sophs
23-09-10, 21:15
hi everyone im sophie and im 24 years old. i have suffered panic attacks for about 5 years. at first it was just anxiety of lifts and i didnt have attacks and just avoided them! until i went to new york and i obviously had to go in lifts nearly everywhere i went, my first panic was in the back of a yellow cab with the traffic and buildings around i felt like i could'nt breathe. when i got back i could'nt even get onto a bus without panicking i suffered a few weeks then it gradually got better until i didnt have any at all, until 2009 when i was pregnant it was the same again gettin on buses when there was loads of people or traffic i would panic and have to get off, after id had my son seems like i forgot about them...
until recentley same experience i went to london where i had to use lifts and was on a coach trip which took 8 hours, on the way i was fine but while i was there i wouldnt get in any of the lifts went on the tube for one stop and was just literally feeling panicky every where i went, on the bus back i had a massive attack and wanted to get off on the motorway!! it really shook me up cos id neva had one like that. since been back at home iv been worse i cant get on a bus without the window been open and yet i still panic if theres a lot of traffic or people on its even come to the point where i will refuse to get on one. i just want to feel normal again its even started to happen in cars i panic unless i can open a window! and its comeing up to winter and people will not want windows open when its freezing!! i went to my doctor about this and they didnt take me seriously she said go back if its affecting my life even though i told her it was as i wouldnt get on public transport when i need to as i dont drive!! i have started taking kalms just this week so hopefully that will keep my anxiety down a bit!!
thanx for reading me long life story haha:)
until recentley same experience i went to london where i had to use lifts and was on a coach trip which took 8 hours, on the way i was fine but while i was there i wouldnt get in any of the lifts went on the tube for one stop and was just literally feeling panicky every where i went, on the bus back i had a massive attack and wanted to get off on the motorway!! it really shook me up cos id neva had one like that. since been back at home iv been worse i cant get on a bus without the window been open and yet i still panic if theres a lot of traffic or people on its even come to the point where i will refuse to get on one. i just want to feel normal again its even started to happen in cars i panic unless i can open a window! and its comeing up to winter and people will not want windows open when its freezing!! i went to my doctor about this and they didnt take me seriously she said go back if its affecting my life even though i told her it was as i wouldnt get on public transport when i need to as i dont drive!! i have started taking kalms just this week so hopefully that will keep my anxiety down a bit!!
thanx for reading me long life story haha:)