Elsiebear
02-12-16, 19:47
I am brand new on here but looking round at posts I already feel comforted to know i'm not alone in my fears and some threads are even so similar to what mine will be
I am suffering from a heightened general anxiety coupled with or caused by a deep fear of fainting in public .
I am a professional singer (Classical) and it is totally ruining my career .I have always loved to perform but this past year i just dread every show and cry for hours leading up to each show .
All this started with the onset of early menopause (I'm 42) when my sugar levels suddenly started to drive me crazy....plummeting away with no warning within 3 hours of eating .Coupled with a bad IBS flare up with meant I couldn't eat properly in case i need the toilet whist singing or driving to a gig.... catch 22
All blood tests etc come back fine so it must just be a change in my bodies responses .
My handbag now is constantly full of bananas and nuts.
As a singer my uncontrollable fear is of suddenly feeling faint whist on stage and not being able to escape till my spot is over .This has happened a few times although I've never actually fainted ever in my life so i don't know what it actually would feel like
I live in total fear of this feeling coming on again even though i stuff bananas down my throat just before a show and eat well ,I just panic so much i end up dizzy and so light headed its terrible
The fear is so great that every time i'm in a public place now such as the supermarket not just on stage i have a full on panic attack
My general mental state is terrible .I cry so much over it and I'm desperate to find a way to cope
I'm so hopeful that know I have found this site someone will be able to help me chose the correct recovery path
xx
I am suffering from a heightened general anxiety coupled with or caused by a deep fear of fainting in public .
I am a professional singer (Classical) and it is totally ruining my career .I have always loved to perform but this past year i just dread every show and cry for hours leading up to each show .
All this started with the onset of early menopause (I'm 42) when my sugar levels suddenly started to drive me crazy....plummeting away with no warning within 3 hours of eating .Coupled with a bad IBS flare up with meant I couldn't eat properly in case i need the toilet whist singing or driving to a gig.... catch 22
All blood tests etc come back fine so it must just be a change in my bodies responses .
My handbag now is constantly full of bananas and nuts.
As a singer my uncontrollable fear is of suddenly feeling faint whist on stage and not being able to escape till my spot is over .This has happened a few times although I've never actually fainted ever in my life so i don't know what it actually would feel like
I live in total fear of this feeling coming on again even though i stuff bananas down my throat just before a show and eat well ,I just panic so much i end up dizzy and so light headed its terrible
The fear is so great that every time i'm in a public place now such as the supermarket not just on stage i have a full on panic attack
My general mental state is terrible .I cry so much over it and I'm desperate to find a way to cope
I'm so hopeful that know I have found this site someone will be able to help me chose the correct recovery path
xx