Roughdiamond
19-09-08, 18:48
Hi all.
I had never suffered with any form of anxiety and I am still trying to figure out if that is what it is.
My problems started when I lost four young family members in quick succession, over an 18 month period.
I believed I would die before this summer but it has gone and I am thankfully still here but suffering a lot.
Three months ago I had what I thought was a severe asthma attack - I have suffered from Asthma since I was a child so I KNEW I couldn’t breath because I was having an attack, already on antibiotics because of a chest infection, I had to get myself some help.
I went down to the doctors, they checked my oxygen saturation levels and they were 98% so nothing wrong there, I had been put on the nebuliser but I could feel myself overdosing.
The doctor put it down to a panic attack, in all fairness from my stats I knew it couldn’t be my asthma but since then I have suffered from constant chest pain and breathlessness.
I went back after a couple of weeks when I was no better, she told me my lungs were perfectly healthy and wasn’t willing to listen, I told her whatever it was it needed treating, she told me I had a panic attack, mentioned Fibromyalgia but there was nothing she could do if it was that.
I changed doctors, and had to go to see him because the other doctor had changed my asthma medication and I wanted my old ones back only to be told I should walk down to the grave yard, many would be willing to swap with me.
So obviously I would never broach this anxiety/panic subject with him or any other doctor.
So at the moment, I really haven’t got a clue what is happening to me.
I had never suffered with any form of anxiety and I am still trying to figure out if that is what it is.
My problems started when I lost four young family members in quick succession, over an 18 month period.
I believed I would die before this summer but it has gone and I am thankfully still here but suffering a lot.
Three months ago I had what I thought was a severe asthma attack - I have suffered from Asthma since I was a child so I KNEW I couldn’t breath because I was having an attack, already on antibiotics because of a chest infection, I had to get myself some help.
I went down to the doctors, they checked my oxygen saturation levels and they were 98% so nothing wrong there, I had been put on the nebuliser but I could feel myself overdosing.
The doctor put it down to a panic attack, in all fairness from my stats I knew it couldn’t be my asthma but since then I have suffered from constant chest pain and breathlessness.
I went back after a couple of weeks when I was no better, she told me my lungs were perfectly healthy and wasn’t willing to listen, I told her whatever it was it needed treating, she told me I had a panic attack, mentioned Fibromyalgia but there was nothing she could do if it was that.
I changed doctors, and had to go to see him because the other doctor had changed my asthma medication and I wanted my old ones back only to be told I should walk down to the grave yard, many would be willing to swap with me.
So obviously I would never broach this anxiety/panic subject with him or any other doctor.
So at the moment, I really haven’t got a clue what is happening to me.