anxiety has taken over my life

[constantlyanxious]

hi there,
ive had anxiety now for about 2 years. when i first got it i was a mess. couldnt leave the house because i would constantly feel sick and nauseous. i changed my whole life, changed my eating habits and exercised heaps but it took a long time to get back to my normal life, but i did. Two years on, ive relapsed (if that's even the right word). And this time its made me extremely depressed. it feels like there's no way out of this and it has completely taken over my life. i cannot see my friends or a guy im seeing because as soon as i start thinking about seeing them i start getting anxious. i dread the weekends because i know i will be alone and im scared of being alone because it gives me too much time to think but i cant go out because my body gets too much adrenaline running and i cant leave. i freak out everyday on the train to work because i know that i freak out on the train which makes me freak out...if that makes sense. I build myself up to get anxiety, i know that i get anxiety on the train so i get anxious about getting it. its a constant cycle that seems to never end and nobody around me understands. I spend as much time sleeping as possible because when im sleeping im not having to deal with it. I just want it to go away so i can live my life like a normal person again. Please please please help me.

[seamus]

did yopu ever feel like fainting or feel light headded/weak as a result of stress? i feel this way as well as being tired, restless, short tempered and difficult to breath---constant chest pain. my doctor says its all stress related-i wish i could be so sure. merlin

[ghchealth]

Some things we use include Lithium Orotate, Sam-E, Tibeten Rhodiola

These work well when taken together

[claire_]

This is probably going to seem like a very obvious question, but have you spoken to your Dr about the seriousness of you problem? You say you'd discussed this with you GP who puts it down to stress, and will more than likely prescribe you the standard pills if you keep saying the same thing to him / her. Perhaps you could request a 2nd opinion, or blood tests to rule out anything genetic (it's possible). Another option would be to consider counselling. Because anxiety and stress manifest themselves in to physical forms, often it's the symptom that's treated, not the caues. There's always an underlining issue, something causes the anxiety, and although you think you know why (the anxiousess of being anxious) it's probably not the route cause.