lostcause84
13-10-08, 22:44
Hi everyone,
This is my first post here, I'm a 24 y/o female from England. I have suffered with what I believe to be social anxiety and panic attacks for approximately 5 years although the doctor hasn't diagnosed me as such. I feel I have hit a bit of a dead end at the moment and I don't know how to move forward. I went to see my doctor 4 months back and she referred me to the psychology department - who contacted me within a week to fill out a questionnaire, whcih I did and they haven't contacted me since. The doctor I saw seemed uninterested in what I had to say and she made me feel really uncomfortable (but then I can be paranoid so maybe this was all in my head) so I went back last week to see a different doctor and when I told him how I was feeling and how it was affecting me he asked me what I wanted him to do....truth was, I didn't know, this caused me to fumble and stutter uncontrollably and I felt like an idiot....as if I was saying to him "look, I'm not lying...this is what happens to me". I ended up asking him if there were any tablets he could give me and in the mean time contact the psychology dept to se if they received my completed questionnaire. He prescribed me citalopram but on the day I started taking them I came down with acute bronchitis - I felt incredibly nauseous and shakey, went back to docs and got some antiobiotics, he advised not to take citalopram until I am over my infection so we can distinguish if it was the infection of citalopram that is making me feel ill.
I'm sorry, I'm going 50 to the dozen here and nobody is probably keeping up with me! To cut it short...I still have bronchitis but getting over it and feeling better today so I started taking them again and today...I feel sick and can't keep my hands or feet warm. I feel jumpy and like I want to cry all the time. I've read numerous stuff on the net that discourages the use of prescription drugs to treat anxiety related disorders so I don't know what to do. Say the citalopram doesn't work out, what am I to expect from the psychologist? What do they do? Is it like counselling? If they ever get back to me!
I'm sorry, Im just so confused right now. I guess I might feel happier if I had a label for what I am going through...I just guess it's anxiety. I don't know who/how/.what to ask for help because I don't know whats wrong with me! I left universty because of this and now 4 years later I am back and struggling in the same way, they aren't aware of it and I'm afraid of screwing it up again!
I should go to bed now, i'm rambling
Thanks to those of you that read this
K
This is my first post here, I'm a 24 y/o female from England. I have suffered with what I believe to be social anxiety and panic attacks for approximately 5 years although the doctor hasn't diagnosed me as such. I feel I have hit a bit of a dead end at the moment and I don't know how to move forward. I went to see my doctor 4 months back and she referred me to the psychology department - who contacted me within a week to fill out a questionnaire, whcih I did and they haven't contacted me since. The doctor I saw seemed uninterested in what I had to say and she made me feel really uncomfortable (but then I can be paranoid so maybe this was all in my head) so I went back last week to see a different doctor and when I told him how I was feeling and how it was affecting me he asked me what I wanted him to do....truth was, I didn't know, this caused me to fumble and stutter uncontrollably and I felt like an idiot....as if I was saying to him "look, I'm not lying...this is what happens to me". I ended up asking him if there were any tablets he could give me and in the mean time contact the psychology dept to se if they received my completed questionnaire. He prescribed me citalopram but on the day I started taking them I came down with acute bronchitis - I felt incredibly nauseous and shakey, went back to docs and got some antiobiotics, he advised not to take citalopram until I am over my infection so we can distinguish if it was the infection of citalopram that is making me feel ill.
I'm sorry, I'm going 50 to the dozen here and nobody is probably keeping up with me! To cut it short...I still have bronchitis but getting over it and feeling better today so I started taking them again and today...I feel sick and can't keep my hands or feet warm. I feel jumpy and like I want to cry all the time. I've read numerous stuff on the net that discourages the use of prescription drugs to treat anxiety related disorders so I don't know what to do. Say the citalopram doesn't work out, what am I to expect from the psychologist? What do they do? Is it like counselling? If they ever get back to me!
I'm sorry, Im just so confused right now. I guess I might feel happier if I had a label for what I am going through...I just guess it's anxiety. I don't know who/how/.what to ask for help because I don't know whats wrong with me! I left universty because of this and now 4 years later I am back and struggling in the same way, they aren't aware of it and I'm afraid of screwing it up again!
I should go to bed now, i'm rambling
Thanks to those of you that read this
K