Anxiety, Depression, and Panic Attacks

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I have suffered from depression and anxiety as long as I can remember. But last week was more than I could handle. Saturday I was rushed to the hospital with chest pain (I have 6 LAD coronary stents)…the cath showed that the stents are blocking and there are new artery blockages. My parents both died the same way. I had never suffered from a Panic attack until that Thursday after coming home from the hospital Wednesday. I had to call my husband at work and beg him to take me to the hospital. Friday it happened again and the panic attacks were one right on top of the other, I called the ambulance and had myself transported. The hospital wanted to admit me to a Psych unit but my husband insisted that we should go home and I would get better. He called my doctors office and they order Valium since Ativan wasn’t working. By Sunday I had enough and took the entire bottle of Valium. I called the ambulance after I realized what I had done. This time my husband agreed that I needed (name removed by moderator)atient and I spent a few days in the Psych Unit. All the doctors agree that I need to be on disability.
My husband is Catholic and last year I was going to convert, but something scared me off. I called and spoke to our local priest today and will be joining as soon as I am able. I have found that my Catholic friends and family are the most supportive and I thank God for that. Sorry I rambled on, but I felt the need to share…I know in my heart that God has plans for me…Please pray for me and all the others who suffer from these terrible problems…God Bless…Susan
 
The LORD bless you
and keep you;
the LORD make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn his face toward you
and give you peace.” Num 6:24-26

Continued prayers.
 
s1shaw said:
I have suffered from depression and anxiety as long as I can remember. But last week was more than I could handle. Saturday I was rushed to the hospital with chest pain (I have 6 LAD coronary stents)…the cath showed that the stents are blocking and there are new artery blockages. My parents both died the same way. I had never suffered from a Panic attack until that Thursday after coming home from the hospital Wednesday. I had to call my husband at work and beg him to take me to the hospital. Friday it happened again and the panic attacks were one right on top of the other, I called the ambulance and had myself transported. The hospital wanted to admit me to a Psych unit but my husband insisted that we should go home and I would get better. He called my doctors office and they order Valium since Ativan wasn’t working. By Sunday I had enough and took the entire bottle of Valium. I called the ambulance after I realized what I had done. This time my husband agreed that I needed (name removed by moderator)atient and I spent a few days in the Psych Unit. All the doctors agree that I need to be on disability.
My husband is Catholic and last year I was going to convert, but something scared me off. I called and spoke to our local priest today and will be joining as soon as I am able. I have found that my Catholic friends and family are the most supportive and I thank God for that. Sorry I rambled on, but I felt the need to share…I know in my heart that God has plans for me…Please pray for me and all the others who suffer from these terrible problems…God Bless…Susan
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My prayers are with you, Susan :gopray:

Also for you too, LSUpathdoc.

God bless you!!
 
reindeer said:
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women and
blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
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s1shaw said:
I have suffered from depression and anxiety as long as I can remember. But last week was more than I could handle. Saturday I was rushed to the hospital with chest pain (I have 6 LAD coronary stents)…the cath showed that the stents are blocking and there are new artery blockages. My parents both died the same way. I had never suffered from a Panic attack until that Thursday after coming home from the hospital Wednesday. I had to call my husband at work and beg him to take me to the hospital. Friday it happened again and the panic attacks were one right on top of the other, I called the ambulance and had myself transported. The hospital wanted to admit me to a Psych unit but my husband insisted that we should go home and I would get better. He called my doctors office and they order Valium since Ativan wasn’t working. By Sunday I had enough and took the entire bottle of Valium. I called the ambulance after I realized what I had done. This time my husband agreed that I needed (name removed by moderator)atient and I spent a few days in the Psych Unit. All the doctors agree that I need to be on disability.
My husband is Catholic and last year I was going to convert, but something scared me off. I called and spoke to our local priest today and will be joining as soon as I am able. I have found that my Catholic friends and family are the most supportive and I thank God for that. Sorry I rambled on, but I felt the need to share…I know in my heart that God has plans for me…Please pray for me and all the others who suffer from these terrible problems…God Bless…Susan
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I will keep you in my prayers as well. I would love for this thread to become place for people with anxiety to come to seek help. I really believe prayer = strength. Like I said I will keep you in my prayers
 
I have prayed this on your behaf and for those who also suffer
portions taken from
]Saint Patrick’s “Breastplate” Prayer

I bind unto myself today
The power of God to hold and lead,
His eye to watch, His might to stay,
His ear to hearken to my need.
The wisdom of my God to teach,
His hand to guide, His shield to ward,
The word of God to give me speech,
His heavenly host to be my guard.

Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
 
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be
Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done,
on earth, as it is in Heave. Give us this day our
daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is
the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
 
LSUpathdoc said:
I will keep you in my prayers as well. I would love for this thread to become place for people with anxiety to come to seek help. I really believe prayer = strength. Like I said I will keep you in my prayers
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Thank you all…I agree that this thread for depression, anxiety and panic attacks is a great place. I know that the Lord is with me and too believe that prayer brings strength. I have not worked since September because of my problems and Lord has provided. My husband is Old Irish Catholic from the coal mining regions of Pa and has keep me strong also. Please pray for him also his name is Tom.
God Bless…Susan
 
I also suffer from depression and anxiety. Asking the Lord for guidance, and prayers from your fellow Christians are leaps in the right direction. May our Father bless you with peace.
 
Fan_of_Francis said:
I have prayed this on your behaf and for those who also suffer
portions taken from
]Saint Patrick’s “Breastplate” Prayer

I bind unto myself today
The power of God to hold and lead,
His eye to watch, His might to stay,
His ear to hearken to my need.
The wisdom of my God to teach,
His hand to guide, His shield to ward,
The word of God to give me speech,
His heavenly host to be my guard.

Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

Thank you so very much! I just can’t thank you all enough. Every day is a struggle and frankly sometimes it amazes me because it is almost as if I can’t trust my own mind. Sometimes I will be concentrating on something to do with work and then next thing you know I am beginning to travel down a thought process that leads me to anxiety. Even more disconcerting is when things are going well I feel like I get complacent. I sometimes feel like things are ok and I can handle myself. Its sometimes hard for me to remember that I can not do this alone, I need the grace of God.
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I will pray for you! However, I too used to suffer from extreme panic attacks and anxiety for more than 2 years. I understand how terrible they are. What truly worked for me was something called “The Linden Method”. It is worth every penny. It is not some self help mumbo jumbo, it’s a practical step by step guide that delivers.

I have not suffered a panic attack in almost 5 years.
 
Thank you to all you wonderful God filled people. I have suffered from depression and anxiety as long as I can remember. The panic attacks just start the other week. It’s something you can’t even explain to someone. Unfortunately their idea is take a deep breath, think positive, RELAX!!! Because I am a heart patient with 6 stents in the most dangerous part of your heart (LAD), the chest pain is severe. During an anxiety or panic attack you heart crys out for more oxygen, something mine can’t do. I haven’t worked since September and am not sure if I will ever be able to again. My husband has supported me in all ways and has contacted a Disability Attorney for me to get disability. I am terrified to leave the house or drive and only leave when he takes me out. Only to the grocery store and doctors appointments. Go to the grocery store is horrible…I can only walk a short distance before I’m out of breath and being their causes me great anxiety…I’m a nurse but because of coronary lifting limitations I had to give it up. I tried a companion company but found I was terrified going into strange homes
I will be joining the Catholic church and hope and pray that some (or all) of you, perhaps in personal messages to me, will help to understand and grow in the Church. Not on this forum as I respect this as an Anxiety, Depression and Panic Attacks only forum.
God Bless you all. Please keep my husband Tom in your prayers as he is a wonderful Catholic man who is trying his very best. He is a Funeral Director and takes care of the dead every day, so I’m sure coming home to a wife that isn’t “full of life” is very hard for him. Most Funeral Directors just do their work, not my Tom, he prays for each and every body that he gets. That to me is something very special…God Bless
 
LSUpathdoc said:
Thank you so very much! I just can’t thank you all enough. Every day is a struggle and frankly sometimes it amazes me because it is almost as if I can’t trust my own mind. Sometimes I will be concentrating on something to do with work and then next thing you know I am beginning to travel down a thought process that leads me to anxiety. Even more disconcerting is when things are going well I feel like I get complacent. I sometimes feel like things are ok and I can handle myself. Its sometimes hard for me to remember that I can not do this alone, I need the grace of God.
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Thank you so very much for writing that…“Concentrating on something…and then travel down a thought process that leads to anxiety”…I can’t concentrate, have no attention span, become confused and my husband said I often stutter and repeat the same questions over and over again…I often wonder if it’s the combination of the Depression/Anxiety and the coronary artery disease…as if my brain isn’t getting enough oxygen…I know that God has me in his hands and that I can NOT do this alone…thanks again…Susan
 
Sorry to post again so quickly, but I forgot to add something. Yesterday evening I did some internet reading. It was people very much like us posting about Anxiety, Depression and Panic Attacks. I was amazed and saddened at how many people took the liberty of writing on the board who don’t suffer and who said it is all in our minds…that their is NO such thing as Depression, Anxiety or Panic Attacks…that none of us deserve disability…that we need to just get up, get out of the house and get MOVING…I so wanted to respond, but prayed about it and found it was not worth my time…our disease is like any other, we can NOT just make it go away…Susan
 
My prayers are with you, Susan, LSUpathdoc, and all those who suffer from depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. It NOT all in your head. I have been there also. I still suffer from the anxiety at times.
 
s1shaw said:
Thank you so very much for writing that…“Concentrating on something…and then travel down a thought process that leads to anxiety”…I can’t concentrate, have no attention span, become confused and my husband said I often stutter and repeat the same questions over and over again…I often wonder if it’s the combination of the Depression/Anxiety and the coronary artery disease…as if my brain isn’t getting enough oxygen…I know that God has me in his hands and that I can NOT do this alone…thanks again…Susan
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Well I find myself in an interesting situation. I am a physician and I know what my body is doing but I still find that I am unable to just “take a deep breath and deal with things”. I can assure you that the lack of attention is not due to lack of oxygen, it is more so to do with depression and frankly anxiety.

Just in my own reflecting I have noticed, or rather I think of it like I am juggling all of the hundreds of thousands of thoughts in one hand and then trying to live life with the other hand. When in fact I am trying to deal with life with “one hand tied down” or well preoccupied by needless worry. Also it is so so easy for me to say “needless worry” right now because I am not in an environment that leads to my anxiety but tomorrow when I go to work I wouldn’t not be able to say this. So it makes sense that you, me, and others with depression, panic, worry, anxiety will have varying degrees of loss of concentration. This unfortunately is where I get stuck. I know what the problem is, I know the biochemistry behind it (well I know where to look them up any way :p) I just dont know how to change my thinking.

I am a person that believes in medicine but I have and am doing the medicine thing. I really think it can only get you so far. I really believe by the grace of God we are brought to the therapist that can help, we are given the tools to beat this, and most importantly we are given the strength to endure this suffering.

It’s really amazing I honestly believe what I just wrote however some days (like today for instance) it is hard to have the faith. Days that you feel like if the wind blows just right you might crumble and never recover. Days that make you embarrassed to complain because you are so blessed but you still dont feel happy. Days that you just find yourself asking “God why did you make me this way?” I hate days like that because I know I am blessed but I just can’t stop thinking this way. All I can do is beg God to forgive me and give me the grace to endure.

God bless all of you
-LSUpathdoc
 
The LORD bless you
and keep you;
the LORD make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn his face toward you
and give you peace.” Num 6:24-26

Continued prayers.
 
“Days that you just find yourself asking “God why did you make me this way?” I hate days like that because I know I am blessed but I just can’t stop thinking this way. All I can do is beg God to forgive me and give me the grace to endure.-LSUpathdoc”

Thank you for your humility in sharing this. It is a reminder that a surgeon cannot operate themselves… and it is okay. God is the true healer of all of our ills, ailments, and worries. Anxiety is hard to understand unless you have ever any experience with it. So, I understand. From my study of Psychology but also from personal experience.

And in your case, it must be even more frustrating because you are a doctor. But I admire you for saying this. If not for this, you might leave many patients feeling unheard. Yet God is allowing this so that you may grow in compassion for those you serve so that it will not be just a job but a ministry.

I have not read all the posts here yet, but I will include you all in prayer. I will also pray for those in our midst who do not understand or are not compassionate.

Be affirmed in your quest for God’s healing. God knows how much we desire His love and mercy.
 
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