ChrisS
30-06-05, 18:50
Hi all
This is my first posting so I will provide a bit of background.
I have suffered from anxiety for 13 years on and off….initially this took the form of distinct panic attacks (tight throat and feeling like I was struggling to take a full breath) more recently this has become a feeling of absolute terror of having panic attacks. In my everyday life this does not really occur and I am very lucky that I can get on with ‘normal’ life….this has been to some degree assisted by taking paroxatine.
However, when I am in a situation where either in reality or by circumstance I feel trapped I get very anxious and worry that if I have an attack it would be very difficult to continue and cope with the situation….at a wedding for example, or at the dentist.
This is increased considerably when I am thinking of going abroad (this is nothing to do with flying, which perversely I quite enjoy) I am terrified of the thought of having an attack whilst away from home…..to the extent that I can’t go or have to come back early…often this does not get to a specific attack but to a racing mind…what if I have an attack, where is the hospital, will they be able / willing to help, will I be able to get home, will I have a total breakdown and reach some state where I am incapacitated or too out of it to let on a plane?
So I guess what I would like to know is your experiences of similar / the same….I feel like this is something that I am essentially going to be saddled with for good, as a last vestige of more severe anxiety that I have suffered in the past, perhaps not the most distressing of the cases that we have on the site but still disrupting and terrifying when it occurs….I have been referred to the local hospital for CBT (2 years ago!!!) and am awaiting a course of therapy….I hope that this helps as I getting somewhat desperate…any ideas…
Hope that you are all on a ‘good’ day…
CHRIS
This is my first posting so I will provide a bit of background.
I have suffered from anxiety for 13 years on and off….initially this took the form of distinct panic attacks (tight throat and feeling like I was struggling to take a full breath) more recently this has become a feeling of absolute terror of having panic attacks. In my everyday life this does not really occur and I am very lucky that I can get on with ‘normal’ life….this has been to some degree assisted by taking paroxatine.
However, when I am in a situation where either in reality or by circumstance I feel trapped I get very anxious and worry that if I have an attack it would be very difficult to continue and cope with the situation….at a wedding for example, or at the dentist.
This is increased considerably when I am thinking of going abroad (this is nothing to do with flying, which perversely I quite enjoy) I am terrified of the thought of having an attack whilst away from home…..to the extent that I can’t go or have to come back early…often this does not get to a specific attack but to a racing mind…what if I have an attack, where is the hospital, will they be able / willing to help, will I be able to get home, will I have a total breakdown and reach some state where I am incapacitated or too out of it to let on a plane?
So I guess what I would like to know is your experiences of similar / the same….I feel like this is something that I am essentially going to be saddled with for good, as a last vestige of more severe anxiety that I have suffered in the past, perhaps not the most distressing of the cases that we have on the site but still disrupting and terrifying when it occurs….I have been referred to the local hospital for CBT (2 years ago!!!) and am awaiting a course of therapy….I hope that this helps as I getting somewhat desperate…any ideas…
Hope that you are all on a ‘good’ day…
CHRIS