Kel123
19-02-16, 16:44
Hi, I have just joined this site as looking for advice from anyone who can reassure me and give me advice. I'm a married housewife, mum of two (age 15 & 4) in my 30's, normally quite confident/outgoing.
I have never suffered anxiety before so this is quite a scary experience for me. It started last year when I developed quite a few health problems. I had fibroids, menorrhagia, anaemia, gall bladder problems and insomnia. I started suffering breathlessness which my GP put down to my anaemia, but I kept having dizzy spells too while cooking dinner, shopping, out and about etc. I stopped doing my usual things because of my heavy bleeding and dizziness, but kept telling myself it would get better once I had my surgery in December (laparoscopy, endometrial biopsy, novasure ablation and titanium clip sterilisation). Unfortunately I had an awful time after my op, had a bad reaction, was in agony when I woke up and was kept in for 2 days instead of a few hours. That made me feel terrible and took a lot longer to recover than expected, then myself & my husband both had deaths in the family over xmas and my brother was diagnosed with cancer. Since then imy breathlessness and dizziness has been twice as bad. It creeps up on me when I least expect it. I can be in a good mood, relaxed, watching TV etc and i'll suddenly feel my chest tighten, panic and feel like I need to scream! I've never hyperventilated or anything like that, but its so scary. I avoid going out unless I have to, which is really bothering me. I do all my shopping online now or get my husband or son to pick up bits from the shops. I've avoided going to the doctors about this but my husband made me go 2 days ago. I burst into tears as soon as I was sat in front of the doctor and explained everything. She's put me on 10mg Propranolol 3 times a day, and have to go back in two weeks for a review. She said they would start to work straight away but I don't feel any different. I've slept more the last two nights (normally only sleep 2/3 hours and slept 10 hours Weds, 7 hours last night) but i'm still feeling this random panic, especially when I have to go out. My youngest starts school this year, I have to be better for that, not to mention for her and my son in general. I feel like I can't even take her to the park etc like I used to 😟 she goes to nursery a couple of days a week and I manage to drive her there and pick her up ok, but can't wait to get out of there cause of the noise 😖 i don't feel depressed, run down or anything like that, but fear it could get to that if this carries on. I'm not going to stop the propranalol but does anyone think I need a higher dose? Or do I just need to give it more time? Typing this out now is making me feel all tense and shaky cause i'm thinking about it! 😣 I can have a phone consultation with my GP on Monday if need be but wanted advice before the weekend really. Part of me feels this is all to do with hormones and the changes my body has been through. That on top of our family deaths and my brother being unwell has made me a nervous wreck! I hate this feeling. I have a huge family and lots of people I can talk to, but they have never experienced this so don't really understand. My brother told me today not to do anything silly! I'm not suicidal, but now he's made me paranoid (anxious) that i'm going to lose my mind! Lol. I feel so bad for others who go through this and never thought it would happen to me. Sorry for the rant!
I have never suffered anxiety before so this is quite a scary experience for me. It started last year when I developed quite a few health problems. I had fibroids, menorrhagia, anaemia, gall bladder problems and insomnia. I started suffering breathlessness which my GP put down to my anaemia, but I kept having dizzy spells too while cooking dinner, shopping, out and about etc. I stopped doing my usual things because of my heavy bleeding and dizziness, but kept telling myself it would get better once I had my surgery in December (laparoscopy, endometrial biopsy, novasure ablation and titanium clip sterilisation). Unfortunately I had an awful time after my op, had a bad reaction, was in agony when I woke up and was kept in for 2 days instead of a few hours. That made me feel terrible and took a lot longer to recover than expected, then myself & my husband both had deaths in the family over xmas and my brother was diagnosed with cancer. Since then imy breathlessness and dizziness has been twice as bad. It creeps up on me when I least expect it. I can be in a good mood, relaxed, watching TV etc and i'll suddenly feel my chest tighten, panic and feel like I need to scream! I've never hyperventilated or anything like that, but its so scary. I avoid going out unless I have to, which is really bothering me. I do all my shopping online now or get my husband or son to pick up bits from the shops. I've avoided going to the doctors about this but my husband made me go 2 days ago. I burst into tears as soon as I was sat in front of the doctor and explained everything. She's put me on 10mg Propranolol 3 times a day, and have to go back in two weeks for a review. She said they would start to work straight away but I don't feel any different. I've slept more the last two nights (normally only sleep 2/3 hours and slept 10 hours Weds, 7 hours last night) but i'm still feeling this random panic, especially when I have to go out. My youngest starts school this year, I have to be better for that, not to mention for her and my son in general. I feel like I can't even take her to the park etc like I used to 😟 she goes to nursery a couple of days a week and I manage to drive her there and pick her up ok, but can't wait to get out of there cause of the noise 😖 i don't feel depressed, run down or anything like that, but fear it could get to that if this carries on. I'm not going to stop the propranalol but does anyone think I need a higher dose? Or do I just need to give it more time? Typing this out now is making me feel all tense and shaky cause i'm thinking about it! 😣 I can have a phone consultation with my GP on Monday if need be but wanted advice before the weekend really. Part of me feels this is all to do with hormones and the changes my body has been through. That on top of our family deaths and my brother being unwell has made me a nervous wreck! I hate this feeling. I have a huge family and lots of people I can talk to, but they have never experienced this so don't really understand. My brother told me today not to do anything silly! I'm not suicidal, but now he's made me paranoid (anxious) that i'm going to lose my mind! Lol. I feel so bad for others who go through this and never thought it would happen to me. Sorry for the rant!