Re: anxiety, panic--Elyse

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hey elyse--

sorry it's been so long since i've replied to your message. i've got over

1000 posts from this group in my inbox and i'm just now getting through them.

most of them don't apply to me. i'm still trying to figure out what is causing

my anxiety and depression. mine all started after a miscarriage and trying

thyroid meds for the first time. i stopped the meds after 9 days because it was

making me feel weird. i was terrible for a little while--wasn't able to go to

work, stayed at home, felt like i was going mental, couldn't breathe while going

through a panic attack. it slowly got better, maybe as the hormones regulated

themselves after the miscarriage. i started the candida diet and the anxiety

did lessen. i then started taking anti-yeast meds. i'm not sure if that

helped. i did feel better for 3 months actually--the anxiety completely went

away. and i started eating normal--i didn't do the candida diet 100% for too

long--it was so hard. and then in may, the

anxiety came back!! so i don't know if my thyroid and adrenals are in a weird

cycle where they regulate for awhile and i feel fine and then all of a sudden i

go hypo and hyper at the same time and get panicky. i'm still trying to figure

things out. i'm not on any meds. haven't tried thyroid meds since last

september. i will keep you posted though. let me know how you're doing as

well!!

palma

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> hey elyse--

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Hey there, I concur that anxiety is one of the most horrid symptoms

I had to endure... I wouldn't wish it on anyone. The hardest part

for me was knowing it was 'crazy' and still not being able to stop

it...

I was offered Zoloft and took it one night and threw it away the

next day... I felt it was worse than what it was supposed to

help... and I knew it was treating a symptom, not the problem. This

was when everything was going into breakdown mode and the lab scores

just weren't picking it up... I found an OTC (5-HTP) and used

that. I found it helped me, but I was not taking anything else.. It

is not supposed to be taken with anti-depressants. It is a

precurser to seratonin. It is an easy web search... and there is

more information about what it is and what it 'does'... and how to

use it effectively, if it is for you... do your homework.. and

regardless of what works for you, I do hope something does quickly...

I also 'took it on'.. I noticed that it would 'suck me in' for lack

of a better description, so I would fight to stay focused on things

outside of myself... easier said than done, but I found it got

easier as I learned to fight it. I also 'rebuked' it at the door

more than a few times... =}

In my case estrogen was most likely part of my problem.. that's the

only one I can identify.. but could have been thyroid and/or

adrenal, as well...

Never Give Up! j