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| Re: ANXIETY |
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| Nina_24 |
| 08/17/05 at 00:45:46 |
| Please.....can anyone offer advice?!?!?! |
| Re: ANXIETY |
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| UmmWafi |
| 08/17/05 at 04:00:40 |
| [wlm] Dear Sis I replied the other time. I am too woozy to type much but just to let u know u can e-mail me or try to get me at YIM : bintulhaq@yahoo.co.uk I had panic attack and anxiety disorder way back in 1994. Alhamdulillah I have things under control several months after it all started. How ? By believing. I did the usual rounds; pills, psychiatrist/psychologist etc etc. The pills made me drowsy but didn't address the problem. I felt like I was dying with panic attacks almost every minute and developed agrophobia and claustrophobia. Things got so bad that I was beginning to develop what my psychologist told me was mild schizophrenia. I got fed up of konking from the pills and fighting a lost cause so I was getting desperate by the minute. One night, I took wudhu' and started to do nafilah. After that I was making du'ah when I snapped. I started crying and talked to Allah SWT, really talked. I was open and honest with Him. Told Him all my deepest fears and secrets and frustations. At the end of it all I told Him this : "Ya Allah you promised in the Qur'an that you would not give me a burden too heavy for me to bear. Ya Allah, you promised. Please..Ya Allah I truly cannot take this burden anymore. If you wish to test me further, please, I beg you, give me the strength..please give me the strength Ya Allah." I kept repeating this over and over again. I was soo tired I fell asleep. When I woke up, Subhanallah...I felt so very different. I did my fajr prayers and read ayah 286 of surah al-Baqarah over and over again as my constant du'ah. I became more pro-active. I forced myself to go to the library and borrow all the books I can get on panic attacks and anxiety disorder. Alhamdulillah, they were very helpful. ONE CAUTION : STAY AWAY FROM CAFFEINE AND OTHER STIMULANTS. Don't drink coffee or tea or soda. Listen Sis, u can overcome the problem. don't see AD as a life-ending afliction. Just see it as a test. Don't fight it, deal with it. When you feel a wave of anxiety washing over you, dont feel despair. Remain calm and breath regularly telling yourself it will pass. To overcome anxiety, ALL you ever need is behaviour modification activities and lotsa lotsa du'ah. Trust me Sis...Allah will NOT give you something more than you can bear. Give yourself motivation to be well. Tell yourself you want kids and u want to be strong for them. Learn to control the attacks by NOT reacting to them. Tell yourself that you should be thankful you have anxiety. I am. Because I have seen what cancer or leukemia or AIDs does to the sufferer. 11 years down the road..what have I learnt from the anxiety episode and what do I feel. I learnt that at the end of the day we are nothing without the mercy and blessing of Allah SWT. I feel very grateful that ALlah has chosen to allow me to learn to be strong at a very young age. Now I am able to face so many of life's challenges because of my experience. Dear Sis You WILL overcome this. Believe it. Inshaa Allah. Take care, you are in my thoughts. Wassalam |
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