Joe
07-12-04, 00:09
Hi all.
I'm Joe - the newest kid on the block. I'm 44, from Renfrewshire Scotland & work as a manager with a multi-national company.
Reading some of the other posts, I've been really impressed by the effort to stay upbeat & constructive. (I suppose we all know the importance of that).
Sorry if I bring the mood down with this post.
Since this time last year, I've been struggling with, (according to the medics), an acute anxiety disorder with a secondary depression. I don't remember the last day I was symptom-free.
Most days I've been reduced at least once to a cowering wreck hunched up in a corner somewhere.
GP support has been limited to dispensing a succession of anti-depressants, only to find out the hard way that I'm over-sensitive to them. (For me, I think that's the cruelest part. Fluoxetine, Citalopram, Venlaxafine have only made things worse since May). Just now, I'm barely clinging on using betablockers & trazodone.
My company's Occ Health Dept have been terrific, but they won't let me return to work at present - thats been 7 months off & every minute has felt like hell.
I'm sure I'll feel a bit chirpier when I post again
Seeya!
Joe
At least I tried, G*d-d*mmit.....at least I did that....
I'm Joe - the newest kid on the block. I'm 44, from Renfrewshire Scotland & work as a manager with a multi-national company.
Reading some of the other posts, I've been really impressed by the effort to stay upbeat & constructive. (I suppose we all know the importance of that).
Sorry if I bring the mood down with this post.
Since this time last year, I've been struggling with, (according to the medics), an acute anxiety disorder with a secondary depression. I don't remember the last day I was symptom-free.
Most days I've been reduced at least once to a cowering wreck hunched up in a corner somewhere.
GP support has been limited to dispensing a succession of anti-depressants, only to find out the hard way that I'm over-sensitive to them. (For me, I think that's the cruelest part. Fluoxetine, Citalopram, Venlaxafine have only made things worse since May). Just now, I'm barely clinging on using betablockers & trazodone.
My company's Occ Health Dept have been terrific, but they won't let me return to work at present - thats been 7 months off & every minute has felt like hell.
I'm sure I'll feel a bit chirpier when I post again
Seeya!
Joe
At least I tried, G*d-d*mmit.....at least I did that....