minihaha
22-03-08, 23:22
hi, well after hearing about this site from a work colleague and spending last night lurking and reading a lot of the posts, i felt i had to join.
My history is around 4 years ago i started suffering panic attacks out of the blue, i had a few weeks off work and was prescribed citalopram which i took for a year - i also had some counselling. I beleived at the time that the catalyst to my panic attacks was work related - as a manager i was dealing with some horrendous personnel issues which were being swept under the carpet and i received no support or back up from my superiors. This led me to question my abilities and integrity and sanity !!!
Although much of these issues have now been dealt with i still feel that i am living my life in a constant state of anxiety - each day is full of moments where i feel i am on the brink of a panic attack. Every twinge becomes a huge issue - i am having huge health worries and am fearful of sudden death syndrome, strokes, heart attacks , blood clots etc. I also think that i have mild ocd symptoms and before i leave for work in the morning i am developing rituals that have to be done or i can't settle for the rest of the day. When i do get to work i adopt a professional persona but instead i am shaking and just feel like i am outside looking in.
My history is around 4 years ago i started suffering panic attacks out of the blue, i had a few weeks off work and was prescribed citalopram which i took for a year - i also had some counselling. I beleived at the time that the catalyst to my panic attacks was work related - as a manager i was dealing with some horrendous personnel issues which were being swept under the carpet and i received no support or back up from my superiors. This led me to question my abilities and integrity and sanity !!!
Although much of these issues have now been dealt with i still feel that i am living my life in a constant state of anxiety - each day is full of moments where i feel i am on the brink of a panic attack. Every twinge becomes a huge issue - i am having huge health worries and am fearful of sudden death syndrome, strokes, heart attacks , blood clots etc. I also think that i have mild ocd symptoms and before i leave for work in the morning i am developing rituals that have to be done or i can't settle for the rest of the day. When i do get to work i adopt a professional persona but instead i am shaking and just feel like i am outside looking in.