Agoraphobia Support Group

i just wanted to say i havent been here probably in 9 or 10 months and i have gotten soo much better after suffering a year from agrophobia. there is hope i am now able to go almost anywhere and have a baby boy on the way in december ! i wanted to share with everyone how i got to where i am i fell so lucky and happy . I started going out at night time or early morings when there werent alot of people around and stayed where i was untill my panick attack ended going through those fellings are the most difficult thing i have ever done in my life. i went to the same places untill i mastered them and then started branching out to other places. exercise helped alot but the biggest thing for me was cutting out all caffine . i know everyone is at diffrent levels and it fells impossible to do i once couldnt walk a step out my front door . if anyone wants to talk im here i need freinds who know what i went through

I'm glad to hear you're doing so well! Thanks for checking in!

Thank you soo much for sharing your success with all of us!!! It's very encouraging to hear when someone is conquering the Agor-monster and that it isn't necessarily a "life sentence" I'm very, very happy for you and congratulations on your little bundle of joy arriving December!!!

Great job!! Good tips also. I think making those baby steps during the least stressful moments is very important. With commitment there is progress!

Koolaidsmile, thank you for the update and I am very proud that you have made such great progress and congrats on your new arrival.

Thanks for sharing that and offering more tools to help me try in your tips.

Way to go!!! So proud of you! Think alot of us could benefit by following your example. Thanks for sharing it with us. Congrats on the baby!

Congratulations on the baby and the progress. I have found that exercise uses up that excess adrenaline and helps to maintain the progress that we have made.

Great to hear from you again!

Cheryl

Thanks everyone . hey that makes sense about the excess adrenalin panic attacks made me fell like i was real hyper in a bad way aghh

Thanks for sharing this. I'm new here but it's so good to read about members being in recovery. I'm just curious how much caffeine were you drinking before and how quitting helped? Did it make your panic attacks easier to handle? I drink about 3 or 4 cups of tea a day and have been told to stop drinking caffeine too but have been really reluctant. I also feel like I'm in a perpetual cycle of nervous energy.

Congrats on your recovery & your baby.