*Elle*
11-11-08, 19:23
Hello all
I'm really pleased to find this forum and although I'm not glad that any of you are suffering I do find it helpful to know I'm not on my own and that I can relate to so many of you and have found all your advice and experience reassuring.
I've been suffering terrible anxiety due to losing my business and 10 days ago having reached a state of having panic attacks every day, crying all the time and when not having a panic attack trying to fight them off - in general a snivelling, gibbering wreck - my doctor put me on propanolol. What a blessed relief! The first 2 days I just took 1 x 40mg then on the 2nd day my doctor recommended I take 2 which is what I've been doing.
So I've had 10 lovely days with no panic attacks, no crying, no palpitations and racing heart but yesterday I started to feel that the symptoms were all coming back. Today I've been tearful all day and then had a panic attack and my breathing has been difficult all day (same as with the anxiety I think rather than any side effect of the medication).
Is this normal? I felt so much better for the first 10 days and although I know that the medicine is really just a mask I felt I was much more able to cope with what I know is ahead of me and I sort of felt 'safe'. But now that the symptoms are all back I feel as though my little security bubble has burst. Was I expecting too much from the medication? Do I need to ask my doctor to increase my dose?
I'd be interested to hear other peoples thoughts/experiences.
I'm really pleased to find this forum and although I'm not glad that any of you are suffering I do find it helpful to know I'm not on my own and that I can relate to so many of you and have found all your advice and experience reassuring.
I've been suffering terrible anxiety due to losing my business and 10 days ago having reached a state of having panic attacks every day, crying all the time and when not having a panic attack trying to fight them off - in general a snivelling, gibbering wreck - my doctor put me on propanolol. What a blessed relief! The first 2 days I just took 1 x 40mg then on the 2nd day my doctor recommended I take 2 which is what I've been doing.
So I've had 10 lovely days with no panic attacks, no crying, no palpitations and racing heart but yesterday I started to feel that the symptoms were all coming back. Today I've been tearful all day and then had a panic attack and my breathing has been difficult all day (same as with the anxiety I think rather than any side effect of the medication).
Is this normal? I felt so much better for the first 10 days and although I know that the medicine is really just a mask I felt I was much more able to cope with what I know is ahead of me and I sort of felt 'safe'. But now that the symptoms are all back I feel as though my little security bubble has burst. Was I expecting too much from the medication? Do I need to ask my doctor to increase my dose?
I'd be interested to hear other peoples thoughts/experiences.