W.I.F.T.S.
03-01-06, 11:12
I've suffered with panic, anxiety, depression and stress for 3 years. I was on Prozac for about 4 months, but I had terrible side-effects, like feeling really violent, not being able to sleep, feeling unreal and a constant headache, so I came off them and tried to go it alone.
I've had counselling, and some of it has helped, but the way I have been feeling has changed over these last three years. At first I had terrifying urges to crash my car or jump out of a train or pull my eye out, then that came round to me obsessing about death and worrying that being on planet earth isn't actually that safe. I haven't totally gotten over those fears, but at the moment I'm preoccupied that I'm wasting my life and all my efforts to establish a career will come to nothing.
Being so tense and anxious all the time has meant that my blood pressure and cholesterol are being monitored by the doctors. I'm on tablets for my cholesterol and that might be causing problems with my liver!! I'm only 29 and I try and eat healthily and take exercise.
I really feel like crawling back into bed and waking up when it's all over. I just feel so frustrated, powerless and scared. I hate my job and it is one of the biggest sources of stress in my life, but I worry that I won't be able to find anything else with similar pay or that I'll find something else and hate that even more.
I feel like I need a break to recharge my batteries, but even when I have time off work I can't rest and relax. This is horrible!!!
Ships in harbour are safe..but that's not what ships were built for.
I've had counselling, and some of it has helped, but the way I have been feeling has changed over these last three years. At first I had terrifying urges to crash my car or jump out of a train or pull my eye out, then that came round to me obsessing about death and worrying that being on planet earth isn't actually that safe. I haven't totally gotten over those fears, but at the moment I'm preoccupied that I'm wasting my life and all my efforts to establish a career will come to nothing.
Being so tense and anxious all the time has meant that my blood pressure and cholesterol are being monitored by the doctors. I'm on tablets for my cholesterol and that might be causing problems with my liver!! I'm only 29 and I try and eat healthily and take exercise.
I really feel like crawling back into bed and waking up when it's all over. I just feel so frustrated, powerless and scared. I hate my job and it is one of the biggest sources of stress in my life, but I worry that I won't be able to find anything else with similar pay or that I'll find something else and hate that even more.
I feel like I need a break to recharge my batteries, but even when I have time off work I can't rest and relax. This is horrible!!!
Ships in harbour are safe..but that's not what ships were built for.