laura.b
04-09-11, 17:07
I am a 17 year old girl that has been dealing with severe and constant (as in 24/7) anxiety and panic attacks for 6 months.
I have always been anxious and when i was 13 i went through a year of intense anxiety and panic attacks though it finally got better. At the age of 14 i was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and am still suffering from it now. I also have an extreme phobia of vomit which effects me everyday.
Recently i have been going through intense anxiety and im desperate to get over this. I was on 40g of fluoxine for a year but during the most severe anxiety took 3mg of diazepam 3 times a day for 2 weeks but now i am on 30mg of mirtazepine (which shouldnt be given to under 18s) and i am really not feeling any effects at all. The only break from anxiety i have felt in months is when i was taking the diazepam and since going off them my anxiety has gradually worked its way up again.
My doctors are refusing to give me anything stronger and will not give me any CBT until my weight is restored to a healthy weight (which will take about 6 months) but with me anxiety being so intense combined with my vomit phobia eating is becoming impossible and anything i do eat gets burned off with nervous energy. My doctors do not believe i have an anxiety problem that it is just caused by my weight but i disagree as i had an anxiety problem when i was little and at a perfect weight and infact i have been at a much lower weight than i am at now and had absolutely no anxiety.
I feel like i am stuck, my parents cannot afford to see a private CB therapist but yet my doctors will not do any with me. My life quality is deteriorating for me and things i would normally would have been fine doing (going to the shops and school) have become extremely hard for me to do as i am stricken with fear and even get anxious about being anxious and not being able to cope. I cannot managed to go to my boyfriend of 3 years house without having panic attacks now.
I am starting to feel very depressed and feel that there is no point of living if this is my quality of life from now on. I would really appricate if someone could tell me of any medication that i could take long term that really works and would help me get to a healthier weight to get some CBT.
I have always been anxious and when i was 13 i went through a year of intense anxiety and panic attacks though it finally got better. At the age of 14 i was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and am still suffering from it now. I also have an extreme phobia of vomit which effects me everyday.
Recently i have been going through intense anxiety and im desperate to get over this. I was on 40g of fluoxine for a year but during the most severe anxiety took 3mg of diazepam 3 times a day for 2 weeks but now i am on 30mg of mirtazepine (which shouldnt be given to under 18s) and i am really not feeling any effects at all. The only break from anxiety i have felt in months is when i was taking the diazepam and since going off them my anxiety has gradually worked its way up again.
My doctors are refusing to give me anything stronger and will not give me any CBT until my weight is restored to a healthy weight (which will take about 6 months) but with me anxiety being so intense combined with my vomit phobia eating is becoming impossible and anything i do eat gets burned off with nervous energy. My doctors do not believe i have an anxiety problem that it is just caused by my weight but i disagree as i had an anxiety problem when i was little and at a perfect weight and infact i have been at a much lower weight than i am at now and had absolutely no anxiety.
I feel like i am stuck, my parents cannot afford to see a private CB therapist but yet my doctors will not do any with me. My life quality is deteriorating for me and things i would normally would have been fine doing (going to the shops and school) have become extremely hard for me to do as i am stricken with fear and even get anxious about being anxious and not being able to cope. I cannot managed to go to my boyfriend of 3 years house without having panic attacks now.
I am starting to feel very depressed and feel that there is no point of living if this is my quality of life from now on. I would really appricate if someone could tell me of any medication that i could take long term that really works and would help me get to a healthier weight to get some CBT.