Godzilla
21-01-11, 20:17
I must confess I am a bit embarrased about putting this thread up.....
As a child I was nervy, hated school as always felt dizzy and was scared I was going to faint. I am an only child and raised by parents that wrapped me up in cotton wool so now its time to face real life its very scary. I am 36, have 2 daughters coming upto there teen years, have a fiancee, house, cars etc.....but I am not working and have not worked for 7 years due to this anxiety. It eased off the other week and now it has come back double hard. I dont like driving far from home, I cant go into supermarkets, I feel dizzy when I talk to people, I feel scared when I am at home as negative thoughts swamp my mind. I have been under the mental health act with anxiety for 10 years now. I am still on the same medication.....Diazepam 20mg per day, Citalopram 30mg per day, Clonazepam 0.5mg per day and now the shrink has given me Amitriptiline to take at night. I have had far higher dosage's of my meds but they reduced me a couple of years ago. I used to be able to go into supermarkets about 7 months ago and could drive around 50 miles from home.....Now I feel I am back to square one and feel so so sad. I really am stuck.....What can I do?
Oh forgot to say..... 7 months ago my fantastic German Shepherd who I have had since she was 8 weeks old was put to sleep at the age of nearly 12 years of age and we moved house to a fairly small one on a busy road in a town I dont really know. This is when my anxiety went up, it does come down a bit now and again but mainly bad.
Any help/support would be great.
Paul :)
As a child I was nervy, hated school as always felt dizzy and was scared I was going to faint. I am an only child and raised by parents that wrapped me up in cotton wool so now its time to face real life its very scary. I am 36, have 2 daughters coming upto there teen years, have a fiancee, house, cars etc.....but I am not working and have not worked for 7 years due to this anxiety. It eased off the other week and now it has come back double hard. I dont like driving far from home, I cant go into supermarkets, I feel dizzy when I talk to people, I feel scared when I am at home as negative thoughts swamp my mind. I have been under the mental health act with anxiety for 10 years now. I am still on the same medication.....Diazepam 20mg per day, Citalopram 30mg per day, Clonazepam 0.5mg per day and now the shrink has given me Amitriptiline to take at night. I have had far higher dosage's of my meds but they reduced me a couple of years ago. I used to be able to go into supermarkets about 7 months ago and could drive around 50 miles from home.....Now I feel I am back to square one and feel so so sad. I really am stuck.....What can I do?
Oh forgot to say..... 7 months ago my fantastic German Shepherd who I have had since she was 8 weeks old was put to sleep at the age of nearly 12 years of age and we moved house to a fairly small one on a busy road in a town I dont really know. This is when my anxiety went up, it does come down a bit now and again but mainly bad.
Any help/support would be great.
Paul :)