saintanselm
09-07-12, 18:45
Dear All,
I've had two bouts of PTSD ( 2004 and 2006) and now have GAD. I'm on Mirtazapine 30mg and I have some diazepan for emergencies. They have helped a bit. Before I used to grade my anxiety from one to ten and I was always around the 8 to 10 mark. Now my everyday anxiety goes from 6 to 8, so that horrible feeling is still with me. That stated, thanks to breathing exercises, I haven't had a panic attack for years.
One symptom I think I suffer from is that I become obsessed with what people think about me, which is very self centred, I know, most people have their own problems to think about! So I know that sometimes I am being irrational. Its just that after the PTSD episodes ( one near death car crash 2004, another near death experience 2006) I did go through a period where I was visibly mentally ill. This isn't me being paranoid I had to live with my parents for a time and they pointed it out. Now I'm still concerned that I might come across like this now. If I have a meeting, if I send an e-mail and don't get a reply back, if I leave a message for someone to call me and they don't... I worry myself sick. They usually don't get back for the simple reason they are busy! Does anyone else sometimes feel like this?
I've had two bouts of PTSD ( 2004 and 2006) and now have GAD. I'm on Mirtazapine 30mg and I have some diazepan for emergencies. They have helped a bit. Before I used to grade my anxiety from one to ten and I was always around the 8 to 10 mark. Now my everyday anxiety goes from 6 to 8, so that horrible feeling is still with me. That stated, thanks to breathing exercises, I haven't had a panic attack for years.
One symptom I think I suffer from is that I become obsessed with what people think about me, which is very self centred, I know, most people have their own problems to think about! So I know that sometimes I am being irrational. Its just that after the PTSD episodes ( one near death car crash 2004, another near death experience 2006) I did go through a period where I was visibly mentally ill. This isn't me being paranoid I had to live with my parents for a time and they pointed it out. Now I'm still concerned that I might come across like this now. If I have a meeting, if I send an e-mail and don't get a reply back, if I leave a message for someone to call me and they don't... I worry myself sick. They usually don't get back for the simple reason they are busy! Does anyone else sometimes feel like this?