Henson1980
09-06-15, 16:29
My anxiety came back with a vengance last night and today I feel awful. The last time I felt this way was 4 years ago when I left my job of 8 yrs and went into a job I hated - anyway I manged to find a new job that I loved and so the anxiety seemed to melt away.
So now my issue is, constant worry and fear about my 14 year old son, he has always been a worrier and a very sensitive child, he has small worries that grow into big worries and will feel the need for constant reassurance, but even then he still worries! So a few examples of late would be, some kid brought a mouth spray into school and was passing it around, my son tried it then afterwards wondered what could have been in it as it didnt taste like a mouth spray, so he panicked, thought he was going to get ill, obviously we reassured him and it turned out it was just salt water. He had a bloodshot eye a year ago and panicked that it was something bad, he wont go abroard because hes scared the plane could crash, basically he seems scred of everything. Yet generally he's a really funny kid, he has a great sense of humour and is really grown up for his age.
So this is where my worry for him is coming from, but lately my anxiety and constant thinking about him has just hit an all time high, I felt pretty good yesterday, but then it all went down hill very quickly. He really wanted a Wii Games Console to keep him occupied and to keep fit, I managed to source a second hand one, so we went to collect it last night, it was an old couple that were selling it, when I got in the car he asked me who I had brought it from, I explained it was an old couple, he seemed relieved and said 'oh good because I had been worrying about it', I asked why, he said because if it was from someone else you just dont know what they could have put in it, I asked him why he was thinking like that, he said he didnt know, he said that i was making a big deal out of it, but we had a similar experience the other week with emails, he deleted his email becasue he said any weirdo could find out where he lives!! These types of worries always seem to stem from something he has either heard or seen or read, im forever telling him to stay of the news or twitter etc if it bothers him but he still goes on.
Ok, so sorry for the long ramble but I massively could do with some reassurance today, I cant eat, iv been to the loo 5 times already, Im constantly googling stuff about teenage anxiety (maybe thats not helping) but I have got myself into such a state im thinking all sprts, what if he has some serious mental illness, what if i cant handle it, what if everyone thinks the pair of us are crazy, what if he is like this for the rest of his life????? (he had his first session with school counsellor last week) im wondering if this bout of anxiety/and maybe depression is excaberating the way im thinking about this situation, the doc has prescribed me 20mg of fluoxetine as I suffer with bad PMT, I havent taken it yet and now I wish I had then I might not feel so bad!!
Aoplogies for the massive ramble, but I could really do with some sound advice on the situation!! Thanks Guys
So now my issue is, constant worry and fear about my 14 year old son, he has always been a worrier and a very sensitive child, he has small worries that grow into big worries and will feel the need for constant reassurance, but even then he still worries! So a few examples of late would be, some kid brought a mouth spray into school and was passing it around, my son tried it then afterwards wondered what could have been in it as it didnt taste like a mouth spray, so he panicked, thought he was going to get ill, obviously we reassured him and it turned out it was just salt water. He had a bloodshot eye a year ago and panicked that it was something bad, he wont go abroard because hes scared the plane could crash, basically he seems scred of everything. Yet generally he's a really funny kid, he has a great sense of humour and is really grown up for his age.
So this is where my worry for him is coming from, but lately my anxiety and constant thinking about him has just hit an all time high, I felt pretty good yesterday, but then it all went down hill very quickly. He really wanted a Wii Games Console to keep him occupied and to keep fit, I managed to source a second hand one, so we went to collect it last night, it was an old couple that were selling it, when I got in the car he asked me who I had brought it from, I explained it was an old couple, he seemed relieved and said 'oh good because I had been worrying about it', I asked why, he said because if it was from someone else you just dont know what they could have put in it, I asked him why he was thinking like that, he said he didnt know, he said that i was making a big deal out of it, but we had a similar experience the other week with emails, he deleted his email becasue he said any weirdo could find out where he lives!! These types of worries always seem to stem from something he has either heard or seen or read, im forever telling him to stay of the news or twitter etc if it bothers him but he still goes on.
Ok, so sorry for the long ramble but I massively could do with some reassurance today, I cant eat, iv been to the loo 5 times already, Im constantly googling stuff about teenage anxiety (maybe thats not helping) but I have got myself into such a state im thinking all sprts, what if he has some serious mental illness, what if i cant handle it, what if everyone thinks the pair of us are crazy, what if he is like this for the rest of his life????? (he had his first session with school counsellor last week) im wondering if this bout of anxiety/and maybe depression is excaberating the way im thinking about this situation, the doc has prescribed me 20mg of fluoxetine as I suffer with bad PMT, I havent taken it yet and now I wish I had then I might not feel so bad!!
Aoplogies for the massive ramble, but I could really do with some sound advice on the situation!! Thanks Guys