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26-10-06, 14:30
How goes it fellow anxiety sufferers.
I've stumbled across this amazing website in my hunt for an answer. The same old one you probably have all asked yourself.. why me?
About 5 years ago I started having some pretty horrific panic/anxiety attacks that I had no idea what they were, thinking I was having a heart attack I ended up in A&E one day. After being told what it was and given some diazepam i was sent home to get over it etc.. :)
How I wish that was the case :( I left home that summer and moved to Reading where it all kicked off, to the point I couldn't leave my bed, I was in a state of constant panic and of course was hoping not to wake up one morning once I had managed to get to sleep that is. This went on for a few months until a friend who had been through something quite similar dragged me by the scruff of my neck to the doctors. Convinced I was going mad the doctor prescribed me some Venlafaxine and after a couple of weeks of being as high as a kite I finally started to get some normality back in my life, i felt re-born in a way. [:P]
Since then i've done my masters degree and worked for a couple of years, I weaned myself of the lowest dose of VH and I have been without for 9 months now, I even quit smoking 4 months ago and have become a fitness fantatic.
I'd since landed my 'dream' job. Amazing how everything was coming together, I though i'd got past the anxiety and put it down to the big step of moving away from home.
Well no need to guess what's happened! It all gone a bit pete tong. [B)]
Since starting my new job 3 weeks ago i'm a right mess, i've ended up telling my mentor what the problem is and excusing myself for a couple of days. I was keeping in there dealing with it but this morning it was too much, i lost control and was in a constant state of panic.
I've made an appointment with my doctor for monday and i'm getting a thyroid injection with some accupuncture. But I fear i'll have to go back on the Venlafaxine. I blew up like a balloon and had real trouble waking up, took about 4 hours before I was compus mentus.
I'm worried that it'll affect how my new colleagues see me, i feel weakened by the addmission but I had no choice. I've always pro-actively seeked ways to chill out and relax. I know a lot about my dis-order but i can't take control of it. I'm feeling pretty low at this point and the hope that I had at the beginning of this year when i came off the Venlafaxine has faded.
Any suggestions how to deal with it would be really appreciated.
Thanks,
D
I've stumbled across this amazing website in my hunt for an answer. The same old one you probably have all asked yourself.. why me?
About 5 years ago I started having some pretty horrific panic/anxiety attacks that I had no idea what they were, thinking I was having a heart attack I ended up in A&E one day. After being told what it was and given some diazepam i was sent home to get over it etc.. :)
How I wish that was the case :( I left home that summer and moved to Reading where it all kicked off, to the point I couldn't leave my bed, I was in a state of constant panic and of course was hoping not to wake up one morning once I had managed to get to sleep that is. This went on for a few months until a friend who had been through something quite similar dragged me by the scruff of my neck to the doctors. Convinced I was going mad the doctor prescribed me some Venlafaxine and after a couple of weeks of being as high as a kite I finally started to get some normality back in my life, i felt re-born in a way. [:P]
Since then i've done my masters degree and worked for a couple of years, I weaned myself of the lowest dose of VH and I have been without for 9 months now, I even quit smoking 4 months ago and have become a fitness fantatic.
I'd since landed my 'dream' job. Amazing how everything was coming together, I though i'd got past the anxiety and put it down to the big step of moving away from home.
Well no need to guess what's happened! It all gone a bit pete tong. [B)]
Since starting my new job 3 weeks ago i'm a right mess, i've ended up telling my mentor what the problem is and excusing myself for a couple of days. I was keeping in there dealing with it but this morning it was too much, i lost control and was in a constant state of panic.
I've made an appointment with my doctor for monday and i'm getting a thyroid injection with some accupuncture. But I fear i'll have to go back on the Venlafaxine. I blew up like a balloon and had real trouble waking up, took about 4 hours before I was compus mentus.
I'm worried that it'll affect how my new colleagues see me, i feel weakened by the addmission but I had no choice. I've always pro-actively seeked ways to chill out and relax. I know a lot about my dis-order but i can't take control of it. I'm feeling pretty low at this point and the hope that I had at the beginning of this year when i came off the Venlafaxine has faded.
Any suggestions how to deal with it would be really appreciated.
Thanks,
D