Lissy43
22-09-08, 09:29
I saw my GP 3 weeks ago and he prescribed an anti d (dothiepin) after I practicaly begged him to help me as I felt sooooo anxious and low. He did a depression test which I scored low and anxiety test which was very high. He was reluctant to prescibe me them but agreed to try them if I wanted to. I missed the chemist that evening so picked them up the following day and was due to start them that night.
I had CBT, my first session was the day I picked the anti d's up and the therapist asked me to not take them for 3 weeks to see if the CBT could avoid me needing them so I agreed to. My GP wanted to see me in 3 weeks time so today I am going back to him, I hope he isn't angry with me for not taking them but I wanted to do the CBT properly and give it 3 weeks.
It has been 3 weeks, id say the CBT is really helping BUT last week I had my CT scan results and was told that I had chronic sinusitis, I have congestion in my sinuses and I get discomfort daily. The ENT surgeon told me he could operate but he knew plenty of people who live with this conidtion so not to worry. In the last week I have gone down hill alot, I have been so anxious, cried alot and just generally felt in pain and fed up. I am still worried about possible complications of chronic sinusitis (brain absesses and meningitis) so thats what is worrying me the most.
I have lost alot of weight recently, I am now 6 stone 4lbs. I felt black on standing, my eyes are always so tired and blurry esp in the mornings, I have awful sciatica in my right leg all the time, I have sinus pain and I am just absolutly exhausted and run down. I have been eating but not aswell as I should be, I do have problems with my diet at times and with fluids. I have 3 children and I really do forget about myself. I usually have 5-6 hrs sleep a night but last night I slept 11pm-5am and then 5.30-7.20am and I feel awful, really tired and really sickly probably from broken sleep but ive had more sleep than usual and i feel worse for it.
I am so frustrated, I don't know if to have the sinus op or see what the allergy tests show, I am asking for a referal for testing today as the ENT suspect thats my problem. I also though feel so tired, black on standing (i fainted 3mths ago in work due to low bp) tbh I am finding everything hard right now. I am scared to take meds aswell which doesn't help but I will take them if need be but I hate trying new meds after a reaction I had to an anti d a few years ago. I also haven't been on meds for 2 1/2 yrs and I hated being on them.
I just feel awful, I am tempted to ask for a full blood count to see how my iron is and get my BP checked again of course. If I had an infection in my sinuses I expect my white cell count would be raised, is that right? my head just feels awful right now. I feel so weak.
Having such a rough time, I cry alot at the moment and I struggle during the daytime, I have to hide my anxiety from my kids as I don't want to pass it on, its so hard feeling like this.
Sorry just had to get all of this off my chest.
I had CBT, my first session was the day I picked the anti d's up and the therapist asked me to not take them for 3 weeks to see if the CBT could avoid me needing them so I agreed to. My GP wanted to see me in 3 weeks time so today I am going back to him, I hope he isn't angry with me for not taking them but I wanted to do the CBT properly and give it 3 weeks.
It has been 3 weeks, id say the CBT is really helping BUT last week I had my CT scan results and was told that I had chronic sinusitis, I have congestion in my sinuses and I get discomfort daily. The ENT surgeon told me he could operate but he knew plenty of people who live with this conidtion so not to worry. In the last week I have gone down hill alot, I have been so anxious, cried alot and just generally felt in pain and fed up. I am still worried about possible complications of chronic sinusitis (brain absesses and meningitis) so thats what is worrying me the most.
I have lost alot of weight recently, I am now 6 stone 4lbs. I felt black on standing, my eyes are always so tired and blurry esp in the mornings, I have awful sciatica in my right leg all the time, I have sinus pain and I am just absolutly exhausted and run down. I have been eating but not aswell as I should be, I do have problems with my diet at times and with fluids. I have 3 children and I really do forget about myself. I usually have 5-6 hrs sleep a night but last night I slept 11pm-5am and then 5.30-7.20am and I feel awful, really tired and really sickly probably from broken sleep but ive had more sleep than usual and i feel worse for it.
I am so frustrated, I don't know if to have the sinus op or see what the allergy tests show, I am asking for a referal for testing today as the ENT suspect thats my problem. I also though feel so tired, black on standing (i fainted 3mths ago in work due to low bp) tbh I am finding everything hard right now. I am scared to take meds aswell which doesn't help but I will take them if need be but I hate trying new meds after a reaction I had to an anti d a few years ago. I also haven't been on meds for 2 1/2 yrs and I hated being on them.
I just feel awful, I am tempted to ask for a full blood count to see how my iron is and get my BP checked again of course. If I had an infection in my sinuses I expect my white cell count would be raised, is that right? my head just feels awful right now. I feel so weak.
Having such a rough time, I cry alot at the moment and I struggle during the daytime, I have to hide my anxiety from my kids as I don't want to pass it on, its so hard feeling like this.
Sorry just had to get all of this off my chest.