Hayleigh
05-12-10, 18:25
Hi i'm 17 years old and have been suffering from anxiety for a few years now. It started when i was about 9 years old when i had an eating disorder and i was worried that if i ate i was going to be sick so i practically just stopped eating. I went to an eating specialist and started to get over it and eat gradually. Then one evening i was out for a family meal and i started to feel sick. Then abit later on i felt like i was going to throw up and that was my first panic attack. Since then i have been phobic i am going to be sick. The last year of school i was in the medical room the whole time, i would go in in the morning, get sent to the medical room and then sent home. Then i left school and started work and i was determined i wouldn't let it ruin my job so i got myself over it and for the last year and a half i have been absoloutely fine. Then a few weeks ago i had a scare when i was out for a family tea party and i felt like i couldn't swallow my food. And since then it has bought it all back again. I have been off work for weeks and have finally gone back now but i end up having full on panic attacks at work and having to leave. I worry so much about having a panic attack that i bring it on myself. I feel anxious the whole time that i am going to have one. I worry about going out incase i have one. I don't like eating in public incase i have one and i went to the doctor and he won't give me any pills.
Advice will be appreciated!!
Advice will be appreciated!!