College age child with depression, anxiety and stress

[woodsprite]

9. I fully understand, especially about recognizing the need in yourself.

I was on anxiety meds when I was a little girl and thought all that was behind me.

In first grade, my doc put me on meds due to an incident that happened at school. I had my legs crossed like a boy in reading circle and the teacher slapped my leg off where I had it crossed. She slapped it so hard I fell off the chair and had the wind knocked out of me because of how I landed. My mom went to school to see if she could have my class changed, but the principal wouldn't let her since so many kids had already been switched out. Every morning after that incident, I threw up and had diarrhea -- for 3 years! In 4th grade I had the most strict teacher in the building, but I just loved her. No more problem going to school, no more green meds that made me sleepy!

Last week with all of this going on, I had a day that I just could not stop crying. I let all my worries get the best of me and didn't nip it in the bud when the vortex of anxiety started spiraling down. I made it through a morning at work, but called in sick for the afternoon. I beat the feelings back by attacking the treadmill at home and giving myself a stern talking too about letting my imagination and worry run away from me. By the time my daughter and son walked through the door from their afternoon classes, I was pretty well in control again.