josyjojo
01-05-10, 08:40
Hello everyone :)
Just a little about me, hope I dont bore you!
My name is Joanne and I am 41. I have suffered Panic Attacks and GAD since I was 15. I do have months where I am OK and then I have a dip for some reason and it then takes me a while to get back up there again.
Everytime I have a dip, the feelings are exactly the same, you would have thought I would have got used to them by now, but no, they are always as bad.
I get the usual symptoms, ie sweating, shaking, dry mouth, tight chest, dizzyness, weakness, nausea and sometimes vomitting and feelings of detachment ie I dont feel like I am in the present. But the symptoms I dread the most are the waves of impending doom, they scare me sooooo much! With these feelings I also get a white hot heat starting at my toes and it sweeps through my body and I feel it going out of my head! Its terrifying.
I have been taking 30mg of Citalopram a day plus 75mg Pregabalin for 5 years now. They do take the edge off, but as you can see, they dont stop the PA completely.
Before Citalopram I took Seroxat! OMG! what a FAB drug! I was 100% better on this, but when I moved house and had a new Dr, he took me off it and put me on Citalopram. I got bad withdrawal from Seroxat but it worked sooo much better for me than Citalopram.
I have seen many therapists, but I saw one last year and she was FAB. She has helped me change the way I think, from negative thoughts to positive ones, and it really does help me get through my PA. It can also stop one in its track if I catch it early enough. If anyone lives in the Northampton area, I can give you her details.
Anyway, as you have probably guessed, I am having a bad time at the moment which is why I am here. I dont like change or upset and I am having problems with hubby at the moment which is making my PA worse. Hubby is not supportive at all and when I have a PA he gets the hump, tuts and ignores me!! Anyway, thats a matter for another website I think :)
Well, thank you for listening to my story. I am hoping that along with getting help from you all, I can also help you in some way aswell.
Big Hugs to you all
Jo
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Just a little about me, hope I dont bore you!
My name is Joanne and I am 41. I have suffered Panic Attacks and GAD since I was 15. I do have months where I am OK and then I have a dip for some reason and it then takes me a while to get back up there again.
Everytime I have a dip, the feelings are exactly the same, you would have thought I would have got used to them by now, but no, they are always as bad.
I get the usual symptoms, ie sweating, shaking, dry mouth, tight chest, dizzyness, weakness, nausea and sometimes vomitting and feelings of detachment ie I dont feel like I am in the present. But the symptoms I dread the most are the waves of impending doom, they scare me sooooo much! With these feelings I also get a white hot heat starting at my toes and it sweeps through my body and I feel it going out of my head! Its terrifying.
I have been taking 30mg of Citalopram a day plus 75mg Pregabalin for 5 years now. They do take the edge off, but as you can see, they dont stop the PA completely.
Before Citalopram I took Seroxat! OMG! what a FAB drug! I was 100% better on this, but when I moved house and had a new Dr, he took me off it and put me on Citalopram. I got bad withdrawal from Seroxat but it worked sooo much better for me than Citalopram.
I have seen many therapists, but I saw one last year and she was FAB. She has helped me change the way I think, from negative thoughts to positive ones, and it really does help me get through my PA. It can also stop one in its track if I catch it early enough. If anyone lives in the Northampton area, I can give you her details.
Anyway, as you have probably guessed, I am having a bad time at the moment which is why I am here. I dont like change or upset and I am having problems with hubby at the moment which is making my PA worse. Hubby is not supportive at all and when I have a PA he gets the hump, tuts and ignores me!! Anyway, thats a matter for another website I think :)
Well, thank you for listening to my story. I am hoping that along with getting help from you all, I can also help you in some way aswell.
Big Hugs to you all
Jo
x