Gabby
16-08-06, 13:51
Hi all
I've just found this site whilst trawling the net for something that might give some support when I feel anxious (which is frequently!!).
I started having proper panic attacks when I was 18 - triggered by university? - but I've had a 'nervous stomach' every since I can remember. I can recall going on hols aged about 7 and being so scared I would be sick for the journey there, most of the time when I got there and the journey back. My main problems are with travelling - long journeys by car esp motorway, and any distance by trains, planes and boats. I cant even bear to stand on a railway platform and hear the trains go in and out.
I was on Beta blockers from age 18 til I became pregnant at 20. Came off them for nearly 2 years then developed post natal depression along with the anxiety. Wa son Seroxat for about 3 years, then changed to Ven lafaxine (Effexor) as Seroxat didnt seem to be working. Have had counselling when I was 23 which helped me to work out where a lot of the anxiety is rooted. Currently work in a Mental Health NHS TRust, where I have made lots of lovely and supportive friends who have been able to point me in the right direction for self help methods, basic CBT methods etc. I seem (fingers crossed) to be able to keep the full blown attacks at bay at the moment although I pretty much hate myself for allowing even the minor physical symptoms to terrify me as much as they do. I know they can't harm me but I feel like a bit of a failure for letting it rule my life
I have been having a read through a lot of your posts and its so incredibly heartening to see that the things that I go through and that feel so ridiculous when I think back on them after the event are not just peculiar to me and that so many of you seem to finding ways to get through it.
I feel exceptionally bad today because I am trying to look after my child and a friend's although am in tears cos am terrified at the thought that contracts have just been exchanged on my first house.
Hope to speak to you all soon
Gabby
I've just found this site whilst trawling the net for something that might give some support when I feel anxious (which is frequently!!).
I started having proper panic attacks when I was 18 - triggered by university? - but I've had a 'nervous stomach' every since I can remember. I can recall going on hols aged about 7 and being so scared I would be sick for the journey there, most of the time when I got there and the journey back. My main problems are with travelling - long journeys by car esp motorway, and any distance by trains, planes and boats. I cant even bear to stand on a railway platform and hear the trains go in and out.
I was on Beta blockers from age 18 til I became pregnant at 20. Came off them for nearly 2 years then developed post natal depression along with the anxiety. Wa son Seroxat for about 3 years, then changed to Ven lafaxine (Effexor) as Seroxat didnt seem to be working. Have had counselling when I was 23 which helped me to work out where a lot of the anxiety is rooted. Currently work in a Mental Health NHS TRust, where I have made lots of lovely and supportive friends who have been able to point me in the right direction for self help methods, basic CBT methods etc. I seem (fingers crossed) to be able to keep the full blown attacks at bay at the moment although I pretty much hate myself for allowing even the minor physical symptoms to terrify me as much as they do. I know they can't harm me but I feel like a bit of a failure for letting it rule my life
I have been having a read through a lot of your posts and its so incredibly heartening to see that the things that I go through and that feel so ridiculous when I think back on them after the event are not just peculiar to me and that so many of you seem to finding ways to get through it.
I feel exceptionally bad today because I am trying to look after my child and a friend's although am in tears cos am terrified at the thought that contracts have just been exchanged on my first house.
Hope to speak to you all soon
Gabby