richie-t
12-09-09, 16:05
Hey everyone :)
To try and keep it short, i've suffered from social anxiety ever since i can remember (i'm 26 now). I HATE going out on nights out 'on the lash' and up until about 3 years ago that was the only problem i had. I took seroxat to counter it, and to be fair it did the job well. Once i stop taking it, the problem returned.
Then i had a job i hated and felt dizzy for about 3 months solid. Then one day, my legs started shaking and i was hit by a permanent state of high anxiety. It was one of the most horrible experiences of my life, i couldnt eat and could hardly sleep. I went back on to seroxat to counter it, and after a few weeks of hell it subsided so i could eat. It took many months to feel more normal though.
3 years on, and i was succesfully down to 10mg of seroxat a day and last weekend i had a relapse. Not sure what caused it, but i suddenly felt awful, my chest went ape and i couldnt relax. My main problem is that if i cannot eat, im in danger as i am quite thin anyway. I always get a sort of burning feeling down the middle of my arms, thats one symptom i can never seem to see anyone else having.
I dont worry about everything, so i dont see GAD as the problem which has now hit me. Anyone got any ideas?
all the best
rich (sick to the back teeth of this devil)
To try and keep it short, i've suffered from social anxiety ever since i can remember (i'm 26 now). I HATE going out on nights out 'on the lash' and up until about 3 years ago that was the only problem i had. I took seroxat to counter it, and to be fair it did the job well. Once i stop taking it, the problem returned.
Then i had a job i hated and felt dizzy for about 3 months solid. Then one day, my legs started shaking and i was hit by a permanent state of high anxiety. It was one of the most horrible experiences of my life, i couldnt eat and could hardly sleep. I went back on to seroxat to counter it, and after a few weeks of hell it subsided so i could eat. It took many months to feel more normal though.
3 years on, and i was succesfully down to 10mg of seroxat a day and last weekend i had a relapse. Not sure what caused it, but i suddenly felt awful, my chest went ape and i couldnt relax. My main problem is that if i cannot eat, im in danger as i am quite thin anyway. I always get a sort of burning feeling down the middle of my arms, thats one symptom i can never seem to see anyone else having.
I dont worry about everything, so i dont see GAD as the problem which has now hit me. Anyone got any ideas?
all the best
rich (sick to the back teeth of this devil)