smurf
17-11-10, 17:39
Hi,
My names Mandy, i'm 22 and I have been suffering with panic and anxiety for about a year now. I don't really know what caused it, but its been a stressful year with family problems. my mum has also suffered with agoraphobia in the past which the doctor seems to think is a factor. Its incredibly upsetting, especially since i used to be very outgoing and confident.
It first started while I was driving. And has now got to the point where it happens everywhere i go. I sweat, i feel faint, dizzy, shaky, tense all the time. All this means I fear leaving the house incase it happens. I panic when i have to speak face to face with people or when i'm in the car stopped at traffic lights. It all feels so silly sometimes. Even at work now (in a busy restaurant) I am constantly tense and anxious and panic when i have to sit in a meeting. I am very squeamish and have fainted in the past when i've cut myself which means i have an extreme fear of fainting, even though i have never yet fainted due to anxiety.
I apologise for how long this post is, it's the first time i've spoke in detail about it to anybody and it feels good to get it all out.
Anyway, i was first prescribed 40mg of propranolol once a day and after several months went back to the doctor for a review of treatment. i discussed that i felt my anxiety had gotten worse not better so he upped my dosage to 80mg a day. I've been taking 80mg every morning for only 5 days now but i had to come home from work today because i felt very ill. I felt very faint and went very hot. after sitting alone in the toilet for 10 minutes and running cold water on my hands i returned to my job but constantly felt ill, cold shivers and very weak, like my legs would just collapse. this lasted over an hour before i had to go home. i didn't know whether this was simply because of the increased dosage? Has anybody else ever had these kind of problems with propranolol?
I worry so much, but I long for the day i can just go about my business again like i used to. I seemed to be scraed and panic about everything which causes more stress and feeling very depressed at the fact i live in my house through fear of leaving it alone.
so sorry this is so long but even just writing it all down has made me feel better.
Thanks :) xx
My names Mandy, i'm 22 and I have been suffering with panic and anxiety for about a year now. I don't really know what caused it, but its been a stressful year with family problems. my mum has also suffered with agoraphobia in the past which the doctor seems to think is a factor. Its incredibly upsetting, especially since i used to be very outgoing and confident.
It first started while I was driving. And has now got to the point where it happens everywhere i go. I sweat, i feel faint, dizzy, shaky, tense all the time. All this means I fear leaving the house incase it happens. I panic when i have to speak face to face with people or when i'm in the car stopped at traffic lights. It all feels so silly sometimes. Even at work now (in a busy restaurant) I am constantly tense and anxious and panic when i have to sit in a meeting. I am very squeamish and have fainted in the past when i've cut myself which means i have an extreme fear of fainting, even though i have never yet fainted due to anxiety.
I apologise for how long this post is, it's the first time i've spoke in detail about it to anybody and it feels good to get it all out.
Anyway, i was first prescribed 40mg of propranolol once a day and after several months went back to the doctor for a review of treatment. i discussed that i felt my anxiety had gotten worse not better so he upped my dosage to 80mg a day. I've been taking 80mg every morning for only 5 days now but i had to come home from work today because i felt very ill. I felt very faint and went very hot. after sitting alone in the toilet for 10 minutes and running cold water on my hands i returned to my job but constantly felt ill, cold shivers and very weak, like my legs would just collapse. this lasted over an hour before i had to go home. i didn't know whether this was simply because of the increased dosage? Has anybody else ever had these kind of problems with propranolol?
I worry so much, but I long for the day i can just go about my business again like i used to. I seemed to be scraed and panic about everything which causes more stress and feeling very depressed at the fact i live in my house through fear of leaving it alone.
so sorry this is so long but even just writing it all down has made me feel better.
Thanks :) xx