sleepy1
08-08-11, 00:21
Hey guys
I have been off work now for 4 weeks due to my anxiety and panic attacks. My sick note for the last week runs out tomorrow so I am due to go back to work then.
I don't feel ready but I feel everyone is pressuring me to do so because I "seem ok".
I do get hyper in the evenings, being more myself again, but I think this is the citalopram kicking in. I do still feel incredibly unfortable in my own skin most of the time and am scared that going back to work, in a stressful environment is going to put me back to square one.
Currently, if I have a stressful conversation or dissagreement with a family member, the anxiety becomes extreme and I just know I wil have to fight off a panic attack that night. I actually can't cope with any stress anymore.
What should I do? Will work think I'm taking the piss? I ended up in an ambulance at work 2 months ago with the panic attack that triggered every single one since, thinking i was having a heart attack. I plodded on, but since a couple of weeks later a young family member died, i've developed a fear of death and become even more of a hypochondriact and although I can act happy at moments in the day, I can't focus on anything and can't get my point accross to family that i'm not ready to return.
I feel I have too much weight on my shoulders. Doing CBT, read every book there is in the library on anxiety, know I should go back to make it look good but worry I can't cope.
Any advice?
I have been off work now for 4 weeks due to my anxiety and panic attacks. My sick note for the last week runs out tomorrow so I am due to go back to work then.
I don't feel ready but I feel everyone is pressuring me to do so because I "seem ok".
I do get hyper in the evenings, being more myself again, but I think this is the citalopram kicking in. I do still feel incredibly unfortable in my own skin most of the time and am scared that going back to work, in a stressful environment is going to put me back to square one.
Currently, if I have a stressful conversation or dissagreement with a family member, the anxiety becomes extreme and I just know I wil have to fight off a panic attack that night. I actually can't cope with any stress anymore.
What should I do? Will work think I'm taking the piss? I ended up in an ambulance at work 2 months ago with the panic attack that triggered every single one since, thinking i was having a heart attack. I plodded on, but since a couple of weeks later a young family member died, i've developed a fear of death and become even more of a hypochondriact and although I can act happy at moments in the day, I can't focus on anything and can't get my point accross to family that i'm not ready to return.
I feel I have too much weight on my shoulders. Doing CBT, read every book there is in the library on anxiety, know I should go back to make it look good but worry I can't cope.
Any advice?