on to him. i started having it when i was in my early 20, it scared me to death but i got it from having flutters/pac i thought i was going die any min back than, now i have learn to live with it and most the time its good, i have health anxiety and post trauma anxiety so i know where it comes from most the time, sometimes i just get unnerved and get it but i know the signs and deal with it .

it helps so much to have someone to talk to ,that you know you can go into the office and he not think your crazy and not just another number to him. i hope 2009 brings less anxiety to all.

[cnote]

25 male.

My Doctor is so cool. He told me that mine was anxiety. And I was having it bad. He told me that "everything was going to be okay." And that he was going to just give me a little something "that I don't have to take forever"... and it will help it. *(Lexapro, and some ativan)

I started crying in his office. It was such a relief at the same time I was still having bad bad bad anxiety.

He also told me "I'd rather have what you have than what alot of other people have, like cancer etc."

And it made me think... "wow, lots of people go through this, and alot of people have it worse than me... and I could be really sick, or deathly ill, but I'm not.. I just have anxiety!"

So my Doctor is great. He even talks to me like a therapist would... he'll talk to me and my wife and ask how our marriage is... and he'll suggest things for me to try. He's the best.

[MZ3Alex]

Well, I was actually relieved quite a bit when I learned that it was anxiety that was the problem. I had never felt anything like I do now in the past. It scared the **** out of me too. When I learned it was normal and just a sign of anxiety I was very relieved.

Of course that was the second doctor I saw that was able to tell me that. The first time I went in complaining of chest pains the doctor did a blood oxygen test thing with a finger monitor and then told me that my oxygen level was low in my blood. About 5 minutes later a nurse came back in and did the same test again and told me it was normal and the other result was because of the wrong setting being set on her device. What a mess though and it certainly scared me quite a bit. (Which was before I knew it, the anxiety amplifying the fear of something being wrong.) I walked out of the doctors that day without any reason as to why I was having my symptoms so i didn't feel any better. The second doctor was the one who finally diagnosed me.

But all-in-all I felt relieved. The doctor's diagnoses definitely minimized my anxiety. I haven't even had one anxiety attack since. (Although I still do feel terrible some nights.)