searsl
05-08-08, 20:20
Ok, I actually work in a store in London which is designed to feel like a nightclub - no natural light, extremely loud music and lots and lots of people.
I've had anxiety for about 3 years and I am 2-3 weeks into a course of citalopram - the first medication i've recieved. It is because of work that I have had to start taking this medicine because it was here, about 2 months ago, that I had my first panic attack.
My panic mostly stems from a fear of being sick (sounds silly I know). I have been sick about 3 times in the last 13 years and these were all due to alcohol but no matter how much I tell myself this the fear remains.
Here is how my panic attack goes:
Im feeling a little rough from doing lots of uni work and I have to go to work in this loud, dark, crazy envronment at 10am.
My first thoughts are: I feel a bit crap, probably all the stress
My next thought is: So I know why I feel crap so there is no need to worry
Next I think: I feel a bit sick but who cares, I havent been sick in years.
Then I think: Well if I needed to be sick there is a plant pot there (lol)
and then I go into panic . . . .
As soon as I acknowledge that I may be ill in this crowded, unnaturally loud and dark environment my mind goes off like dominos and I have to drop everything and get to a toilet or outside as fast as I can.
So this is really the long way of asking - is there anyone out there who has to work or has experienced panic in this type of environment. Also if anyone else has a fear of being sick and how they cope. Basically I have to go back to work in 2 days and im quite scared but I dont want to let it get the better of me.
Im gonna fight it!!! (but i need some help)
Thanks,
Luke
I've had anxiety for about 3 years and I am 2-3 weeks into a course of citalopram - the first medication i've recieved. It is because of work that I have had to start taking this medicine because it was here, about 2 months ago, that I had my first panic attack.
My panic mostly stems from a fear of being sick (sounds silly I know). I have been sick about 3 times in the last 13 years and these were all due to alcohol but no matter how much I tell myself this the fear remains.
Here is how my panic attack goes:
Im feeling a little rough from doing lots of uni work and I have to go to work in this loud, dark, crazy envronment at 10am.
My first thoughts are: I feel a bit crap, probably all the stress
My next thought is: So I know why I feel crap so there is no need to worry
Next I think: I feel a bit sick but who cares, I havent been sick in years.
Then I think: Well if I needed to be sick there is a plant pot there (lol)
and then I go into panic . . . .
As soon as I acknowledge that I may be ill in this crowded, unnaturally loud and dark environment my mind goes off like dominos and I have to drop everything and get to a toilet or outside as fast as I can.
So this is really the long way of asking - is there anyone out there who has to work or has experienced panic in this type of environment. Also if anyone else has a fear of being sick and how they cope. Basically I have to go back to work in 2 days and im quite scared but I dont want to let it get the better of me.
Im gonna fight it!!! (but i need some help)
Thanks,
Luke