afternoon all ,
Firstly I would like to thank the people who set up and run this
website as it has been a revelation and comforting (sorry!) to see so many other people suffering simalar and linked symptoms. I am 26 years old and been suffering from panic attacks since i was 21, the first was on a plane and then for 2 years it was pretty plain sailing ,in comparison to now ,with the occasional day when i was self conscience of a fast heart beat and the dizzy spells but I put it to one side and did not tell any of my friends and family. Cut to Portugal last march and I believe it was food poisening that started the big attack but who knows as it was a burn both ends of the candle holiday, but i was stuck in a portugese toilet for approx 4 hours, i have never felt such crippling panic and physical symptoms of being totally out of control. In the time i managed to get up (i was in a hotel block) and find my friend, all i could try and get him to do was to hit me so he could knock me out as I was sure that that would save my life, as otherwise what was happening to my body would surely Kill me, at the time, this was the most rational thought , as before I was simply lying on a bathroom floor almost looking down on myself. As the attack subsided throughout the afternoon, i lay in bed shivering and convulsing with the eventual visit to hospital which petrified me even more as the Portuges did not seem to understand what was happening to me either. Thank God for Portugese Chemists not caring about handing over Valium , otherwise I would still be in Lagos !
Today , i still have not recovered from the attack , and my main symptoms are numbness off left arm and leg at its most severe , and the main problem im having is the days when i wake up at 7 in the morning feeling anxious and know straight away my whole day will be dictated by keeping an attack under control which leaves me awake till probably 6 the next morning when i pass out from exhaustion . Things are getting better, I eventually (dont ask how long it has taken) have my appointment with CBT this Friday morning, and i have really cut down my drinking which i cannot emphasise how much has helped , as I got myself into the spiral of needing a beer by 12 or i could not function , which is a truly viscious circle as im well aware, but when a short fix is near , im pretty weak im afraid. Anyhow there u go, I have hundreds more things to discuss , but i guess this is pretty much it.
regards
frazer
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