marleybobs
03-09-14, 17:25
This will probably be long so thanks for reading.
I haven't ever had problems like this and I'm 32. I have 2 children and quite a stressful job. About three years ago I had a huge panic attack and ended up in a and e thinking I was dying. I was told it was a panic attack I felt awful for about a week and then fine and back to normal. About 5 months ago I had another huge panic attack but the symptoms were none stop for 4 or 5 hours and then the symptoms continued the following day so ended up in a & e again. They confirmed it was anxiety and I saw my GP who put it down to anxiety because my son had been quite poorly the month before. He had been in hospital and it was very stressful so they said it could be that. I was given an anti depressant sertraline 50mg which I didn't start taking for 2 months because i was worried about taking them. I was also referred to a mental health service who after assessing me said I wasn't bad enough to be referred! By this point I'd had anxiety symptoms daily for 3 weeks. They said they could talk to me about anxiety and give me ways to cope with it and I had 5 sessions with them. During that time my symptoms changed and it seemed that every time I managed to over come one symptom a new one started until I started with intrusive thoughts about my son dying. I started taking my tablets then because I thought I was going mad. The tablets seemed to help almost straight away. Don't get me wrong it didn't go completely but It got easier. It's been about 2 and half months since I started taking them and I've started to have horrible thoughts again for the past 3 days and I feel like I'm back at the beginning. I can't see the word dying with out thinking one of us is going to die. I see sissors or a knife and think some one is going to stab me or the kids. I'm so confused about what this is. Can anyone help?
I haven't ever had problems like this and I'm 32. I have 2 children and quite a stressful job. About three years ago I had a huge panic attack and ended up in a and e thinking I was dying. I was told it was a panic attack I felt awful for about a week and then fine and back to normal. About 5 months ago I had another huge panic attack but the symptoms were none stop for 4 or 5 hours and then the symptoms continued the following day so ended up in a & e again. They confirmed it was anxiety and I saw my GP who put it down to anxiety because my son had been quite poorly the month before. He had been in hospital and it was very stressful so they said it could be that. I was given an anti depressant sertraline 50mg which I didn't start taking for 2 months because i was worried about taking them. I was also referred to a mental health service who after assessing me said I wasn't bad enough to be referred! By this point I'd had anxiety symptoms daily for 3 weeks. They said they could talk to me about anxiety and give me ways to cope with it and I had 5 sessions with them. During that time my symptoms changed and it seemed that every time I managed to over come one symptom a new one started until I started with intrusive thoughts about my son dying. I started taking my tablets then because I thought I was going mad. The tablets seemed to help almost straight away. Don't get me wrong it didn't go completely but It got easier. It's been about 2 and half months since I started taking them and I've started to have horrible thoughts again for the past 3 days and I feel like I'm back at the beginning. I can't see the word dying with out thinking one of us is going to die. I see sissors or a knife and think some one is going to stab me or the kids. I'm so confused about what this is. Can anyone help?