mike_coventry_uk
19-04-11, 10:58
well its been a long time since i had to write on this forum but yet again i find myself in a panic and this time its worse than ever.
i originally suffered with a bout of health anxiety 3 years ago. with the help of citalopram and cbt i overcame it and felt good for a long time perhaps a year. i even suffered the loss of my mother but managed to keep on the straight and narrow. but a onth ago i started to notice a dizzy feeling again.BANG HEALTH ANXIETY RETURNS!!!
i had been drinking on the sun night and woke up feeling lightheaded and since then i have been convinced again that i have A BRAIN TUMOR. after working myself up for a week and allowing the symptoms to increase,lightheaded and nausea mainly i visitied my gp. i was givena week long dose of LORAZEPAM and had a weeks hol from work,all good felt like my old self :) then after i stopped the lorazepam i was put on to a small 5MG ESCITALOPRAM. within 2 days i felt worse than i ever have,many side effects including lack of appetite and increase of my original anxiety. on day 6 i stopped and yester day gp put me on VENLAFIXINE after 1 tablet last night i was ill, tremors and the shakes and have had about 6 hours sleep in 48.
i just feel like the whole thing is getting on top of me and am scared i am falling into depression, i couldnt force myself to go to work today and i love my job. i have a referal from my gp to the neurologist and he said this is to put my mind at ease,all my tests for balance etc done by the gp were fine and i have a full blood test 2 weeks ago all normal.
for some reason this time i am more convinced than ever before tht i have a seriuos underlying condition but then that is wat anxiety is the hard part is training the brain to deal with it.
i feel a little lost in it all at the minute and feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel,i have been with my gf for 6 months and she is fantastic but i feel so guilty on placing the burden of my INVISIBLE ILLNESS on her. i love her dearly and also fear of losing her and my job over this.
any kind words of support or advice would be great.
hope your all a little better than me at present!! :)
mike
i originally suffered with a bout of health anxiety 3 years ago. with the help of citalopram and cbt i overcame it and felt good for a long time perhaps a year. i even suffered the loss of my mother but managed to keep on the straight and narrow. but a onth ago i started to notice a dizzy feeling again.BANG HEALTH ANXIETY RETURNS!!!
i had been drinking on the sun night and woke up feeling lightheaded and since then i have been convinced again that i have A BRAIN TUMOR. after working myself up for a week and allowing the symptoms to increase,lightheaded and nausea mainly i visitied my gp. i was givena week long dose of LORAZEPAM and had a weeks hol from work,all good felt like my old self :) then after i stopped the lorazepam i was put on to a small 5MG ESCITALOPRAM. within 2 days i felt worse than i ever have,many side effects including lack of appetite and increase of my original anxiety. on day 6 i stopped and yester day gp put me on VENLAFIXINE after 1 tablet last night i was ill, tremors and the shakes and have had about 6 hours sleep in 48.
i just feel like the whole thing is getting on top of me and am scared i am falling into depression, i couldnt force myself to go to work today and i love my job. i have a referal from my gp to the neurologist and he said this is to put my mind at ease,all my tests for balance etc done by the gp were fine and i have a full blood test 2 weeks ago all normal.
for some reason this time i am more convinced than ever before tht i have a seriuos underlying condition but then that is wat anxiety is the hard part is training the brain to deal with it.
i feel a little lost in it all at the minute and feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel,i have been with my gf for 6 months and she is fantastic but i feel so guilty on placing the burden of my INVISIBLE ILLNESS on her. i love her dearly and also fear of losing her and my job over this.
any kind words of support or advice would be great.
hope your all a little better than me at present!! :)
mike