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I have a mild anxiety disorder with OCD...?

With the help of meds and my psychiatrist I have gotten much better tho :) Anyway I get overwhelmed during stressfull times pretty easily. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to cope? Im doing better already but I was just wondering if anyone has some more insight. I am a university student so there is lots of stress!!! :)

Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.

But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There's this strange herb called "St John's Wort" - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced... you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction... There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to....

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Hello,

Your condition is not peculiar to you alone...but you're in luck!

I found this really great FREE ebook about anxiety and panic attacks and I urge you to grab your copy FAST while it's still free as I do not know how much longer it will remain so.

It contains stuff like: What Are Panic Attacks And Anxiety? Triggers & Causes Of Anxiety & Panic Attacks, Therapies & Remedies For Anxiety & Panic Attacks, How To Survive With Anxiety & Panic Disorder, How To Stop Panic Attacks Forever, etc., etc.

Hope this helps...just go get it now, you can thank me after you've read it.

Keep taking those meds. I also suffer from OCD and Anxiety. When I get an episode. I keep reminding myself no matter how overwhelmed I feel, that its not me it's my OCD that is making feel so bad and that eventually it passes. Learn to take a moment and relax.

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