General Anxiety Disorder

[Skidfingers McGonical]

I don't think this applies to Rashid but I was surprised by how many of you had had your own "cuckoo" phase but I also know from past polls that a lot of you have dabbled with drugs. You always hear about the increasing evidence of links betwen dope and mental health problems and I just wonder whether any of you believe it was connected?

 

 

And Rashid - I'd agree with the advice to stop looking for answers and explanantions to all your worries and ailments. I have seen clients who have sufferred some trivial injury yet convice themselves there is all sorts wrong with them and it is all due to some incident - eg an accident or whatever and then absolutely screw themselves up going from one medical specialist to another looking for an explanation and it takes over their lives and they end up in a compelte mess. Admittedly not particualrly helpful advice but get a fuckin grip and get on with your life for you, your wife and your child. How you do it is ultimately up to you but spending you life on internet forums, medical websites etc is not the answer.

 

I never used to, to be honest mate. However I am starting to really change my opinion. I have smoked cannabis for 17 years, I used to hammer the tablets, speed and LSD in my youth. I am not a big fan of coke, had it about twice and didn't like it. I have a very creative mind and I really struggle to get whats in my head out into the world, and I used LSD and Cannabis to help me to get the images and ideas in my head out. Cliche yes, but I found it helped. as time has gone on though I came to rely on the weed. I was a big user of any contraption that would get me, for want of a better word 'Fucked'. Now I smoke it to chill and relax and post some real long driven out shite on here lol. I always like to think I was never addicted, I am though. I don't foresee myself smoking it for the rest of my life, I suppose I am looking for a more specific reason to giving it up. For example having kids. A new focus if you like. I used Cannabis to deal with what I mentioned earlier on this thread. I actually had a bad day mentally today as I am currently surrounded by Negativity in work and that kills me emotionally. I started to analyze what i had said last night and questioned should I have said anything as I was thinking it set my mood for the rest of the day. It can be a vicious cycle at times and the drugs have not aided the situation whatsoever.

[Moo]

Rashid, I don't think further tests would be helpful. It's feeding the obsession. If every bowel investigation known to medicine proved your good health, you'd shift your focus somewhere else. Next time you had a headache it would be a brain tumour, for example.

 

What you need to remember is that there's no quick fix. You didn't wake up one morning and suddenly think you were terminally ill. You won't get better overnight either. You can use medication as an aid, but don't think of it a cure. You need to identify and change your thought patterns.

 

I know this is the right answer but being a bit of a worrier myself, like Rashid, I do wonder if some further and (hopefully) final investigations may help in this case.

 

 

Rashid, you mentioned earlier in the thread that you feel like you need a full all over check up. Have you actually looked into this?

It'll cost a wedge but it if does finally put your mind at ease it'll be well worth it. It is a pretty big if though.

(I do know that as well as having the 'all over' once over you could possibly add on a specialised 'bowel health' assessment)

 

Whatever you decide to do mentally or physically, good luck.

[Rashid]

I know this is the right answer but being a bit of a worrier myself, like Rashid, I do wonder if some further and (hopefully) final investigations may help in this case.

 

 

Rashid, you mentioned earlier in the thread that you feel like you need a full all over check up. Have you actually looked into this?

It'll cost a wedge but it if does finally put your mind at ease it'll be well worth it. It is a pretty big if though.

(I do know that as well as having the 'all over' once over you could possibly add on a specialised 'bowel health' assessment)

 

Whatever you decide to do mentally or physically, good luck.

 

It won't cost a wedge mate as I have health insurance through work so I have booked leading consultant to take a look. He just said "I think you are fine, but you won't be 'fine' in your head until I take a thorough look". He gets paid a wedge so I guess he is happy but he is also a genuine nice guy and even takes emails and texts from me when I am nervous about it.

 

I have already had one thorough assessment so SheKnowsit is right, I probably don't need any more given that they seem to have found my problem and have offered to treat it as a minor problem. I on the other hand am worried it could be something else and they have missed something so want them to do even more tests even though they insist I am fine.

 

Thats my problem, I want to be reassured I am okay like any sane person would be my position yet I seem to want to keep investigating.

 

It's pathetic but Dirk will know exactly how I feel.

[Moo]

It won't cost a wedge mate as I have health insurance through work so I have booked leading consultant to take a look. He just said "I think you are fine, but you won't be 'fine' in your head until I take a thorough look". He gets paid a wedge so I guess he is happy but he is also a genuine nice guy and even takes emails and texts from me when I am nervous about it.

 

I have already had one thorough assessment so SheKnowsit is right, I probably don't need any more given that they seem to have found my problem and have offered to treat it as a minor problem. I on the other hand am worried it could be something else and they have missed something so want them to do even more tests even though they insist I am fine.

 

Thats my problem, I want to be reassured I am okay like any sane person would be my position yet I seem to want to keep investigating.

 

It's pathetic but Dirk will know exactly how I feel.

 

Okay.

 

Are you worried they have 'missed something' in respect of the bowel?

 

Or are you generally worried about your health and irrationally concerned there may be something else wrong with you?

 

Either way be assured there are so many people like you who feel the same these days. I think with greater health awareness comes greater natural fear of the known and unknown.

 

You can have general health screening, a kind of MOT some people call it. This would cost though cos I am pretty sure your medical insurance won't pay for it.

 

If you're interested have a look at this link:

http://www.bupa.co.uk/wellness/asp/personal/health_assessments/best_choice/index.asp#1

 

Seriously though, if you know deep down that you'll just find something else to worry about even if you do get reassured about your health, then keep your money in your pocket and give the St Johns Wort a chance.

 

Alternatively, I hear Buddism is amazing for calming the body and spirit. I'm not sure you'd be prepared to take this path though no matter how bad things get :thumbup:

[BatChainPuller]

I'd agree with SKI - something like CBT can be a good way to go. Something similar that I've found very helpful in all sorts of ways is Neuro Linguistic Programming - NLP. Its basically a kind of more sophisticated positive-thinking. It can get a little bit culty - theres a lot of people making money out of it. Once you've done a bit of it you recognise all the people who do training use bits and pieces of NLP. Its pop psychology and best not taken too seriously but it can be really effective and help improve all sorts of other areas of your life. I think it would be very Rashid.

 

The other way to go is psychotherapy - this is longer, more painful, and often you feel worse before you feel better. People can get a lot out of it though in terms of going back and looking at stuff in your life.

[BatChainPuller]

I never used to, to be honest mate. However I am starting to really change my opinion. I have smoked cannabis for 17 years, I used to hammer the tablets, speed and LSD in my youth. I am not a big fan of coke, had it about twice and didn't like it. I have a very creative mind and I really struggle to get whats in my head out into the world, and I used LSD and Cannabis to help me to get the images and ideas in my head out. Cliche yes, but I found it helped. as time has gone on though I came to rely on the weed. I was a big user of any contraption that would get me, for want of a better word 'Fucked'. Now I smoke it to chill and relax and post some real long driven out shite on here lol. I always like to think I was never addicted, I am though. I don't foresee myself smoking it for the rest of my life, I suppose I am looking for a more specific reason to giving it up. For example having kids. A new focus if you like. I used Cannabis to deal with what I mentioned earlier on this thread. I actually had a bad day mentally today as I am currently surrounded by Negativity in work and that kills me emotionally. I started to analyze what i had said last night and questioned should I have said anything as I was thinking it set my mood for the rest of the day. It can be a vicious cycle at times and the drugs have not aided the situation whatsoever.

 

I gave up smoking dope a couple of years ago (around the time my posting became more boring) after over 30 years of smoking it daily. As Iggy Pop said when he gave up drinking - I became increasingly curious to see what it would be like to spend a day straight. The other trigger for me was deciding to finish off my part-time masters course which I stopped when my son came along. I do feel better and more connected on whole - dub reggae doesn't sound nearly as good though. Previously I would just be waiting for the kids to go to bed so I could skin up - didn't feel good about that.

[Rashid]

I like NLP but it has become so commercial filled with claptrap. I will give it a go, I need to book that priory thing again as work pays for it but want to wait till after my tests for obvious reasons!

[Rashid]

I have been diagnosed after a Colonoscopy with Inflammation of my Bowels. I think it is called Colitis. Now I hear there is a small chance that people with this can develop Cancer later on in life...

 

Another thing to worry about :(

[Elmyn Noos]

Get a fucking grip.

[Dirk]

I have been diagnosed after a Colonoscopy with Inflammation of my Bowels. I think it is called Colitis. Now I hear there is a small chance that people with this can develop Cancer later on in life...

 

Another thing to worry about :(

 

Rash, I have loads of increased risks of developing cancer, from H pylori, as a previous smoker, I lost two grandparent to cancer, I've had herpes simplex. Fuck it. Live one day at a time. We all die some time.

[Elmyn Noos]

It won't cost a wedge mate as I have health insurance through work so I have booked leading consultant to take a look. He just said "I think you are fine, but you won't be 'fine' in your head until I take a thorough look". He gets paid a wedge so I guess he is happy but he is also a genuine nice guy and even takes emails and texts from me when I am nervous about it.

 

I have already had one thorough assessment so SheKnowsit is right, I probably don't need any more given that they seem to have found my problem and have offered to treat it as a minor problem. I on the other hand am worried it could be something else and they have missed something so want them to do even more tests even though they insist I am fine.

 

Thats my problem, I want to be reassured I am okay like any sane person would be my position yet I seem to want to keep investigating.

 

It's pathetic but Dirk will know exactly how I feel.

 

Nail on head.

[Elmyn Noos]

I was clocked doing 101mph on the M62 a couple of years back, and I had to go to court. Such was my fear and anxiety at the prospect I went to see a shrink, who made me realise that it wasn't the going to court itself that was the problem, but more a fear of an uruly courtroom filled with undesirables and the judge banging his hammer furiously try to regain control of proceedings.

 

I was suffering from Order Order Disorder.

 

I'm OK now, but I do have a mental problem that causes extreme nervousness when approaching a sign on a lift that doesn't appear to be working...

[wiiksie]

I have been diagnosed after a Colonoscopy with Inflammation of my Bowels. I think it is called Colitis. Now I hear there is a small chance that people with this can develop Cancer later on in life...

 

Another thing to worry about :(

Well, now you are armed with this information, find out how to minimise the risks and start enjoying life again. As Dirk said, nobody is a perfect machine, we are what we are. I think you know this, I also think you know that using internet forums to voice this stuff (in the way you're doing) isn't helping either.

[Elmyn Noos]

I have been diagnosed after a Colonoscopy with Inflammation of my Bowels. I think it is called Colitis. Now I hear there is a small chance that people with this can develop Cancer later on in life...

 

Another thing to worry about :(

 

oh fuck, I missed that post. Sorry to have been so flippant mate. Colitis, you say? Fuck that's bad news. They did explain about the link between Colitis and Dengue Fever didn't they?

[Dirk]

Well, now you are armed with this information, find out how to minimise the risks and start enjoying life again. As Dirk said, nobody is a perfect machine, we are what we are. I think you know this, I also think you know that using internet forums to voice this stuff (in the way you're doing) isn't helping either.

 

It doesn't help. It works against you, seeking reassurance quells the anxiety in the short term but in the long term, it acts via operant scheduling to increase the likelihood of the anxiety occurring.

[wiiksie]

It doesn't help. It works against you, seeking reassurance quells the anxiety in the short term but in the long term, it acts via operant scheduling to increase the likelihood of the anxiety occurring.

I know jack-all about this Dirk, but that makes sense. I imagine it to be similar to eating disorders, where the short-term high of eating shite is taken over by long term guilt about doing it in the first place. Or something.

[Nunavut Patrick]

oh fuck, I missed that post. Sorry to have been so flippant mate. Colitis, you say? Fuck that's bad news. They did explain about the link between Colitis and Dengue Fever didn't they?

 

The cure for coltis is bacon butty's and Heineken.

 

I know this because I do not have colitis, Dengue fever nor do I have Ebola or any other haemmoraghic fever.

 

I have lived my life in pursuit of three things:

 

The Bus, Heineken and Filipino women.

 

As Meatloaf once saing, Two Out Three Ain't Bad.

[Nunavut Patrick]

I know jack-all about this Dirk, but that makes sense. I imagine it to be similar to eating disorders, where the short-term high of eating shite is taken over by long term guilt about doing it in the first place. Or something.

 

 

Aye, kind of like Catholicism and masturbation.

[Elmyn Noos]

"Itis" means inflammation or swelling, so "ColItis" means a swollen Col (not Kopite, a Colon.)

 

"Increased risk" is a load of bollocks. It's all stat-based, and as we all know from the *f stats are shite.

 

It's minor Rash, it really is. Enjoy that fact.

 

He could be just saying that to make you feel better though...

[Rashid]

"Itis" means inflammation or swelling, so "ColItis" means a swollen Col (not Kopite, a Colon.)

 

"Increased risk" is a load of bollocks. It's all stat-based, and as we all know from the *f stats are shite.

 

It's minor Rash, it really is. Enjoy that fact.

 

It doesn't feel like minor or sound like it!! I was discharged by one guy who said it was minor but this second guy doesn't seem to think so!

 

Anyway, I will have to get on with it.

[Dirk]

It doesn't feel like minor or sound like it!! I was discharged by one guy who said it was minor but this second guy doesn't seem to think so!

 

Anyway, I will have to get on with it.

 

Try looking at lifestyle changes, diet, exercise, stress reduction techniques, less time arguing with people. That sort of thing.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Anyone know how I can contact @Dirk? Or even Rash to see how he is getting on with this? 

[Scal Capone]

Yo NV, I am here, flying under the radar with a different pseudonym cos I couldn't log in with Dirk; I had forgotten the password and no longer have access to the email account I registered that username with. You will find Rashid on Twitter rhttps://twitter.com/HRashid_ 

[Skidfingers McGonical]

On 10/4/2007 at 6:35 PM, Skidfingers McGonical said:

 

I never used to, to be honest mate. However I am starting to really change my opinion. I have smoked cannabis for 17 years, I used to hammer the tablets, speed and LSD in my youth. I am not a big fan of coke, had it about twice and didn't like it. I have a very creative mind and I really struggle to get whats in my head out into the world, and I used LSD and Cannabis to help me to get the images and ideas in my head out. Cliche yes, but I found it helped. as time has gone on though I came to rely on the weed. I was a big user of any contraption that would get me, for want of a better word 'Fucked'. Now I smoke it to chill and relax and post some real long driven out shite on here lol. I always like to think I was never addicted, I am though. I don't foresee myself smoking it for the rest of my life, I suppose I am looking for a more specific reason to giving it up. For example having kids. A new focus if you like. I used Cannabis to deal with what I mentioned earlier on this thread. I actually had a bad day mentally today as I am currently surrounded by Negativity in work and that kills me emotionally. I started to analyze what i had said last night and questioned should I have said anything as I was thinking it set my mood for the rest of the day. It can be a vicious cycle at times and the drugs have not aided the situation whatsoever.

 

Mad this.

 

Forgot I had posted this. 11 years ago, just before I had a breakdown. And come across it a year after my last one. Been feeling it hovering round again a lot recently and work is the main contributing factor again. Work in a difference place to when I posted the above, but still the same shit. 

 

In in terms of the cannabis use. I packed in smoking and now use a dry herb ‘vaporiser’ and feel really different to when i smoked it. I don’t go through as much as I did before, I don’t feel like I’m slobbering mess anymore with a groggy mindset throughout the day. 

 

I got into mediation and yoga to go along my side my counselling and prescribed medication (which i stopped a few months ago, but with recent periods of recurring heightened anxiety maybe I shouldn’t have) after my last breakdown and it has really helped me deal with it a lot bette than I have previously. It’s fucking hard though. Trying to keep it together when we have a new baby due in two weeks. Added pressures in work, home and just wanting to go on a rampage or just burst in to tears (my anxiety creates a high level temper or really low upset moods) 

 

 

 

[Karl_b]

3 hours ago, Scal Capone said:

Yo NV, I am here, flying under the radar with a different pseudonym cos I couldn't log in with Dirk; I had forgotten the password and no longer have access to the email account I registered that username with. You will find Rashid on Twitter rhttps://twitter.com/HRashid_ 

Not a single mentioning of flexing or his brilliant life with ace mates. Disappointing.