I’ve name changed for this.
A few years ago I had a bout of poor mental health. I was really depressed and suffered from horrible panic episodes that were debilitating. At the time I was going through really tough personal issues and worked through these with a counsellor, looked at my diet, exercise and general lifestyle and over the course of about 18 months, got back on track. Since then I’ve had the occasional blip and been a bit anxious here and there but nothing I could t cope with.
Until Monday. I came home from work feeling fine, had a lovely evening but then started to feel really dizzy and the waves of panic flooded in. I experienced a panic episode in continuous waves from 9pm until 6am (ish) I was shaking, vomiting, sweating, unable to stay still. I didn’t sleep for the entire night. I was terrified for no reason.
I couldn’t go to work the next day. Since then I’ve had a few more less intense attacks but moments where I feel okay but know ‘it’ is lingering. Right now as I type it feels like my head is being crushed and my head is tingling.
The thing is that I’m so happy right now. I like my job. It’s busy but I like it. Family life is good...I really have no obvious reason to feel like this.
Why would the physical symptoms return when I feel mentally well? Has anyone had this? Or does anyone know what I can do to make sure this doesn’t get worse and I end up where I was 4 years ago.