Scaredlady
01-06-17, 03:38
Hi!
I was on here practically all of last year after suffering from crippling anxiety for a couple of years. Due to the strength and advice I got from other users on this forum I eventually started medication towards the end of last year, I think October time.
The first month or so on the tablets was not easy but over time I started to improve massively and without even realising it at first, I was back to my old self, living and enjoying life again.
Until recently that is, because in the last fortnight the nightmare has started again and I am absolutely petrified of it getting as bad as it was before.
I can't sleep, I'm on edge, I'm over thinking, I'm convincing myself (again) that I'm definitely going mad this time. I have that dreaded urge to resort to Doctor Google and I really really don't want to end up in that cycle again.
I have had major stress in my personal life the last 6 weeks and I am trying to tell myself that that's the cause of the returning anxiety but my anxiety is telling me it's because I'm going mad and will end up sectioned in a mental institute.
I'm on Propranolol 80mg and Sertraline 50mg, do you think I've simply become tolerate to it? Or is it a passing phase? I don't think I can cope with going back to how things were before.
Any advice please?
I was on here practically all of last year after suffering from crippling anxiety for a couple of years. Due to the strength and advice I got from other users on this forum I eventually started medication towards the end of last year, I think October time.
The first month or so on the tablets was not easy but over time I started to improve massively and without even realising it at first, I was back to my old self, living and enjoying life again.
Until recently that is, because in the last fortnight the nightmare has started again and I am absolutely petrified of it getting as bad as it was before.
I can't sleep, I'm on edge, I'm over thinking, I'm convincing myself (again) that I'm definitely going mad this time. I have that dreaded urge to resort to Doctor Google and I really really don't want to end up in that cycle again.
I have had major stress in my personal life the last 6 weeks and I am trying to tell myself that that's the cause of the returning anxiety but my anxiety is telling me it's because I'm going mad and will end up sectioned in a mental institute.
I'm on Propranolol 80mg and Sertraline 50mg, do you think I've simply become tolerate to it? Or is it a passing phase? I don't think I can cope with going back to how things were before.
Any advice please?