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[shadow]

hiya im 35 year old who suffers from agorophobia/anxiety and depression and have for the last five years.

im slowly winning little battles, im able to go out in my safezone by myself, which years ago i dared not even give that a thoughtand would refuse to go.
i am however able to go to major shopping malls and alot of other places now with company and survive, this has only been in the last year or so that ive really started to do all of this. slowly but surely im winning and im gaining some little freedoms something i never had before.

i take celexa only started a month ago which seems to be working okay, it has settle moods a great deal, which i find what i needed the most.(ahhh sigh of relief there.. :)

i look forward to meeting you all


take care

shadow

[dino]

DEAR SHADOW
I TOO SUFFER FROM AGORAPHOBIA.ANXIETY AND PANIC AS DO MANY OF US ON HERE AND IN CHAT
YOUR A BRAVER PERSON THAN I AM GOING TO A SHOPPING MALL BUT THEN AGAIN WE DONT HAVE ANY WHERE I LIVE THANK GOD LOL
IS CELEXA AN AMERICAN DRUG?
I HAVE TRIED SO MANY ALL TO NO AVAIL AND AM AT PRESENT COMING OFF MY DIAZAPAM ON ORDERS FROM MY GP AS THERE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO HELP ME NO MORE
ANY TIPS ON HOW YOU BEGAN TO OVERCOME THE FEAR AND GETTING OOT THERE WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRICIATED ,HOPE TO MAYBE CATCH YOU IN CHAT ONE NIGHT
LOVE DIANE (DINO)
XXXXXXXXXXXX
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[angie]

HELLO SHADOW,
A WARM WELCOME TO THE FORUM.
YOU'RE DOING SO WELL FIGHTING.
ANGIE

((((((Shadow)))))))


Welcome my friend :)

I tottaly understand what you go threw.
keep it going you have come a long ways, so glad to see ya ;)
seen you grow so much this year proud of you



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[dewey]

hello shadow. saw you briefly in chat. i suffer from, ocd,anxiety,depression....been coming here a while now. im a 27 year old male.

stick with us here and you may start feeling better about life as a whole. i know i did. i was a wreck everyday when i first came here. now im the most stable in 5 years. there will always be lows....but guess what....theres highs too!

"and even when your hope is gone, move along move along just to make it through"
all american rejects

Dewey

[libby]

Hi ya Shadow

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Glad to hear that you're on the mend, keep it up! I hope you like the site and find it helpful and friendly.

Take care

Libby
xxxx
:D

[Anna]

hi there shadow
welcome to this site its the best on the net I'm sure you will think so too soon lots of lovely people here
love
Anna
xxxx
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[petal]

Dear Shadow :)

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It sounds like you're doing really well and taking little steps every day towards recovery. Congratulations!

I'm sure many people here would love to know how you've managed to take these steps which allow you to get out of the house and go to places like the mall etc. I don't suffer from agoraphobia but do have generalised anxiety disorder and depressive illness so I do understand some of your issues.

Well done for working on being able to go out. It really sounds like you are getting there :) !

I look forward to chatting with you.

Wishing you all the best
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[shadow]

Thank you all so much for your warm welcomes and replies.



hugs


shadow