bunnypop
23-05-08, 16:27
Hi everyone,
My name is Laura and I am 26 years old. I have had panic attacks since the age of 16. I am happily married with a two year old daughter and go though good and extremely bad patches but nothing seems to help.
My parents split up when I was 4 and my mother bought me up single handed. At the age of 16 I still didn't really see my dad and my mom had long remarried. There was problems within the family with step sisters and I felt I was driven further away from my mom. To cut a long story short in 2004 and packed up everything and in haste decided to move to another county. So I moved to Bournemouth with no one or knowing no one. Looking back I really don't know how I had the courage to do this. Throughout the ten years I have suffered from extreme panics all focused around Emetophobia (the fear of being sick) I met my husband and soon after had a baby girl. I really struggled through my whole pregnancy as I feared I would be sick but luckily escaped any morning sickness. However, during this pregnancy I got food poisening which made me very sick and I was hospitalised along with very bad hearlt palpatations (Which I have now been diagnosed with) not just palpatations from panic attacks. Attacks during my pregnancy was worse than I have had because my emotions were heightened but during this time I thought about self harming alot but knew I couldnt for my baby. At one point I had scissors to my wrist but would never felt I would ever go through with it. It was a cry for help, for people to realise how serious I am. People around me just say 'get on with it' as they don't understand, ut this upsets me. Only other panic attack sufferers would realise you can't. I also have an obsession with what I eat and eating since my food poisening attack. I have cut out all meat and only feel safe eating certain foods. I have lost weight but have always been slim. I eat polo mints constantly as I think this will stop me feeling sick, when really I don't feel sick anyway.
I have tried anti-depressants (but am very against this now), counselling, hypnotherapy, herbals, CBT and much more. I have reflexology on a regular basis which does help.
I really would love to find someone that I could speak to further and to understand what I am going through.
Thanks for listening, Laura xx:)
My name is Laura and I am 26 years old. I have had panic attacks since the age of 16. I am happily married with a two year old daughter and go though good and extremely bad patches but nothing seems to help.
My parents split up when I was 4 and my mother bought me up single handed. At the age of 16 I still didn't really see my dad and my mom had long remarried. There was problems within the family with step sisters and I felt I was driven further away from my mom. To cut a long story short in 2004 and packed up everything and in haste decided to move to another county. So I moved to Bournemouth with no one or knowing no one. Looking back I really don't know how I had the courage to do this. Throughout the ten years I have suffered from extreme panics all focused around Emetophobia (the fear of being sick) I met my husband and soon after had a baby girl. I really struggled through my whole pregnancy as I feared I would be sick but luckily escaped any morning sickness. However, during this pregnancy I got food poisening which made me very sick and I was hospitalised along with very bad hearlt palpatations (Which I have now been diagnosed with) not just palpatations from panic attacks. Attacks during my pregnancy was worse than I have had because my emotions were heightened but during this time I thought about self harming alot but knew I couldnt for my baby. At one point I had scissors to my wrist but would never felt I would ever go through with it. It was a cry for help, for people to realise how serious I am. People around me just say 'get on with it' as they don't understand, ut this upsets me. Only other panic attack sufferers would realise you can't. I also have an obsession with what I eat and eating since my food poisening attack. I have cut out all meat and only feel safe eating certain foods. I have lost weight but have always been slim. I eat polo mints constantly as I think this will stop me feeling sick, when really I don't feel sick anyway.
I have tried anti-depressants (but am very against this now), counselling, hypnotherapy, herbals, CBT and much more. I have reflexology on a regular basis which does help.
I really would love to find someone that I could speak to further and to understand what I am going through.
Thanks for listening, Laura xx:)