VladJack
10-08-10, 06:00
Hey, my name's Jack and I'm 22.
I would never usually plan on posting on sites like this, as I feel talking about worrys and that seem to make me a lot worse, but at the moment I feel very, very alone and someone suggested I give this forum a go.
I've been on all sorts of medication in the past and battled a bit with alcohol. I've been off work for one year, I suppose it was my own fault that I never sought help when I was younger, and ended up seeing a therapist when I had a breakdown at work.
I've stopped drinking and have finished my CBT for various health anxieties, which I'd like to say has helped, but certainly not substantially.
I am currently on Citalopram, into my 10th day or so and was alright, untill I found out some bad news about an ex girlfriend, which I couldn't handle, and now I am really, really struggling, and cannot seem to get comfort in anything. My therapist is away so there is just no one who I can speak to, and I feel like I am going insane, and scare myself rigid.
Today, the doctor prescribed my with diazapam. I would be so happy to take it, if I knew it would work, but I'm so so terrorfied of any adverse effects (perhaps a testament to how acute this anxiety is). I'm not scared of the addiction at all, I just need to know I'm not mad is all really.
I hope to get some reassurance via this site, and am looking forward to giving advice on certain thing's I've learned.
Jack
I would never usually plan on posting on sites like this, as I feel talking about worrys and that seem to make me a lot worse, but at the moment I feel very, very alone and someone suggested I give this forum a go.
I've been on all sorts of medication in the past and battled a bit with alcohol. I've been off work for one year, I suppose it was my own fault that I never sought help when I was younger, and ended up seeing a therapist when I had a breakdown at work.
I've stopped drinking and have finished my CBT for various health anxieties, which I'd like to say has helped, but certainly not substantially.
I am currently on Citalopram, into my 10th day or so and was alright, untill I found out some bad news about an ex girlfriend, which I couldn't handle, and now I am really, really struggling, and cannot seem to get comfort in anything. My therapist is away so there is just no one who I can speak to, and I feel like I am going insane, and scare myself rigid.
Today, the doctor prescribed my with diazapam. I would be so happy to take it, if I knew it would work, but I'm so so terrorfied of any adverse effects (perhaps a testament to how acute this anxiety is). I'm not scared of the addiction at all, I just need to know I'm not mad is all really.
I hope to get some reassurance via this site, and am looking forward to giving advice on certain thing's I've learned.
Jack