I went to local hospital, they all malas to layan anxiety patient like me.
But thanks to them i have my heart and my thyroid checked. which is im okay.


http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditi...on/con-20029996


This post has been edited by insidexjokes: Jul 4 2014, 01:58 AM

Go to a klinik kesihatan / polyclinic (government), tell the medical officer your problem, that u've had ur bloods checked and its normal. Ask for a referral letter specifically to the psychiatry clinic. Go back to a local hospital (one with a psychiatry unit and psychiatrist), give the letter to the psychiatry clinic staff and u'll get ur appointment. Good luck

Which hospital you go? General Hospital KL?

General hospital Kota Tinggi Johor, do you know any other hospital that will look at my illness seriously. Any suggestion?

I suppose what u did at kota tinggi was u walk-in to the emergency department. If the doc is junior and dunno whats' going on with u (or dunno where to refer u to), they will probably do some basic blood test and discharge u with 'reassurance'. So if u think the 'treatment' is sub-par and ur prob is genuine, do like i said previously. Go to the psychiatry clinic via the method i mentioned. U may think seeing a psychiatrist is an 'overkill' or a taboo but anxiety does fall under psychiatry disorders and they have specific drugs to help. Good luck
p/s: Other alternatives will be the private hospitals.

I agree. I went to Selayang Hospital (government) and the young doctor actually gave me Panadols and said there's nothing else he can do for me.
Don't despair if your first few attempts in seeking medical help were futile.
Doctors are humans too, they make mistakes too.

Thanks alot guys, i will go seek psychiatric help.

I believe what samowong said is true. Most likely u encountered some noob officer who sent u back home with "reassurance" (haha love this word!)

Last week i went to General hospital KL, i see a good doctor. She explain alot like in details. But she did mention my anxiety "belom terok lagi" and i ask her. Then nak tunggu sampai terok ke baru dapat treatment. And she smiles. '

So, what treatment did u receive?

Anxiety is due to being worried. Its something that has to do with your mind. I've gone through this. All you have to know is.. nothing is happening to you. You need people to talk to

After all these years, I still don't know where to go to.

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Added on March 12, 2011, 3:41 pmMy life went downhill since then, I forgot how my high school was, my brain deleted all those painful memories.

Crap, this brings tears to my eyes.

This post has been edited by afieQ: Mar 12 2011, 03:41 PM

anxiety is worry all the times?

heart pumping non stop ke ?

Yeap. Like all the times, started from you woke up in the morning, till you fell asleep,

Heart pumping fast, pain all over the body, shortness of breath, anxious, scared, you name it. Its a mental illness that are very physical.

Its hard really to work, some of us even scared to go out side.

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Added on March 13, 2011, 5:13 amno treatment, they just gave me painkillers for the pain, nothing for the anxiety.

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Added on March 13, 2011, 5:20 amI know how it feels, it is really a pain in the ass, especially when people close to you.. umm how to say it.. act like they dont care?
like they say "ala its only your mind playing tricks on you" "ala kau buat rilek sudah"

Whenever i found a place to go, i will tell you. But i suggest you to go to HUKM, just yesterday i found out i have a friend that is an anxiety disorder sufferer like us. She did get a treatment there, but she say we need to have a letter from a local hospital/clinic, so we can have treatment there. Now they put her on clonazepam (Klonopin), and shes started to feel less anxious, she said.

Better days ahead

This post has been edited by insidexjokes: Mar 13 2011, 05:20 AM

I suspect that I have anxiety disorder too. Who are you seeing currently? Anyone else with anxiety disorder? Anyone who has successfully recovered?

Below are some recommendations I found at Cari forum, he/she was seeing both:
Psychiatrist - Dr Aw Tui Iar
Psychologist - Ms Leong Huey Mei, Hospital Pantai Indah
Please share your views and comments on them if you have previously consulted them.

Please also share any other good recommendations especially if you or someone you know have had good results with the doctor.
I would be happy to visit both government and private clinics, as long as the doctor is good or 1 of the best, as I am quite worried with my condition and I do not know any contacts, and I am also concern with what I read on some websites that psychiatry is not very advanced in Malaysia.

This post has been edited by Flowerz: Apr 1 2011, 10:36 PM

I'm on anxiety meds now! Im on Alpazolam. Went to hospital Ampang, met Doctor Lim, he's a great doctor.
Im recovering, but i still clinging on too much of the pills,

One day i left the pills at home when working, at first it was okay, then i suddenly realized i let those pills at home, fuahh! PANIC ATTACKS!

Glad to hear that you are recovering. Thanx for ur recommendation, I m thinking of seeing a GP soon.

Can you share with us your journey to recovery? Coz I have not heard of anyone I know who had it before. How do they diagnose you with anxiety disorder? Do u see a GP 1st, then do blood test or ECG test before seeing a psychiatrist?

How is it treated? The psychiatrist juz prescribe u with meds? U mentioned earlier that u went to General Hospital, KL n she only gave u pain killers, so u switch to Doctor Lim at Ampang hospital after that? Is he giving u therapy apart from Alpazolam? Is ur condition caused by stress? Coz I m afraid that the doc will only give me meds to cure the symptoms but not the underlying cause.

This post has been edited by Flowerz: Apr 4 2011, 02:15 PM

i think i gt anxiety dis but no pain ?

how to describe it ?

Well here's the thing. Theres a fine line between "normal" anxiety and "disordered" anxiety.

Normal anxiety is when you feels anxious,scared,worried when theres a situation (life or death situation, interviews, surprised, you know that kinda situations)

Anxiety disorder is when you feels anxious without facing those situations. (like for me i felt anxious like for 24/7)
But panic attacks has it triggers. For example you get panic attack when at crowded places, you started to feel SUPER ANXIOUS, cant breath well,you have chest pain and discomfort, you feel faintish.

Maybe its a self fulfilling prophecy? your anxiety STARTED because you left your pills at home?

Try to change to a more dont-give-a-damn lifestyle perhaps?