Posted by fuzz54 on August 21, 2007, at 9:11:37
In reply to Re: Lost years-fuzz54, posted by jhj on August 21, 2007, at 1:38:03
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> Hi
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> I have social anxiety,GAD and dysthymia.I would certainly like to know those therapies,meds and behavioural changes that made you get rid of it.Well,whenever i take a new med,i am absolutely confident that it is not going to work and every time i have been right.
There was no magic bullet for my anxiety, GAD, and dysthymia. Therapy (talk and group) was very helpful in helping me understand myself, but I still felt "off". Then I decided I had to start changing or I would just keep repeating the same patterns so I used the reduction in anxiety I got from Paxil to help/make myself confront some of the things that I never could before (healthy romantic relationships and self confidence). That was soooo hard, but after 3 years of it things got easier and my mind didn't fight me so hard. It was a long path and I still have hard times every week. But the three years of the hardest work I have ever done mentally / emotionally was worth everything that I went through.I think the key for me was realizing that meds and therapy would help me, but they couldn't do the hard work of pushing myself to change for the better. Finding the motivation and patience to make life changes is the key and that comes from different places for different people. Initially things were harder for me than if I had done nothing and stayed in my rut, but then the hard work paid off years later. Maybe that motivation is out there somewhere for you or maybe you will find it in the future. I never thought I would, but I was wrong and I was at the end of my rope at one or two points.
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