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01-12-08, 13:06
Hello,
I’ve occasionally looked at this site before and identified with lots of things people say on forums but I’ve not signed up – until now, so here goes….
I’m in my late 30s and have suffered from panic attacks and generalised anxiety since my late teens. I remember the day in 1990 that my world fell apart when I had an attack so unexpected and so severe that my life has never been the same since – although the number of attacks has varied over time that ‘anticipatory anxiety’ has always been there.
Over the years, I’ve self medicated with alcohol, although I don’t drink anymore, and also abused prescription drugs, particularly zopiclone. I’ve been lucky in having good GP and psychological support but I have not been able to find that ‘thing’ inside myself that will allow me to live with the condition without lurching from crisis to crisis. Sometimes it has felt almost within reach, at other times like I’ll never get there. I’m at a point in my life where I look back over the last 20 years and realise how much this illness has affected my life, and I’m determined that the next 20 will be better.
Thanks for reading this, good luck to you all
Tim
I’ve occasionally looked at this site before and identified with lots of things people say on forums but I’ve not signed up – until now, so here goes….
I’m in my late 30s and have suffered from panic attacks and generalised anxiety since my late teens. I remember the day in 1990 that my world fell apart when I had an attack so unexpected and so severe that my life has never been the same since – although the number of attacks has varied over time that ‘anticipatory anxiety’ has always been there.
Over the years, I’ve self medicated with alcohol, although I don’t drink anymore, and also abused prescription drugs, particularly zopiclone. I’ve been lucky in having good GP and psychological support but I have not been able to find that ‘thing’ inside myself that will allow me to live with the condition without lurching from crisis to crisis. Sometimes it has felt almost within reach, at other times like I’ll never get there. I’m at a point in my life where I look back over the last 20 years and realise how much this illness has affected my life, and I’m determined that the next 20 will be better.
Thanks for reading this, good luck to you all
Tim