Rocola
08-01-11, 19:24
Hello, my name is Hannah and I've been ill since 1st January 2002. We had friends over for new years and I remember feeling awful when they left, very ill. I went to bed and I didn't leave it for a month, I felt ill and sick. Once returning to school I came home that same day due to a panic attack of leaving the house. Doctors dismissed me as making everything up until I was 16 and went private. I was diagnosed with IBS. The IBS itself is now under control but the panic has never left. I thought I would never get better , be able to work, go to uni etc and left 6th form. Well,I went back and I managed to go to uni but after being put on venaflaxine (evil thing!!!) I just went back to being terribly ill and wouldn't leave my flat. I managed to stay at uni another year but never went and eventually left. I am now 21 and trying to train to be a vet nurse doing a BTEC atm. The only time I never feel panic is when I'm with my own animals or working at the farm I do work experience. The previous year I worked and I was fine, but in the past month or so the panic has roared its head and is ruling every moment just worrying when I'll next get ill. Nausea is a MASSIVE part of my panic attacks but I am emetophobic so if I retch or feel I'm going to it just leaves me hopeless. I can't even remeber why I managed it before!
I am now on citalopram and propanalol and stugeron when the nausea is particularly terrible (though i'm never sick) and starting counselling and meditation, hopefully soon this will pass.
So that's me!
I am now on citalopram and propanalol and stugeron when the nausea is particularly terrible (though i'm never sick) and starting counselling and meditation, hopefully soon this will pass.
So that's me!