Ewe
01-04-13, 19:47
Greetings from bonnie Scotland,
My name is Ewen, 36yrs old. I have recently experienced severe anxiety in many of the forms described by many posters in this forum. I have also recently been diagnosed by my GP as having anxiety and was initially prescribed Diazepam for one week in February and subsequently a low dose of an old anti-depressant called Notriptyline (10mg) for the next few months.
Going back several years, I have good reason to believe that I have suffered anxiety for quite some time. Symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, pain and pressure in chest, chronic fatigue at times when I'm well rested, wondering if I will feel well one day and not the other, constantly looking ill with no apparent illness, unreasonable worry and stress, all to name but a few. However, in the past I have always brushed it off as being overworked, the normal pressures of bringing up a young family, general day to day pressures - nothing serious at all.
More recently, my mother took seriously ill at the end of December and sadly passed away mid February. This was very hard and an extremely upsetting experience. I think I managed to keep it together quite well after she passed away but my anxiety kicked in to overdrive! ... I had my first experiences of heart palpatations followed by massive adrenaline rushes (i quite liked the adrenaline rushes at first, but now they are frightening - it feels as though I am about to have a serious heart attack). The palpatations were the worst, but other feelings, such as feeling as though my heart just wont rest, or is going to burst out my chest, the feeling as though my heart has stopped for a few seconds followed by dizziness and panic, all these are quite new and difficult to handle.
I am aware of all of the above feelings from day to day and they have subsided ever so slightly these past few days but a few weekends ago I had a few drinks with some friends and suffered for it the next day - the anxiety was unbearable - combined with a slight hangover, I really thought I was going to die. After reading about anxiety and alcohol within the forum, I learned that i'm not alone here and that it is definitely anxiety linked. The result seems to be 'no alcohol for me' for a while.
Anyway, That's about all I can say about me as an introduction just now. I'm looking forward to reading more about other's experiences and hopefully adding some contribution as a newbie. In the meantime, thanks for reading.
Ewen
My name is Ewen, 36yrs old. I have recently experienced severe anxiety in many of the forms described by many posters in this forum. I have also recently been diagnosed by my GP as having anxiety and was initially prescribed Diazepam for one week in February and subsequently a low dose of an old anti-depressant called Notriptyline (10mg) for the next few months.
Going back several years, I have good reason to believe that I have suffered anxiety for quite some time. Symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, pain and pressure in chest, chronic fatigue at times when I'm well rested, wondering if I will feel well one day and not the other, constantly looking ill with no apparent illness, unreasonable worry and stress, all to name but a few. However, in the past I have always brushed it off as being overworked, the normal pressures of bringing up a young family, general day to day pressures - nothing serious at all.
More recently, my mother took seriously ill at the end of December and sadly passed away mid February. This was very hard and an extremely upsetting experience. I think I managed to keep it together quite well after she passed away but my anxiety kicked in to overdrive! ... I had my first experiences of heart palpatations followed by massive adrenaline rushes (i quite liked the adrenaline rushes at first, but now they are frightening - it feels as though I am about to have a serious heart attack). The palpatations were the worst, but other feelings, such as feeling as though my heart just wont rest, or is going to burst out my chest, the feeling as though my heart has stopped for a few seconds followed by dizziness and panic, all these are quite new and difficult to handle.
I am aware of all of the above feelings from day to day and they have subsided ever so slightly these past few days but a few weekends ago I had a few drinks with some friends and suffered for it the next day - the anxiety was unbearable - combined with a slight hangover, I really thought I was going to die. After reading about anxiety and alcohol within the forum, I learned that i'm not alone here and that it is definitely anxiety linked. The result seems to be 'no alcohol for me' for a while.
Anyway, That's about all I can say about me as an introduction just now. I'm looking forward to reading more about other's experiences and hopefully adding some contribution as a newbie. In the meantime, thanks for reading.
Ewen