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My Anxiety almost gone, no more panic! Read This!
I had the worst anxiety, panic, agoraphobia, intrusive thoughts you name it, I thought I was going to end up in a straight jacket! I had PTSD from an accident that happened 2.5 years ago. I tried the meds but they didn't suit me so I just took Xanax when I needed it. I tried herbal supplements, hypnotherapy, trauma therapy, psychotherapy, hands on healing......nothing 'really' made a difference. I was referred to this guy who does a process called LENS it is a form of neurofeedback but different from traditional methods and there are only a couple of hundred people in the world who do this. The last time I took a Xanax was November 11th on my 2nd visit to see him (Yes, I could not even get to him and he is only 2 minutes from my house) and after 4 visits no more panic.
I still get some weird thoughts now and again but I am 1000% better and have only been 9 times. Now I go out and don't want to come home, I even went to a movie!
I am in the LA area but here is his website maybe he can refer you to somebody if you are not close by:
WWW.CALIFORNIABRAINWORKS.COM
I have posted many a desperate message on this site and it really helped me, medications, syptoms, treatments so I hope I inturn can help somebody as this is really the worst illness there is to have.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
I still get some weird thoughts now and again but I am 1000% better and have only been 9 times. Now I go out and don't want to come home, I even went to a movie!
I am in the LA area but here is his website maybe he can refer you to somebody if you are not close by:
WWW.CALIFORNIABRAINWORKS.COM
I have posted many a desperate message on this site and it really helped me, medications, syptoms, treatments so I hope I inturn can help somebody as this is really the worst illness there is to have.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
It wasn't meant to be taken offensively by Staff...or you. I guess I should have re-read was I was writing. Sorry to have offended you both. Good luck with your battle to an almost anxiety free life!! Cheers!
Your response to "Stafford" was rude and we don't make judgement calls, nor we make snide comments on other peoples steps to recovery. One of the things we say on this forum is that "what works for one may not work for another," and that applies to any form of treatment. We also have another little saying here, "Whatever works." It would be good for you to memorize those if you care to continue posting here.
Also, when you write that "you either have anxiety or you don't.........." is highly debatable. Some people only experience one episod their entire lives. Some have anxiety for a given period of time and either through therapy or meds, or a combinations, get past it, move on, and never have it again. Some people go through phases of anxiety and experience it as an on again/off again ordeal. And some people will always have it on a daily basis. Your statement was a bit too broad as there are as many ways to experience anxiety as there are people with it. And they all post here.
While this forum deals almost exclusively with pharmacological and psychiatric means towards recovery and/or management, people ARE allowed to tell us about a method they found helpful. If they wish to expound on this method, or claim that it's "better" than meds and therapy, they can go to the Alternative Therapies Forum. Stafford was only telling us about something that worked for him, and which other posters may be interested in.
Please be advised that negative posts will not be tolerated.
Peace
Greenlydia
Also, when you write that "you either have anxiety or you don't.........." is highly debatable. Some people only experience one episod their entire lives. Some have anxiety for a given period of time and either through therapy or meds, or a combinations, get past it, move on, and never have it again. Some people go through phases of anxiety and experience it as an on again/off again ordeal. And some people will always have it on a daily basis. Your statement was a bit too broad as there are as many ways to experience anxiety as there are people with it. And they all post here.
While this forum deals almost exclusively with pharmacological and psychiatric means towards recovery and/or management, people ARE allowed to tell us about a method they found helpful. If they wish to expound on this method, or claim that it's "better" than meds and therapy, they can go to the Alternative Therapies Forum. Stafford was only telling us about something that worked for him, and which other posters may be interested in.
Please be advised that negative posts will not be tolerated.
Peace
Greenlydia
What a stupid statement 'you either have anxiety or you don't'. Some people just get it going for an interview and then it's gone. I had it through PTSD and very very badly I may add for 18 months. Yes some negative thoughts pop up but it's getting better and it takes time. In any illness it is stages to getting better, you don't wake up one day and go......I'm better.......it's gradual if you are doing it properly.
And yes this may not work for everybody but it has an 80% success rate. When I tried this I wasn't sure but it has worked and I tried everything, I'm not a quitter.Don't be so cyncial!
And yes this may not work for everybody but it has an 80% success rate. When I tried this I wasn't sure but it has worked and I tried everything, I'm not a quitter.Don't be so cyncial!
Wow, congrats on getting over the anxiety! hope you keep on improving!!! lets us know how it goes!!
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