Moggie24
23-09-08, 19:10
Hi all.
I just joined. Found the site while googling the propranalol my Dr has just prescribed me, and of course I want to know all about it before I start taking it. I have been suffering from panic attacks since 1997. I went to some classes but although they helped for a time, it has all started up again with a vengeance again recently. I blame pre menopause for this. I also have bipolar disorder for which I am currently not taking the epilim I was prescribed and am waiting to see my pdoc again soon to get new meds. I was actually prescribed the propranalol for migraines which I get about once or twice a month and last between 3 and 14 days. I am so fed up with them. Paracetamol, paramax, naramig and alternatives like olbas oil and tiger balm work some of the time, but more often just nothing works, and I go to bed and wake up again in pain. It is driving me mad and ruining my life. I also have trouble sleeping. I am currently in a depressive phase of my BP. I was reading some posts here and felt I could really relate. I get strange palpitation things that freak me out too, and also get anxious about taking meds and side effects. Then I get anxious about stopping them too. I am agoraphobic and have to force myself to go out ever. I can't go out alone at all, haven't done for 11 years. Sometimes I can't leave my room. I feel like I am living in some kind of fear bubble, and I get a lot of existential angst- like my life is ticking by faster and faster and I am just wasting it. So I think I have rambled on enough and that will do for an introduction!
Moggie x
I just joined. Found the site while googling the propranalol my Dr has just prescribed me, and of course I want to know all about it before I start taking it. I have been suffering from panic attacks since 1997. I went to some classes but although they helped for a time, it has all started up again with a vengeance again recently. I blame pre menopause for this. I also have bipolar disorder for which I am currently not taking the epilim I was prescribed and am waiting to see my pdoc again soon to get new meds. I was actually prescribed the propranalol for migraines which I get about once or twice a month and last between 3 and 14 days. I am so fed up with them. Paracetamol, paramax, naramig and alternatives like olbas oil and tiger balm work some of the time, but more often just nothing works, and I go to bed and wake up again in pain. It is driving me mad and ruining my life. I also have trouble sleeping. I am currently in a depressive phase of my BP. I was reading some posts here and felt I could really relate. I get strange palpitation things that freak me out too, and also get anxious about taking meds and side effects. Then I get anxious about stopping them too. I am agoraphobic and have to force myself to go out ever. I can't go out alone at all, haven't done for 11 years. Sometimes I can't leave my room. I feel like I am living in some kind of fear bubble, and I get a lot of existential angst- like my life is ticking by faster and faster and I am just wasting it. So I think I have rambled on enough and that will do for an introduction!
Moggie x