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I was diagnosed with GAD(Generalized Anxiety Disorder)when I was 21. I went through a bout of Cognative Behavior Therapy at that time and I believe it did help my issues I was having at that time. I'm 39 now and have not had my anxiety like when I was 21. I still refer back to what I was taught with the CBT and it does help to some degree.
I believe I will always have the "what if I travel in the car for a long trip and have to go phobia"! That will never go away.You almsot just have to make yourself or otherwise you will get nowhere in life. I have learned to mentally take control of myself and go anyway. I stress up to the point that I have to leave but somehow I just kinda talk myself out of my anxiety. I'm not on any prescriptions for anxiety, however, I do take Bentyl which is an antispasmatic drug and it does help. I've been debating though weaning myself off of it(I only take 2 a day)and seeing what happens. Everyone talks so much about Immodium and "popping" them before a trip or a meal out and it helps them. My pharmacist says I shouldn't take the Bentyl and Immodium together since they have the same effect. The only thing that worries me is getting "stopped up" from the Immodium. Which, honestly, when you are D, being C sometimes sounds kinda nice. I have a trip planned to go to the beach in a few weeks with some girlfriends and I'm seriously thinking of doing the Immodium and just not take the Bentyl. That road trip is 3hrs. The only good thing about going is that 3 of us have some form of IBS so everyone is pretty understanding. Still, it's a pain to have to worry about.

I just wanted you to know that I too have the anxiety issue, but like I said, I mentally control it so that it doesn't control me!

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~~~Lisa~~~

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