malificent
21-12-04, 19:55
Hi everyone,
I'm new here so i thought i'd introduce myself.
I'm 19yrs old and i have been suffering with panic and anxiety disorder since february this year. I have no idea what started it, nothing has happened to me recently that should have caused it, as i keep trying to explain to my doc!
At first i didn't know what was wrong with me but after eventually going to the doctor and having negative blood tests and a few chats with the doctor i was diagnosed with panic and anxiety disorder. I was prescribed citalopram for my panic and depression but after taking one dose i found i had some horrible adverse reactions and ceased to take them. That was when the doc did an ECG and found my heart rate was abnormally high (kind of good as it's my fat burning zone when i'm sitting doing nothing!) and so she prescribed me with propranolol which i can take when i'm about to go out anywhere ( as i find myself very nervous when i leave the house) and have only taken about 3 times but have found they work brilliantly.
Since february i have been having trouble with going shopping, or to a pub or party or even to my mum's house which is only 25 miles away, not usually anything i'd worry about. I had to leave my job in September after having cut my hours down from 36hrs p/w to 11hrs p/w in stages. I could no longer take being so nervous and found myself increasingly sensitive to negative comments from customers or anyone for that matter.
I have started to go short distances in the car and to the supermarket at night when it is quiet. I am starting to realise i desperately need to get a job, as it turns out savings don't last forever, but it's just not possible, i can't go shopping which i love so how am i supposed to get a job?[Sigh...]
Thanks for reading this i look forward to corresponding with you.:)
Lucy
I'm new here so i thought i'd introduce myself.
I'm 19yrs old and i have been suffering with panic and anxiety disorder since february this year. I have no idea what started it, nothing has happened to me recently that should have caused it, as i keep trying to explain to my doc!
At first i didn't know what was wrong with me but after eventually going to the doctor and having negative blood tests and a few chats with the doctor i was diagnosed with panic and anxiety disorder. I was prescribed citalopram for my panic and depression but after taking one dose i found i had some horrible adverse reactions and ceased to take them. That was when the doc did an ECG and found my heart rate was abnormally high (kind of good as it's my fat burning zone when i'm sitting doing nothing!) and so she prescribed me with propranolol which i can take when i'm about to go out anywhere ( as i find myself very nervous when i leave the house) and have only taken about 3 times but have found they work brilliantly.
Since february i have been having trouble with going shopping, or to a pub or party or even to my mum's house which is only 25 miles away, not usually anything i'd worry about. I had to leave my job in September after having cut my hours down from 36hrs p/w to 11hrs p/w in stages. I could no longer take being so nervous and found myself increasingly sensitive to negative comments from customers or anyone for that matter.
I have started to go short distances in the car and to the supermarket at night when it is quiet. I am starting to realise i desperately need to get a job, as it turns out savings don't last forever, but it's just not possible, i can't go shopping which i love so how am i supposed to get a job?[Sigh...]
Thanks for reading this i look forward to corresponding with you.:)
Lucy