Trapped
11-01-09, 15:30
Hello, I have been reading for a while but only recently joined.
I have been suffering with anxiety for a while now it all started after being in an abusive relationship after which I was diagnosed PTSD, gastritis and IBS, I had months of trauma counselling. I began to get better and have started voluntary work and a degree.
I have a son who has ADHD and is very hard to cope with he was diagnosed at 4 years old and his ADHD is not a result of the abusive relationship, he is now 15.
Before christmas I developed a flu and as I have had pneumonia twice I was scared of this going on my chest. It went in my ears and sinuses and was quite bad. Since then I have developed TMJ and my anxiety is through the roof, my drs have treated me terribly and I have had to insist on a referral to a ENT where this TMJ was diagnosed and I am currently still with this dr for treatment. I also have asthma so when that got very bad with the flu you can imagine how I was. I have visits to a and e with that also, the drs seemed useless at my gp's and I had to tell them I needed a steroid inhaler along wth my ventolin one to get the mucus under control, so I insisted on a referral to an asthma dr also.
The whole thing has been going on 6 weeks and every step of the way I have had to beg for help at my dr surgery, only when I have seen the specialists have I had any help at all.
Reluctantly I have agreed to a low dose of amitriptilyne as this is supposed to help with the tmj, I am back at the consultants tomorrow for my sinus CT results.
Regarding my sons his behaviour during this time I have been ill has been mostly very bad and has made me much worse, there is only he and I here, I have no family or help or suppport at all apart from an elderly aunt whos husband limits her time away from him.
Sorry if it's long but it's all connected.
Anyway that's me, Hi.
I have been suffering with anxiety for a while now it all started after being in an abusive relationship after which I was diagnosed PTSD, gastritis and IBS, I had months of trauma counselling. I began to get better and have started voluntary work and a degree.
I have a son who has ADHD and is very hard to cope with he was diagnosed at 4 years old and his ADHD is not a result of the abusive relationship, he is now 15.
Before christmas I developed a flu and as I have had pneumonia twice I was scared of this going on my chest. It went in my ears and sinuses and was quite bad. Since then I have developed TMJ and my anxiety is through the roof, my drs have treated me terribly and I have had to insist on a referral to a ENT where this TMJ was diagnosed and I am currently still with this dr for treatment. I also have asthma so when that got very bad with the flu you can imagine how I was. I have visits to a and e with that also, the drs seemed useless at my gp's and I had to tell them I needed a steroid inhaler along wth my ventolin one to get the mucus under control, so I insisted on a referral to an asthma dr also.
The whole thing has been going on 6 weeks and every step of the way I have had to beg for help at my dr surgery, only when I have seen the specialists have I had any help at all.
Reluctantly I have agreed to a low dose of amitriptilyne as this is supposed to help with the tmj, I am back at the consultants tomorrow for my sinus CT results.
Regarding my sons his behaviour during this time I have been ill has been mostly very bad and has made me much worse, there is only he and I here, I have no family or help or suppport at all apart from an elderly aunt whos husband limits her time away from him.
Sorry if it's long but it's all connected.
Anyway that's me, Hi.