Topdude
07-09-10, 15:53
Hello i am new to this forum and this is my first post. I will try and tell you the sitaution the best i can without waffling on to much.
I have never had a problem with anxiety, nothing apart from sometimes i can feel a bit panicy as i am drifting to sleep. About a month ago at work there was a bit of a situation (not serious) that basically resulted in me and this particular lady not talking, before this incident we got on really well in and out of work.
I started avoiding situations best i could where i would be alone with her because there would be a horrible silence which i never liked.
Lately there has been more and more situations where we are togther but unfortunately i am unable to handle these situations anymore. After a few minutes of the silence i start to feel anxious and funny, it gets that bad i have to leave the room.
Anyway, it got that bad i simply never went into work if i knew she was going to be in. This was getting ridiculous now so i text her saying we need to sort this out. Not long after that i got a call from my manager and i basically explained the situation best i could and in the morning the "woman" phoned me up and we had a bit of a chat.
I went to work naturally feeling anxious and was so worried about that "feeling" i get where i have to leave the room.
So i got to work, we had a hug, bit of a chat and everything seemed ok and the rest of the day went fine (this was on a friday). I decided to work on Sunday with her and this other lady but oh no, them funny feelings came back, even when she talks to me after a while i get this really funny intense anxious feeling that i have to turn away and then leave the room when she has finished.
That day i did a runner from work and made an excuse up. This weird anxious feeling remained though and i started getting anxious being alone, with friends and round my mum. I woke up on monday feeling terrible, a constant anxious feeling that would not go away, on tuesday i was even worse and didnt even want to go out but i had to go out.
I phoned up the doctor and explained and he basically prescribed me citalopram 10mg for first week upped to 20mg on second week.
I said i would never use an antidepressant ever again as i suffer terrible side effects but after a lot of thought i decided to give them a try (today is my first day) but i dont know whether i will continue them. I think diazepam would of been more appropriate for this situation but he wouldn't give me them because they are addictive.
What i cant understand is why i get this horrible anxious funny feeling while round this person even though everyhing is ok between us now, how can i stop the feeling and do you believe the medication iv been prescribed is ideal for the situation? is it even anxiety, i really dont know. Its hard to explain to people and nobody seems to understand, especially me. Thank you
I have never had a problem with anxiety, nothing apart from sometimes i can feel a bit panicy as i am drifting to sleep. About a month ago at work there was a bit of a situation (not serious) that basically resulted in me and this particular lady not talking, before this incident we got on really well in and out of work.
I started avoiding situations best i could where i would be alone with her because there would be a horrible silence which i never liked.
Lately there has been more and more situations where we are togther but unfortunately i am unable to handle these situations anymore. After a few minutes of the silence i start to feel anxious and funny, it gets that bad i have to leave the room.
Anyway, it got that bad i simply never went into work if i knew she was going to be in. This was getting ridiculous now so i text her saying we need to sort this out. Not long after that i got a call from my manager and i basically explained the situation best i could and in the morning the "woman" phoned me up and we had a bit of a chat.
I went to work naturally feeling anxious and was so worried about that "feeling" i get where i have to leave the room.
So i got to work, we had a hug, bit of a chat and everything seemed ok and the rest of the day went fine (this was on a friday). I decided to work on Sunday with her and this other lady but oh no, them funny feelings came back, even when she talks to me after a while i get this really funny intense anxious feeling that i have to turn away and then leave the room when she has finished.
That day i did a runner from work and made an excuse up. This weird anxious feeling remained though and i started getting anxious being alone, with friends and round my mum. I woke up on monday feeling terrible, a constant anxious feeling that would not go away, on tuesday i was even worse and didnt even want to go out but i had to go out.
I phoned up the doctor and explained and he basically prescribed me citalopram 10mg for first week upped to 20mg on second week.
I said i would never use an antidepressant ever again as i suffer terrible side effects but after a lot of thought i decided to give them a try (today is my first day) but i dont know whether i will continue them. I think diazepam would of been more appropriate for this situation but he wouldn't give me them because they are addictive.
What i cant understand is why i get this horrible anxious funny feeling while round this person even though everyhing is ok between us now, how can i stop the feeling and do you believe the medication iv been prescribed is ideal for the situation? is it even anxiety, i really dont know. Its hard to explain to people and nobody seems to understand, especially me. Thank you