spiral
05-05-07, 12:39
i've had mild panic attacks since i was about 18 but i didn't know what they were until i went to the doctors a couple of years ago because i was feeling dizzy and like i was falling out of my body all the time. I'd recently stopped taking a pop and it was much worse before my periods so i went back on the pop and then had an IUS fitted and was fine (for about 2 years) until a couple of weeks ago. I suppose the panic attacks have come back gradually over the past couple of months.
Doctors keep asking me what triggers my attacks, and what i'm stressed about at the moment etc but i'm starting to believe i feel like this because i have nothing to stress about. The past 18 months has had stressful periods and now it's as if nothing bad is happening i can't focus my anxiety.
Anyway i think i'm starting to ramble so i'll get to the point.
I went to the doctor on thursday and he gave me ciopram (10mg for a week then increase to 20mg) i took one tablet at 6 thursday and one at 6 last night and had the worst panic attack ever last night. i've never felt that close to passing out before. it was so bad and had lasted so long (an hour and a half) i actually walked to a+e where the gave me loads of tests and said it's probably because of the citopram and to go see my GP on monday. I've spoken to my mom and my partner about whether i should take today's and tomorrow's tablets or not and she's not sure that i should and he thinks i should persist. i think i should persist but i'm s*@^ scared of doing so. any support would be grately appreaciated.
Thanks
(ps sorry for any spelling errors i have made or will make i'm mathmatical not good with language)
Doctors keep asking me what triggers my attacks, and what i'm stressed about at the moment etc but i'm starting to believe i feel like this because i have nothing to stress about. The past 18 months has had stressful periods and now it's as if nothing bad is happening i can't focus my anxiety.
Anyway i think i'm starting to ramble so i'll get to the point.
I went to the doctor on thursday and he gave me ciopram (10mg for a week then increase to 20mg) i took one tablet at 6 thursday and one at 6 last night and had the worst panic attack ever last night. i've never felt that close to passing out before. it was so bad and had lasted so long (an hour and a half) i actually walked to a+e where the gave me loads of tests and said it's probably because of the citopram and to go see my GP on monday. I've spoken to my mom and my partner about whether i should take today's and tomorrow's tablets or not and she's not sure that i should and he thinks i should persist. i think i should persist but i'm s*@^ scared of doing so. any support would be grately appreaciated.
Thanks
(ps sorry for any spelling errors i have made or will make i'm mathmatical not good with language)