muscari
03-04-06, 17:02
Hi,
I have always been anxious. In 2002, I lost my strength and became extremly sensitive to anything and everything. I basically became open and overcome by anxiey, panic, depression, etc.
I was too afraid to go out incase I had a panic attack which I had several times a day initially. The first time I had a panic attack, I went to A&E. They did an ECG and checked my blood and said I must have had a virus and the symptoms of that caused my panic attack to come on. But I kept getting it.
The dr's put me on anti depressants but it did not go away. I started reading books and found out that anxiety is infact quiet common and normal. The Dr said to me you are either anxious or not, and those who are just need to learn how to manage it.
So I am managing. I have had to dip into my present and past and I started righting a journal. My journal has been my lifeline.
I see trends and patterns in my journal. I get panicy when I am sensitive, dieting, hormonal, stressed, upset about something, even reading the paper or watching the news.
For me, I have learned how amazing our body really is. for me, my body tells me when I am stressed, when I am hormonal when I am tiered and when I am feeling anxious. So when it happens, I indulge in relaxation, holiday, a good book, a bath or early night etc. but I don't medicate on a glass of wine, or choclate or anything like that when I am feeling in that way.
Life is so complex, for me, I try to make my home and life a little easier and not take on so much. I don't avoid things, but I do cut down on workload and take it easy when my world is difficult.
And a site like this makes me confident that I am normal. :D
Muscari
I have always been anxious. In 2002, I lost my strength and became extremly sensitive to anything and everything. I basically became open and overcome by anxiey, panic, depression, etc.
I was too afraid to go out incase I had a panic attack which I had several times a day initially. The first time I had a panic attack, I went to A&E. They did an ECG and checked my blood and said I must have had a virus and the symptoms of that caused my panic attack to come on. But I kept getting it.
The dr's put me on anti depressants but it did not go away. I started reading books and found out that anxiety is infact quiet common and normal. The Dr said to me you are either anxious or not, and those who are just need to learn how to manage it.
So I am managing. I have had to dip into my present and past and I started righting a journal. My journal has been my lifeline.
I see trends and patterns in my journal. I get panicy when I am sensitive, dieting, hormonal, stressed, upset about something, even reading the paper or watching the news.
For me, I have learned how amazing our body really is. for me, my body tells me when I am stressed, when I am hormonal when I am tiered and when I am feeling anxious. So when it happens, I indulge in relaxation, holiday, a good book, a bath or early night etc. but I don't medicate on a glass of wine, or choclate or anything like that when I am feeling in that way.
Life is so complex, for me, I try to make my home and life a little easier and not take on so much. I don't avoid things, but I do cut down on workload and take it easy when my world is difficult.
And a site like this makes me confident that I am normal. :D
Muscari