sodapop
13-08-05, 10:47
Hi
I posted for the first time on another thread yesterday and Meg suggested that I leave a post here as well to say hi and let you know my story.
I have been suffering anxiety attacks for the last four months. I think that I have had them on occasion previous to this but just didn't know what they were, but the recent spell seems to have been sparked off by an incident that happened when I was abroad with my boyfriend. I was very hungover and thought I was going to faint (I didn't but it was very scary). I know now that that incident was probably due to low blood sugar, but I was then so scared of fainting or feeling faint that I was feeling anxious every day, especiallyif I had to travel anywhere (unfortunate because I have to travel an hour on the tube to get to work each day !).
Ironically I was beginning to feel much better over the last two months, with a combination of self help books and homeopathic remedies - a few attacks but I dealt with them without too much bother and knew them for what they were and felt good about things. However, I felt ill at work on Wednesday (a bit hungover again) javascript:insertsmilie('[:I]') and it seems to have sent me right back to where I started if not worse. I have felt anxious non stop for the last two days. Nauseous, dizzy and trembling at the thought of leaving the house. Tearful and can't concentrate. Terrified at the thought of going to work on Monday. Frightened of life. It feels like I am being punished for being over confident in the last two months and thinking I was better.
I think that the time may have come to go to the doctors as I'm not sure I can deal with this alone and I'm worried about the strain it is putting on my wonderful boyfriend ! I am not keen on the thought of meds but I need to get some relief from the voice in my head that is permanently commentating on how i feel because it's exhausting ! I think that CBT might help - how long have people found it takes to feel the benefit of CBT ?
Thanks for listening everyone. This site is a great resource and reading other people's success stories really helps.
Sodapop
I posted for the first time on another thread yesterday and Meg suggested that I leave a post here as well to say hi and let you know my story.
I have been suffering anxiety attacks for the last four months. I think that I have had them on occasion previous to this but just didn't know what they were, but the recent spell seems to have been sparked off by an incident that happened when I was abroad with my boyfriend. I was very hungover and thought I was going to faint (I didn't but it was very scary). I know now that that incident was probably due to low blood sugar, but I was then so scared of fainting or feeling faint that I was feeling anxious every day, especiallyif I had to travel anywhere (unfortunate because I have to travel an hour on the tube to get to work each day !).
Ironically I was beginning to feel much better over the last two months, with a combination of self help books and homeopathic remedies - a few attacks but I dealt with them without too much bother and knew them for what they were and felt good about things. However, I felt ill at work on Wednesday (a bit hungover again) javascript:insertsmilie('[:I]') and it seems to have sent me right back to where I started if not worse. I have felt anxious non stop for the last two days. Nauseous, dizzy and trembling at the thought of leaving the house. Tearful and can't concentrate. Terrified at the thought of going to work on Monday. Frightened of life. It feels like I am being punished for being over confident in the last two months and thinking I was better.
I think that the time may have come to go to the doctors as I'm not sure I can deal with this alone and I'm worried about the strain it is putting on my wonderful boyfriend ! I am not keen on the thought of meds but I need to get some relief from the voice in my head that is permanently commentating on how i feel because it's exhausting ! I think that CBT might help - how long have people found it takes to feel the benefit of CBT ?
Thanks for listening everyone. This site is a great resource and reading other people's success stories really helps.
Sodapop