Thank you all for your kind words, I find being trapped so hard, but today after having an awful start to te weekend I went out for a little walk to the beach with the children and the dog, I only stayed for about 30 mins but I drove there and I drove back and it felt good to be out, but tonight I am suffering for it, I sleep a lot during the day because i find sleeping at night unbearable, i have night attacks so I tend to stay awake until about 3ish when I feel I can no longer stay awake, then I am up and even if I have about 9 hours sleep I still tend to sleep during the day as well, its like having ME somedays, although my doctor has said not. I am due to start CBT as well but I have great reservations, I have spent twenty two years in counselling since I had my first attack at 14 and I have never found the answer, I just want to know why??? thats the question i ask everyday. I am intelligent, and have always been a survivor in everything so why does it have to be like this!!! I want to be normal if there is such a thing, I want to wake up in the morning and not panic at the shear thought of getting out of bed, taking the kids to school travelling on my own, all the things normal people do!! do we ever get a break ! when do we get to say enough, I have tried it,but it lasts for a few secs, its nice at the time. I want to grab life by the bulls, go out and not give a damn and have fun whilst i am doing it, i want to fly in a plane and not worry about it and I want to step outside and fell safe and secure and free, I take cipramil and beta blockers but nothing stops the fear and the thoughts, nothing changes the though patterns and I resent it so much, especially when I see other mums walking to school without a care in the world. When i see women coming off the bus near my home with bags of shopping and I would give my right arm to do that has anyone ever got there! and actually achieved it all even for a short period of time, it must be wonderful !!!
scknight