I have been recommended this site by my GP. I have been suffering from anxiety and small panic attacks for the past year. These have been centred and triggered by my phobia of people and my family being sick. Things have got worse since my twin girls started school last September.
Alot of the time the feelings are under control - but if someone close should fall ill - the feelings spiral out of control and I end up in a constant state of panic and anxiety which can take weeks to subside.
Being a stubbon mule I have so far refused to take AD's - I don't want to become reliant on them - and again my irrational thoughts take over and I worry about side effects etc.
I have tried normal counselling which has helped sort out some areas of my life and I have also recently tried some hypnotherapy which again has also helped a little. I have spent alot of time reading various articles on this site and I think the fact I have trouble really relaxing could be why I am not getting the full benefit from the treatment.
I have been to see GP again today who has given me a prescription for Prozac - I figure its there if I get desperate, and also a book prescription for a book called controlling anxiety - apparrently its a workbook which I should get from the library - has any used this self help method. Unfortunately the GP is unable to fund one to one CBT.
I have gained some comfort tonight from reading articles here and hope to be able to gain control of my negative thinking and feel better soon.
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