OldChris
24-09-08, 21:31
A bit about me - late 40's male married 3 university aged kids - absolutely nothing to be anxious about!
But 8 years ago - major work stress stuation lead to chronic anxiety and what i now know to be panic attacks - took the tabs and had some counselling - felt "better" but not well in a couple of years. Never had any time off but i changed jobs (interviews and tests were a real trauma) - but some situations were and still are hard to deal with - some examples - going overseas (i don't) traffic jams (ok if i am alone but i won't share a ride just in case) meetings - when i am the focal point, trains and tube. Now i am terrible sleeper / can't work function for more than 3 or 4 hours / terrible chronic tiredness / lost my fitness and the get up and go got up and gone long since. I just now feel that unless i make a radical life change, make a break so to speak / recover my fitness and lose a ton of weight that i am heading for a bad place. I still take a 20mg flouxetine dose - not sure that it is helping much - but it feels like a crutch.
So what do i hope for - well some contact with likeminded people who might just have some helpful advice.
Hope to hear from you all
Old Chris
But 8 years ago - major work stress stuation lead to chronic anxiety and what i now know to be panic attacks - took the tabs and had some counselling - felt "better" but not well in a couple of years. Never had any time off but i changed jobs (interviews and tests were a real trauma) - but some situations were and still are hard to deal with - some examples - going overseas (i don't) traffic jams (ok if i am alone but i won't share a ride just in case) meetings - when i am the focal point, trains and tube. Now i am terrible sleeper / can't work function for more than 3 or 4 hours / terrible chronic tiredness / lost my fitness and the get up and go got up and gone long since. I just now feel that unless i make a radical life change, make a break so to speak / recover my fitness and lose a ton of weight that i am heading for a bad place. I still take a 20mg flouxetine dose - not sure that it is helping much - but it feels like a crutch.
So what do i hope for - well some contact with likeminded people who might just have some helpful advice.
Hope to hear from you all
Old Chris