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28-04-07, 18:57
Well, first time for this forum, but not to panic.
My name is David and from about 1996-2000 (ended when my daughter was born) I suffered Panic attacks that lead to depression. I managed to deal with work and just about held it all together with the aid of lithium and Amatriptilin (???)
I had problems with meetings, travelling and being away from home, heights and social situations.
The work side of things was a nightmare, I would wake hours before I needed to and spend hours in blind panic. Something as simple as a team meeting would trigger this. I had multiple meetings that would take me away for days at a time, these were tricky. I can remember sitting for over 5 hours in a permanent state of panic. This literaly happened for years and in nearly every meeting I was at.
Despite all this, after my daughter was born; it stopped and only had one episode when I had to do a Best Man speech in front of 400 people.
That was until the last few weeks. Recently I have found, I am again dreading meetings and have one in central London next week. I am now panicking. This started recently and have found that I have a terrible fear of heights and this can be only a two storey building. I don't need to be able to see down, I was in a meeting room in the centre of a building on the third floor and I was extremely anxious.
Oddly enough, I used to rig communication dishes and frequently worked at heights of 300 ft plus. Odd.
Anyway, that is me and I can't say I am happy to be here, but glad there is such a great site for me to get assistance from and not feel alone.
My name is David and from about 1996-2000 (ended when my daughter was born) I suffered Panic attacks that lead to depression. I managed to deal with work and just about held it all together with the aid of lithium and Amatriptilin (???)
I had problems with meetings, travelling and being away from home, heights and social situations.
The work side of things was a nightmare, I would wake hours before I needed to and spend hours in blind panic. Something as simple as a team meeting would trigger this. I had multiple meetings that would take me away for days at a time, these were tricky. I can remember sitting for over 5 hours in a permanent state of panic. This literaly happened for years and in nearly every meeting I was at.
Despite all this, after my daughter was born; it stopped and only had one episode when I had to do a Best Man speech in front of 400 people.
That was until the last few weeks. Recently I have found, I am again dreading meetings and have one in central London next week. I am now panicking. This started recently and have found that I have a terrible fear of heights and this can be only a two storey building. I don't need to be able to see down, I was in a meeting room in the centre of a building on the third floor and I was extremely anxious.
Oddly enough, I used to rig communication dishes and frequently worked at heights of 300 ft plus. Odd.
Anyway, that is me and I can't say I am happy to be here, but glad there is such a great site for me to get assistance from and not feel alone.