bhilz
07-05-14, 20:38
My name is Beth, I'm 37 years old and have had anxiety issues for as long as I can remember. My major source of panic attacks is highway driving. I've recently had a great experience driving from my house to see my Mom and Sister who are about 2 hours away. I took the highway the whole time. When panic happens, I will take the back roads and it ends up taking me 4 hours to get there...so this was pretty good!
I have been diagnosed with Agoraphobia and GAD. I really am working hard to try to eliminate the highway panic. I have general anxiety daily. Most of it shows up as health related issue panic. Like I have a brain tumor if my head hurts or if my heart skips a beat or beats faster than normal I'm going to have a heart attack. Nothing so far has helped me with the daily anxiety. I do take a few medications but they don't seem to help with that.
I'm glad I found this group! Hopefully I will be able to relate to a lot of people here. My family doesn't understand it. It would be nice to talk with someone who does.
Thanks for reading!
:)
I have been diagnosed with Agoraphobia and GAD. I really am working hard to try to eliminate the highway panic. I have general anxiety daily. Most of it shows up as health related issue panic. Like I have a brain tumor if my head hurts or if my heart skips a beat or beats faster than normal I'm going to have a heart attack. Nothing so far has helped me with the daily anxiety. I do take a few medications but they don't seem to help with that.
I'm glad I found this group! Hopefully I will be able to relate to a lot of people here. My family doesn't understand it. It would be nice to talk with someone who does.
Thanks for reading!
:)