rossthekid
30-05-14, 20:10
I have wanted to write this down somewhere for a few weeks now. It the story of my ongoing struggle with anxiety and the lack of understanding contributed to the length of the illness.
13 years ago I was a normal married guy, with a small baby, nice house and decent job. Yes I had life stresssors, money, a new baby, weird in laws that caused trouble. ON my way to work I had what I found out to be a panic attack. I was really ill with it vomiting/dizziness etc. I was off work for a while and was never away from the gp. They reviewed everything diabetes etc. Eventually one gp thought it maybe anxiety. It all clicked for me that was why I was walking everywhere, panic flushed waves over my body, couldn't settle. I must of tried several AD meds all made me worse or felt side effects after a few weeks and was then changed onto something else. Eventually escitalopram was prescribed to try, and yes it eradicated the anxiety by zonking me completely. I thought it was the only drug of choice and I lived like this for several years, working just and sleeping every other minute I could. Nobody ever say me down and said listen these AD meds will make you worse before better, stick with it it will come good. I am learning this lesson far to late and feel I have wasted many years. Guess what the escitlopram didn't work anymore and my gp recently changed me to Prozac and by finding this resource I can see where I went wrong in terms of meds please don't make the same mistake.
13 years ago I was a normal married guy, with a small baby, nice house and decent job. Yes I had life stresssors, money, a new baby, weird in laws that caused trouble. ON my way to work I had what I found out to be a panic attack. I was really ill with it vomiting/dizziness etc. I was off work for a while and was never away from the gp. They reviewed everything diabetes etc. Eventually one gp thought it maybe anxiety. It all clicked for me that was why I was walking everywhere, panic flushed waves over my body, couldn't settle. I must of tried several AD meds all made me worse or felt side effects after a few weeks and was then changed onto something else. Eventually escitalopram was prescribed to try, and yes it eradicated the anxiety by zonking me completely. I thought it was the only drug of choice and I lived like this for several years, working just and sleeping every other minute I could. Nobody ever say me down and said listen these AD meds will make you worse before better, stick with it it will come good. I am learning this lesson far to late and feel I have wasted many years. Guess what the escitlopram didn't work anymore and my gp recently changed me to Prozac and by finding this resource I can see where I went wrong in terms of meds please don't make the same mistake.