cycloneuk
11-05-07, 14:25
Hi,
I lost my old account, couldn't remember pass and no longer have access to the email address i used.
About Me:
I started suffering from anxiety just over 2 years ago, my symptoms included dizzyness which was the worst, feeling like i was going to faint, shortness of breath, tremors especially in ques in shops, fast heartbeat and sweating. I was bad at one point and was housebound for 5 months when it first started, i started to get dizzy and get shaky hands when in ques at the supermarket and in some social situations and didn't know what it was at the time untill i researched it.
I read a number of books and was determined to beat this demon and started to go out short walks around town and fight through the spaced out/dizzyness and the rest of the symptoms. After a few months i noticed improvment and started to do more things and go for days out. It has took me nearly 2 years to get over most of the symtoms, it took a while for me to feel more comfortable in shop ques, my problem in shops was if i was in a que and people were behind me i would get anxiety and the anxiety caused tremors in my stomach and sometimes like a light full body shake and that made me paranoid.
I still struggle with some situations such has big ques, i'm mostly fine on my own but its weird when my g/f was with me or should i say ex g/f now it give me anxiety and i found i functioned better in shops on my own which is strange since most people like to have people with them but i found it made me more paranoid a little.
I have come along way in last few years and want to work on beating this demon fully, part of my problem is confidence. Last saturday my g/f who i have been with for 4 years hit me with the news that she no longer loves me, last year things havn't gone well and ive pushed her further away with arguments and everything, i don't feel she fully understood my anxiety and she too suffered with some mild anxiety when i met her. Funny thing is i was fine till i met her and always wondered if i would have anxiety now if we never met.
Has you can imagine ive taken the news pretty hard and am not eating/sleeping much, feel depressed/weak and i don't know if it was because i sat for a few hours in the cold last night with just my t/shirt and with my body taken a battering but on my way home from my brothers when i got in taxi my legs started shaking, i didn't really feel like it was anxiety but was thinking about my ex beforehand, i do however have bad circulation and tremble and shake outside in the cold during winter. Today i also have shortness of breath and palpitations and feel a little dizzy and am thinking this is anxiety related rather then stress or because ive not eaten much.
I just don't won't to go backwards with my anxiety, i have come a long way and last 5 months have been pretty good but feel like a nervous wreak at moment and shaky but this is to be exspected after whats happended i suppose.
I lost my old account, couldn't remember pass and no longer have access to the email address i used.
About Me:
I started suffering from anxiety just over 2 years ago, my symptoms included dizzyness which was the worst, feeling like i was going to faint, shortness of breath, tremors especially in ques in shops, fast heartbeat and sweating. I was bad at one point and was housebound for 5 months when it first started, i started to get dizzy and get shaky hands when in ques at the supermarket and in some social situations and didn't know what it was at the time untill i researched it.
I read a number of books and was determined to beat this demon and started to go out short walks around town and fight through the spaced out/dizzyness and the rest of the symptoms. After a few months i noticed improvment and started to do more things and go for days out. It has took me nearly 2 years to get over most of the symtoms, it took a while for me to feel more comfortable in shop ques, my problem in shops was if i was in a que and people were behind me i would get anxiety and the anxiety caused tremors in my stomach and sometimes like a light full body shake and that made me paranoid.
I still struggle with some situations such has big ques, i'm mostly fine on my own but its weird when my g/f was with me or should i say ex g/f now it give me anxiety and i found i functioned better in shops on my own which is strange since most people like to have people with them but i found it made me more paranoid a little.
I have come along way in last few years and want to work on beating this demon fully, part of my problem is confidence. Last saturday my g/f who i have been with for 4 years hit me with the news that she no longer loves me, last year things havn't gone well and ive pushed her further away with arguments and everything, i don't feel she fully understood my anxiety and she too suffered with some mild anxiety when i met her. Funny thing is i was fine till i met her and always wondered if i would have anxiety now if we never met.
Has you can imagine ive taken the news pretty hard and am not eating/sleeping much, feel depressed/weak and i don't know if it was because i sat for a few hours in the cold last night with just my t/shirt and with my body taken a battering but on my way home from my brothers when i got in taxi my legs started shaking, i didn't really feel like it was anxiety but was thinking about my ex beforehand, i do however have bad circulation and tremble and shake outside in the cold during winter. Today i also have shortness of breath and palpitations and feel a little dizzy and am thinking this is anxiety related rather then stress or because ive not eaten much.
I just don't won't to go backwards with my anxiety, i have come a long way and last 5 months have been pretty good but feel like a nervous wreak at moment and shaky but this is to be exspected after whats happended i suppose.