northernmonkey
12-10-06, 15:42
Hi,
Just joined the site after looking at a number of others. This is by far the best one i have seen.
I have just recently been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder. It all started about 6/7months ago when i went to the doctor complaining of chest pains and a sickly feeling in my stomach. I was told to go to the hospital the next day to have a ECG and x ray as the doctor was worried about the chest pain. They all came back clear, so i was given a blood test that tested for just about everything, which again came bad pretty much ok apart from showing i was a bit run down. Even though i had been given a all clear medically i still had physical pains and symptoms so kept going back to the docs. It was mentioned at this point that i might be suffering from stress and anxiety. The doctors just told me to try and relax and do some exercise.
Over the next few months i kept going back to the doctors with strange pains and feelings (i guess i didn't believe the doctor when they said it could be anxiety as i was fine before) again just to be told it was anxiety. To get up to date in the last few weeks it has all come to a head as i have started having anxiety/panic attacks. I went back to the docs and admitted i though it was anxiety. He gave me beta blockers and sent me to see a psyciatrist who has prescribed me Cipralex (escitalopram),which is making me feel weird!! I have also been refered to a pyscologist who i will be seeing in a weeks time.
In the mean time reading all the posts here has put my mind at rest as i thought i was going crazy and there was no end to it all. Sorry about the long post by the way but its has helped me slightly to write it down for other people to see.
Oh I should say that i am a 24 year old male and for a job i work in TV (so quite a bit of stress there) and do lots of shift work.
Hello everyone, and thanks for reading!
NorthernMonkey
Just joined the site after looking at a number of others. This is by far the best one i have seen.
I have just recently been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder. It all started about 6/7months ago when i went to the doctor complaining of chest pains and a sickly feeling in my stomach. I was told to go to the hospital the next day to have a ECG and x ray as the doctor was worried about the chest pain. They all came back clear, so i was given a blood test that tested for just about everything, which again came bad pretty much ok apart from showing i was a bit run down. Even though i had been given a all clear medically i still had physical pains and symptoms so kept going back to the docs. It was mentioned at this point that i might be suffering from stress and anxiety. The doctors just told me to try and relax and do some exercise.
Over the next few months i kept going back to the doctors with strange pains and feelings (i guess i didn't believe the doctor when they said it could be anxiety as i was fine before) again just to be told it was anxiety. To get up to date in the last few weeks it has all come to a head as i have started having anxiety/panic attacks. I went back to the docs and admitted i though it was anxiety. He gave me beta blockers and sent me to see a psyciatrist who has prescribed me Cipralex (escitalopram),which is making me feel weird!! I have also been refered to a pyscologist who i will be seeing in a weeks time.
In the mean time reading all the posts here has put my mind at rest as i thought i was going crazy and there was no end to it all. Sorry about the long post by the way but its has helped me slightly to write it down for other people to see.
Oh I should say that i am a 24 year old male and for a job i work in TV (so quite a bit of stress there) and do lots of shift work.
Hello everyone, and thanks for reading!
NorthernMonkey