mrsf
03-11-10, 08:42
Hi everyone,
I am new to this site and have signed up after what feels like a lifetime of anxiety, stress and phobias.
I am 50, married with 4 grown up children and 2 grand-daughters.
My anxiety comes and goes but is always there. Social situations scare me because I think i don't have anything interesting to say, so i say nothing and then people may think I am being rude! I worry about everything...being sick, fainting, headaches, chest pain, palpitations.
I had a panic attack while shopping yesterday...the first one for a long time...and I am now taking slow release Propanolol to stop the physical symptoms that i get which are mainly palpitations. I have also developed a concern with my throat...not just the usual lump in the throat feeling but also regular stabbing pains in my throat area. i convinced myself that this was thyroid-related or worse. blood tests came back normal!
my mum died of alcohol-related liver failure and i worry that this will happen to me. i am currently not drinking for a month (day 5!) to give my body a chance to detox itself and see how i am feeling after that.
i have often come onto this site via google and have found it a huge help to find that i am not the only person feeling like i do.
That's probably enough from me but it's great to be here and i look forward to exhanging tips and chat and advice with people.
i feel better already :D
I am new to this site and have signed up after what feels like a lifetime of anxiety, stress and phobias.
I am 50, married with 4 grown up children and 2 grand-daughters.
My anxiety comes and goes but is always there. Social situations scare me because I think i don't have anything interesting to say, so i say nothing and then people may think I am being rude! I worry about everything...being sick, fainting, headaches, chest pain, palpitations.
I had a panic attack while shopping yesterday...the first one for a long time...and I am now taking slow release Propanolol to stop the physical symptoms that i get which are mainly palpitations. I have also developed a concern with my throat...not just the usual lump in the throat feeling but also regular stabbing pains in my throat area. i convinced myself that this was thyroid-related or worse. blood tests came back normal!
my mum died of alcohol-related liver failure and i worry that this will happen to me. i am currently not drinking for a month (day 5!) to give my body a chance to detox itself and see how i am feeling after that.
i have often come onto this site via google and have found it a huge help to find that i am not the only person feeling like i do.
That's probably enough from me but it's great to be here and i look forward to exhanging tips and chat and advice with people.
i feel better already :D