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I have just found this site it has made me feel a little better I cannot go to doctor, don't want to, embarrassed I guess.
I have a feeling of constant butterflies in my tummy every thing I do is a big chore and I at times get real black thoughts about myself,health mainly about what is happening to my body.
My social life and wokl life is beginning to suffer I have been like this for a year or so I want ot to stop have read about bach remedies do these work I wonder typing this message has helped.
welcome westyjim. you,ve found a really good site ,lots of advice and you will make some new friends along the way too . sounds like anxiety to me , yes bach remedies are good to help you calm down . dont be affraid to ask for help from your gp its their job . good luck and welcome again mazzx
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Can't go to GP this has been big step and hopefully it will help reading and receiving messages I am still navigating around site which is a great help to me
hiya, I know how you feel, I kept my probs to myself for 4-5 years before telling my parents last year cos I just couldn't cope with it myself. I've been to the doc a few times and it has helped a wee bit but I've learned we can only fight this ourselves, I am being sent for cbt so hope that helps. This site is fantastic, everyone is helpful and friendly as we're all in the same boat, try and see your doc and he'll be able to help you, it's a more common problem than you think, rois
"Ther goes the fear, let it go. You turn around and life's passed you by, you look to those you love to justify...there goes the fear."
Hi,
First welcome to the forum, you will get a lot of good advice here and make some good friends.
Is there a reason that you feel that you cant got to the doctors, they can really help, referring you for councelling or anxiety management courses etc, it doesn't have to be medication, although this does help too.
Take care
Trac xx
'Live your life with arms wide open, today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwitten'
Hi Westyjim
Welcome to the forum. You are definitely not alone in this and by reading some of the other posts here hopefully this will help you to realise there is nothing to be embarrassed about.
Also have a read of the First Steps (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/default.asp?t=cms&c=firststeps) and Health Anxiety (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/default.asp?t=cms&c=healthanxiety) articles.
Karen
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
Welcome WJ
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Meg
www.anxietymanagementltd.com
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Thank you to everyone who has replied to my initial message I was really down at the time but having read the site and replies feel a lot better, I guess I am to embarassed to go to doctor's just can't get rid of the horrible feeling in stomach only been like this for a year or so it is now getting on top and will not take medication I have tried St johns Wort and other alternative but nothing kicked in yet feel all sort is wrong with me physically and mentally I used the helpline which was great if if anyone not used it give it a go you will not be dissapointed.
When I leave the house to catch a bus i have walked back home to check that the door is locked how weird is that I also panic when I think of simple chores that have to be done especially if it is in advance,but I know I am not has bad as some of you guy's tnx again
april tones
27-10-05, 00:00
hiya! your not alone! it is horrible! i have had depression, panic,anxiety, obbsessive thoughts. having anxiety at moment and the low mood funny tum. all anxiety. if you eant to chat i am here xx
apriltones
Hi
I'm sorry you're having such a rough time. I know how much something as supposedly small as an upset stomach can turn into a nightmare. I had a stomach virus hit me a couple of years ago which helped trigger horrendous panic attacks - so bad I lost 30 pounds in a month. It was a terrible time, as I'm sure you can understand, BUT - after taking care of myself, finding a good counselor who helped me thru some issues that I had been stuffing inside, and with the wonderful people on this site - it got much better!
I'm not sure of your issues with seeing a GP, but one of the most important things for me was to find out that, indeed, all of the twinges, palpitations, tingles, and other wierd symptoms were but a product of stress. For me, that was a breakthrough, but it took a while before I finally believed it!
Find a friend, here on the site, where you live, or whatever, but try to find if there is anything you are stuffing inside, and get it out. That was the big one for me. I remember on my very first post here, I prattled on about how wonderful my life was, so why was this happening to me?
Well, I was lying to myself, because it wasn't all that wonderful, and living a lie will absolutely drive you crazy. It did me. Try as much as you are able to be totally honest with yourself. It can be unbelievably hard, but the benefits are so worth it.
Stay in touch with the folks here. Although few remain from when I had my terrible time, the ones that are here now are just as wonderful and caring.
Good luck, and hang in there!
Rick
It is better to be a free bird than a captive king...
Rick had a very rough time especially with his innards..
Settle down and read the story:
Constant panic assaults (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471)
**I cannot go to doctor, don't want to, embarrassed I guess**
Westy - Would you call an electrician if your light kept fusing and sparking ? Your doctor is there to help, although at times best used when we can guide them to what we know we need.
Whats the embarrassing bit about being unwell ?
Meg
www.anxietymanagementltd.com
Your anxiety is the human representation of the pictures that you paint using your many vivid colours of revolving and reoccurring thoughts.
How big is your gallery ?
Hi Meg, RE Doctor,
I feel there is a stigma attached to my condition I am holding down a good job my condition would not be understood by colleague's cannot go sick and believe I can only deal with this anon
I also do not want medication of any kind, I am reading through the site when time allows I will eventually join 20th century and get my own PC
Since reading site and talking anon to a councillor on Tuesday (No Panic)today I had brief periods of normality which has not happened for over a year I will try and get better through this site sharing experiances
and using herbal remedy I was told about bach rescue remedy is it any good, and again thank you to all that contribute to this site it has been a great help to me since I joined this week it has become a friend
Westy.
Westy,
I felt the same way. After a while I began mentioning my PAs to a few trusted associates at work, and you know what? Many of them have been thru it too!!! I was amazed. This stuff is not that rare, believe me! And, since you're on the site, you're not anon any more! You are with us, and that's a great place to be.
I, too, took the no med option, and it was probably a lot harder to overcome - but it can be done. I did get a small prescription of xanax, the smallest dose available, for the rough times. But - I probably only used a total of 5 or 6 tabs overall (I would break them in half or thirds, so they went a long way). I have almost a full bottle that I never touched!!! But - it was the security of knowing, that, If things got so bad I couldn't stand it, they were there, and that was good enough for me.
So, try not to totally reject the idea of seeing a GP. It'll make a difference - and, who of your colleagues has to know why you went to a GP? Tell 'em you got a hangnail playing tiddlywinks, or something....
Congrats on talking to a couselor, even if it was anon. That is one of the best things you can do!
Hang in there!
Rick
It is better to be a free bird than a captive king...
Westy
Rescue Remedy - Help needed (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2298)
rescue remedy (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2303)
Bach Rescue remedy Experience (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3967)
rescue remedy (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5577)
Ok , glad its not you with the GP hang up but potential colleagues reactions..It can be a real issue for some jobs. Air traffic control etc
I made sure that the GP put in my notes - 'anxiety due to recent bereavement' and when I was better made sure she put 'anxiety fully resolved' so it wasn't an ongoing issue .
I figured if ever I needed a medical reference that it would be best to have a definate cause, even if it wasn't strictly true, and a defined stop date.
Let us know if we can help specifically with anything. You still don't have to do it alone.
Meg
www.anxietymanagementltd.com
Your anxiety is the human representation of the pictures that you paint using your many vivid colours of revolving and reoccurring thoughts.
How big is your gallery ?
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