serendipity
02-01-11, 22:19
Hi all
I have suffered from anxiety for under 2 yrs now since birth of baby. Have been off medication (clomipramine) since June due to side effects. I was doing quite well. Bouts of anxiety but manageable.
Anyway I had to have a smear a month ago and it was the first since treatment for cin3. I wasn't aware I had cin3 until my gp mentioned it in passing and when I left the docs I worked myself up into a frenzy for days thinking my smear was going to come back abnormal and basically played my own death and funeral over and over in my head.
Since this the past 4 wks have been awful. I have had panic surges, upset stomach, muscle tension in neck and shoulders and for around 10 days on and off have had a funny feeling in my head that makes me stop in my tracks as I think I'm going to collapse. Last night I ended up in bed because the head feeling got to me and I felt exhausted, nausea, stomach cramps and felt hot all over with surges into my stomach. My two worst days were xmas day and new yrs day as I had to have lunch with the whole family and the head feeling got bad on both occaisions.
Today not been so bad but am worried about going back to work this week. I'm not on meds (only omeprozole for acid and thyroxine) but maybe feel I need something to help me get back on track, if this is a relapse.
My smear results came back ok and hopefully they will be ok in the future too, but my anxiety hasn't left.
I cannot have ssri's, has anyone here had antihistamines? I believe they can be used?
Any advice appreciated. Is this a relapse? I'm driving myself mad!! :unsure:
I have suffered from anxiety for under 2 yrs now since birth of baby. Have been off medication (clomipramine) since June due to side effects. I was doing quite well. Bouts of anxiety but manageable.
Anyway I had to have a smear a month ago and it was the first since treatment for cin3. I wasn't aware I had cin3 until my gp mentioned it in passing and when I left the docs I worked myself up into a frenzy for days thinking my smear was going to come back abnormal and basically played my own death and funeral over and over in my head.
Since this the past 4 wks have been awful. I have had panic surges, upset stomach, muscle tension in neck and shoulders and for around 10 days on and off have had a funny feeling in my head that makes me stop in my tracks as I think I'm going to collapse. Last night I ended up in bed because the head feeling got to me and I felt exhausted, nausea, stomach cramps and felt hot all over with surges into my stomach. My two worst days were xmas day and new yrs day as I had to have lunch with the whole family and the head feeling got bad on both occaisions.
Today not been so bad but am worried about going back to work this week. I'm not on meds (only omeprozole for acid and thyroxine) but maybe feel I need something to help me get back on track, if this is a relapse.
My smear results came back ok and hopefully they will be ok in the future too, but my anxiety hasn't left.
I cannot have ssri's, has anyone here had antihistamines? I believe they can be used?
Any advice appreciated. Is this a relapse? I'm driving myself mad!! :unsure: