rocklover
20-12-08, 10:18
After having managed to "cure" myself for around 3 weeks in Oct/Nov, I am having to face the fact that my anxiety has come back almost as bad as it was before.
The difference this time is that my panic attacks are more frequent and they are happening usually before I have to do things that I can't cancel (e,g dates with my boyfriend, taking my daughter to a Christmas party at a toddlers group). The awful thing is when they happen the after affects can last all day, even through the night to the next morning, I find it terrifying and uncomfortable. I really don't know what to do, I pulled myself out of it before, but I can't seem to do it this time. I am using the deep breathing technique to stop the actual attacks, but the shaking and constant feeling of fear afterwards is really difficult to cope with.
I am also waking in the morning with feelings of dread, I am just so angry at myself that I am allowing my mind to do this to me again, as I have also gone back to feeling sick all the time. Has anyone else had a relapse and managed to deal with it? What do I do? I don't want to go on to meds again as I felt even worse when I was taking them.
The difference this time is that my panic attacks are more frequent and they are happening usually before I have to do things that I can't cancel (e,g dates with my boyfriend, taking my daughter to a Christmas party at a toddlers group). The awful thing is when they happen the after affects can last all day, even through the night to the next morning, I find it terrifying and uncomfortable. I really don't know what to do, I pulled myself out of it before, but I can't seem to do it this time. I am using the deep breathing technique to stop the actual attacks, but the shaking and constant feeling of fear afterwards is really difficult to cope with.
I am also waking in the morning with feelings of dread, I am just so angry at myself that I am allowing my mind to do this to me again, as I have also gone back to feeling sick all the time. Has anyone else had a relapse and managed to deal with it? What do I do? I don't want to go on to meds again as I felt even worse when I was taking them.