southernstar66
21-03-06, 18:36
Hi - I have suffered from anxiety and panic attacks on and off for the last 19 years. Over this time I have been on meds and undertaken counselling and CBT. I have had times when I can say I have been panic free and anxiety has not been a problem. I have remained on 1/2 Inderal all the time but been on and off anti-depressants throughout this time.
At the end of last year I had a series of stressful events happen and the anxiety gradually crept up on me and hit me with a series of PA's whilst I was away on holiday at Christmas. Since that time I have been determined to get through this bad phase. However other things seem to have come along and made issues worse like having a car accident in January and my pet dog died in February. I have since January had IBS which makes the anxiety and PA worse and its such a vicious circle.
Through it all I have been determined not to stop doing anything I usually do as when I first had PA and anxiety I became agoraphobic and I dont ever want to go there again. However I keep feeling that I am pushing and pushing myself through the panic but dont seem to be getting out the other end? I am continuing to work (I do have a very stressful job) and trying to get a better balance of work and home life ...I sit through the PA's I am having and at the end of each day think I have survived through another day but then the next day I feel just as anxious as I did yesterday.
I am now beginning to feel scared that I will soon start to become depressed and that I will have to revert back to taking meds which I dont want to do. Any ideas or help?
At the end of last year I had a series of stressful events happen and the anxiety gradually crept up on me and hit me with a series of PA's whilst I was away on holiday at Christmas. Since that time I have been determined to get through this bad phase. However other things seem to have come along and made issues worse like having a car accident in January and my pet dog died in February. I have since January had IBS which makes the anxiety and PA worse and its such a vicious circle.
Through it all I have been determined not to stop doing anything I usually do as when I first had PA and anxiety I became agoraphobic and I dont ever want to go there again. However I keep feeling that I am pushing and pushing myself through the panic but dont seem to be getting out the other end? I am continuing to work (I do have a very stressful job) and trying to get a better balance of work and home life ...I sit through the PA's I am having and at the end of each day think I have survived through another day but then the next day I feel just as anxious as I did yesterday.
I am now beginning to feel scared that I will soon start to become depressed and that I will have to revert back to taking meds which I dont want to do. Any ideas or help?