gracesophia
14-07-15, 12:54
Hi everyone,
I used to be a regular on these boards, especially on the Health Anxiety one. I had Cognitive Analytic Therapy 5 years ago, and felt like I had recovered, although I knew I would probably always be on Citalopram (I'm on 20mg a day).
However, my partner and I are currently going through a really stressful time together and it's set my anxiety off horribly. I need to be able to support him with paperwork, appointments etc. but feel like I'm falling apart.
I haven't been able to get out of bed till after midday for the last few days because I lie there with the sense of 'dread', nausea and my heart pounding. My appetite has completely gone so I am feeling faint a lot of the time and am on the verge of tears.
The only time I feel ok is when I go out running. It doesn't help that I work in schools, and over the summer work from home so there is nowhere I have to be in the morning.
The situation we're in is one where we have little control and that's a massive trigger for me. I know we just have to get through it but my anxiety is making it a nightmare.
I don't know whether to go back to my doctor and see if I need to be on another kind of drug (maybe betablockers?) or whether to go and see my amazing therapist again (but that's expensive, and money is one of our worries).
I feel like I know how to deal with anxiety that is groundless, but not when it's about an actual real problem.
Help?
I used to be a regular on these boards, especially on the Health Anxiety one. I had Cognitive Analytic Therapy 5 years ago, and felt like I had recovered, although I knew I would probably always be on Citalopram (I'm on 20mg a day).
However, my partner and I are currently going through a really stressful time together and it's set my anxiety off horribly. I need to be able to support him with paperwork, appointments etc. but feel like I'm falling apart.
I haven't been able to get out of bed till after midday for the last few days because I lie there with the sense of 'dread', nausea and my heart pounding. My appetite has completely gone so I am feeling faint a lot of the time and am on the verge of tears.
The only time I feel ok is when I go out running. It doesn't help that I work in schools, and over the summer work from home so there is nowhere I have to be in the morning.
The situation we're in is one where we have little control and that's a massive trigger for me. I know we just have to get through it but my anxiety is making it a nightmare.
I don't know whether to go back to my doctor and see if I need to be on another kind of drug (maybe betablockers?) or whether to go and see my amazing therapist again (but that's expensive, and money is one of our worries).
I feel like I know how to deal with anxiety that is groundless, but not when it's about an actual real problem.
Help?