Hypnotherapy

Assuming you are not of the chicken opinion when you're not hypnotised (you're not, are you? Pwaaark puck, puck puck, nice gran mash...

I feel I might be a bit pedantic about your comments, young man! One should never assume! 'Gran mash'?

Up until now, I have never clucked or squawked and I'm hoping it will stay that way.




cluck, cluck, squawwwwwwwwk!

An t' be sure, I was na readin' of yer " It's not funny"

Otherwise I'd have nay maid a jake an it.

Oh, Rosemary...I'm so sorry that the hypnotherapy didn't work for you.

I can sympathize with the problem of having anxiety and panic attacks. I've had them for, well, pretty much forever (looking back, I can recognize them as far back as when I was about seven years old), although there are times when they are better and times when they are worse.

Thank you LMA. Well, it was worth a try. It's strange, one would think we would get over it after having it for such a long time, just seems to get worse instead! I'll just have to try and think of some other way to get around the problems.
Hope yours don't come quite so often anymore...

I don't know whether you're willing to treat the panic attacks with medications, Rosie, but I had them very badly indeed for a while -- they came on every night without fail, and if they didn't get me before bedtime they'd be sure to wake me up in a blind panic -- and they're pretty much under control now, since I started seeing a therapist and she put me on the right sort of meds.

It wasn't working so well when I was in the hospital last month, when obviously there were extra sources of stress, but otherwise it's made a huge difference.

Thank you Teresa and I'm sorry to hear you have panic attacks as well. I've been on strong medication for over 11 years now, before that they were not quite so bad. My dear shrink has tried me on various concoctions, some with terrible results! At the moment none of the tablets are helping the panic or stress, hence the visit to the hypnotherapist. I'm not having much luck with my special 'relaxation' exercises now and they used to help enormously. Oh well, I guess they will ease off eventually!

Yes, I know that the same medications that are supposed to stop the attacks can actually make them worse. I love it when I come home with a new type of medicine and read all the warnings, and it says "Side effects of this medicine may include ______ (fill in the blank)" and I'm thinking, "But the reason I'm taking the darn stuff is because it's supposed to fix my _____!!" Plus it can take so long to find out whether a medication is working for you or against you, you can spend years finding the right medicine, or the right coping mechanism, or whatever it is you need.

I hope, in your case, you find what you do need very soon.

Thank you Teresa.