gauss101
16-07-14, 22:26
I just wanted to post this in the hope it may help others. Last week I had been having panic attacks constantly and I had enough. I know you may have been there. I couldn't take the feeling anymore and just wanted it to stop and didn't care how. As a last ditch attempt, I rang 111 and explained my situation, thinking they may send a doctor out to give me a sedative or jut check on me. To my horror an ambulance turned up within minutes and two of the kindest paramedics sat and talked to me for about an hour. They told me that they, themselves, were ex servicemen and suffered from PTSD and understood how I felt. I kept apologising because I didn't feel that I should be wasting their time, when other "really sick" people needed the. They told me that I was as ill as any other call out and took me to hospital. There, I saw, what I now know are called the Crash team and are there to help anyone with my sort of problem. A very nice lady talked to me, asked me questions and her final one was, "If you could ask me anything, what would it be?" I just said, "Please help me".
She said that my medication obviously wasn't working and that they needed changing. She then contacted my doctor and arranged it. Then she contacted a local counselling group and arranged for me to be seen.
Just by listening to me and understanding my pain made me feel easier. Even when I left the hospital, she took the time to give me a hug and told me to come back if I needed someone to talk to.
I write this because I felt ashamed and embarrassed that I didn't have a "real" illness but it nearly, literally, killed me. Had it not been for the kindness and understanding of the people I saw. I'm still recovering but I feel I'm getting there and that there is real help out there that will listen and understand. GPs are not always right, that's why they are "general". I learnt that you need to talk to people who really know.
This site is fantastic and it helps knowing that we all feel the same pain.
I hope this may help somebody who feels lost and alone.
Don't suffer and let it get as far as I did. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
She said that my medication obviously wasn't working and that they needed changing. She then contacted my doctor and arranged it. Then she contacted a local counselling group and arranged for me to be seen.
Just by listening to me and understanding my pain made me feel easier. Even when I left the hospital, she took the time to give me a hug and told me to come back if I needed someone to talk to.
I write this because I felt ashamed and embarrassed that I didn't have a "real" illness but it nearly, literally, killed me. Had it not been for the kindness and understanding of the people I saw. I'm still recovering but I feel I'm getting there and that there is real help out there that will listen and understand. GPs are not always right, that's why they are "general". I learnt that you need to talk to people who really know.
This site is fantastic and it helps knowing that we all feel the same pain.
I hope this may help somebody who feels lost and alone.
Don't suffer and let it get as far as I did. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx