Your right about benzodiazepines the longer you take them the harder they are to get off , and while your on the benzo, it will not make your anxiety better when you decide to come off them ,,, but may i say the 18 years i was on xanax it gave me my life back , not a nerve in my body , i thank the Psychiatrist for the 18 years , but he did not tell me about the consequences of , tolerance , dependency, a hell of a addiction , and not telling me the right way of getting off this very addictive drug , but thank you for the 18 years i was well , since its 2024 now and the internet is with us , watching all these videos on you tube really really makes a person taking benzos absolutely shit themselves , this lady is pretty good at explaining how to reduce your anxiety and make your brain come back down to normality , it really sounds simple , just like to explain something , back in the 90s i tried that for 5 years with every one , did not do anything for me , but she sounds pretty convincing , if you have really really bad anxiety where you can't get out of your house , take xanax until about 6 months until you stabilize wean off with Valium very slowly , until the addiction go's , then go and see her or somebody as good as her , then may be her method might work until researchers find a cure , if they really want to find a cure

The best way to recognise Obsessive Thought is Anxiety + Urgency to Fix it = OCD. This formula will work definitely in every situation.

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thanks for the great video Dr. Pradko. I'm currently in a similar situation dealing with panic disorder, OCD (Health anxiety), cardiophibia, and to some extent, agoraphobia. my biggest fears are palpitations and blood pressure numbers and the little one is fainting. whenever I panic or go somewhere without my safety persons or pills (benzos), I always think of getting a sudden heart attack and fainting. other activities and emotions like arousal, excitement and watching movies or playing video games are somehow triggering my anxiety as they are inherently coped with increased heart rate and blood pressure and natural mechanisms and hormone response happening during these activities or emotions. the odd thing is that all of them are positive emotions but share the symptoms that I experience during anxiety and panic episodes and when I have these positive emotions, they remain literally positive for only 4 to 5 seconds and suddenly lead to triggering my anxiety especially arousal (sometimes I avoid my partner) and video games.

Thanks so much for posting about ocpd. I wish more people knew about it so I am glad you are posting about it.

This is the most accurate video that I am dealing with right now and I’m so grateful for your content Paige! It has helped me understand why I felt the way I do! After 4 days of hell, I finally could function again because of your videos. Thank you so much!

I new i new inew, i was dealing with anxiety and emotional pain. I kept telling my husband no no no i need therapy i need therapy not drugs. I had talked to my dr. Told him no medication i want therapy. I was eating well, exercising, sleeping like a baby, had my personality. My goodness i was right, i new i new. I listened and gave in know my life is ruined.

Yrah that how i feel therapy not helping. I took Benzo off and on 2 months use . Before medication i was going to therapy and was actually helping. After i took thise thing therapy not helping.

No don't take them at all. I day use can ruin you.

I new i should have taken therapy. I was dealing with anxiety and emotional pain. I didn't need medication. I was functioning well. Just dealing with anxiety and emotional pain di to my experiences in life. I was sleeping like a baby. I new that medication was not the answer, therapy was the way to go because emotional pain had to do with my experience in life,so you have to dig deep and talk release that energy. Medication is not going to take pain away do to life experience . Therapy was more powerful. Unfortunately i didn't listen to gut feeling and listen to my husband im now ruined.

Ive been battling sexual intrusive thoughts. Im recently learning about pure ocd. It so awkward bringing this up to my doctor because of fear of judgement.

I get palpitations after eating and when I drink tea . I am 18 yrs old.I am scared and can't even enjoy my life. Pls help me 😢

I need to take my propranolol for highblood pressure but had an anxiety attack and even panic just simply changing to a generic one. But I told myself that this is for both anxiety as a off label use and above all to help save my life. But I now have to take a new generic and a higher dose so I am scared. Funny thing is its ony 10mg higher which my doctor said is such a low dose. I just wish I dont work my self uo taking the increase.

Good information and very nice.

Thank you so much for making me understand the challenge I have been having! These thoughts trigger me into panic attacks. This video is so reassuring and I plan to continue to practice your method. You are godsend and I can’t think you enough Paige!

This video is 4 yrs old so is the fear hierarchy not used at all anymore?

Hi Paige I’m stuck in DPDR it’s horrible 😣 from the moment I wake up till I go to sleep I even wake up with panic attacks and now I’m getting depression from this I feel like I will never be normal again 💔😭😔

In my case i have on and off skip beats that make so anxious that i cant sleep properly....i have heard somewhere that it can cause ventricular arrythmia....though i have done many ecg and check ups...i do understant that this is becouse of anxiety but my mind stuck to that thought i mentioned above...kindly help mam...do u provide online therapy?

I believe in therapy and medication. Please understand that some people need both. There are people that only need one or the other, but not everyone is the same.

The symptoms go away if I focus on different things!

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I have developed a sound phobia, I live in a appartment and I get anxious when I hear doors slamming by my neighbours.I use noise cancelling headphones when I'm at home, but I will try not to do this all day.Thanks for this interesting video.

Might sound cliche, but meditation has been huge for me. I like using that book called 30 Days to Stop Obsessing by Harper Daniels.

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Statistically distracted drivers are more likely to get into an accident, so that is definitely not a safe option for both your mental health or your chances of getting into a accident.

Never stop working out because it’s good for your heart. Doing exercise will strengthen your heart which would lead to less and less changes of having heart disease.

Yes I have h pylori an insane bacteria in my gut that is so hard to get rid of. My anxiety is so much higher this is very true

Such a good video!!!!

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Every time I’m walking or doing something with my hands it always has to end with my left foot/left hand and it’s been like that ever since I can remember

Ypur videos have helped me a lot...thank you Dr Page

After receiving 1 Pfizer vaccine I’ve being experiencing adrenaline dumps to the point that I’m unable to drive to work. Lately being dealing with uncontrollable hypertension and noticed that my blood pressure is going up while driving 😵‍💫 don’t know what to do, lost my job and home. Living with my brother but if I can’t overcome this I cannot survive

This is a great video and I am so glad that I found it today. Past relationships have shaped these obsessive thoughts but now I know that I can work on them on my current relationship. Thank you so much!

Hello, dear lady, I would like your advice. I am 18 years old and I have had this disease for two years, and all of this could be due to masturbation, knowing that I am addicted to it and to pornographic films, and after that I became infected with it.

thank you so much for these videos.

I was doing alot of chores around the house and went to carry my daughter to bed and my heartbstarts skipping over and over for about 5-10 mins. It was beating super hard and fast. When I sat down to check my blood pressure the left arm was 126/76 Pulse 91 then the right arm about 2 mins later it was 124/72 Pulse 86. I'm 5'10 150 lbs. I tried to cough and even do the hold breath vagus nerve trick and my heart skipping and fast beating. It was super scary. I started breathing deep it stopped. For those 5-15 mins from start to finish I thought I was gonna have a heart attack. Can anyone please provide feedback? If I'm feeling OK after the palpitation episode is that a good sign? I'm so scared. Just a FYI I had drunk some iced tea and ate some fried chicken a few hours before this. Please help?!

I get hyper aware of breathing when trying to fall asleep, it’s horrible. I get anxiety attacks when it’s time to go to bed because of it. Hoping that accepting it and letting it happen will make it subside eventually.

I'm sorry to say this is not helpful for me at all. Or the info in the first half was realy good. But all the tips on how to manage it is the receipt to make it so much worse. I usally ignore my symptoms and keep doing what I was doing before, waiting for it to pass. Sometimes it does go away. Most times it slowly gets worse. Hyperventialtion will just trigger an panic attack if I'm allready disociated. Staring in a mirror will make the DPDR so bad that I get somewhat convinced it's not even me in the mirror. I really want tips on how to manage this, but all tips in this video would just make it worse for me. 😢

Im having suicidal obsession but i dont want to die but i feel like i need to. I need help but nothing is working

I had it two years ago and now its back. I get it the worst when im out in public especially at the store and Im afraid of having a panic attack in front of people. I hope it goes away soon

I am having this problem.I am afraid to go out.Even at home I am having constantly thought How I will be outside because of that.I can't concentrate on anything even a simple task.Any advice?

You are doing a great job maam,thank you so much 😊❤

I have cardiophobia but I had documented SVT before its goes sooooo fast. They had to administer adenosine. Its been 7 years since then and im terrified daily its going to come back and kill me 😢 Im 33 year old male. I had loop recorder and EP study that couldn't induce my SVT. Any reassurance? :(

Thank you Dr Paige. It is really helpful.

The frustrating thing that keeps me stuck is my safety precautions are necessary due to my epilepsy. Its not like exposure to stressors will just give me a panic attack, they could actually kill me. But if you black out everything in the world that provides a trigger for your epilepsy theres no safe space, theres a potential threat everywhere. Ive definitely developed agoraphobia over the past few years.

I am very happy that this is more talked about and getting normalized, I feel better already because the thought of it being something rare was what was scary on the first place

My partner is having an ocd ......and I'm confused like what he wants or what not......still I want to be with him but sometimes it's get hard to show my feelings