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Is anyone up? Please help me. Anxiety attack.

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HelpPleaseAnx · 19/04/2020 03:23

I suffer really bad anxiety to the point I have regular attacks and think that everything I love will die. I'm on medication and seeing a counsellor (or was before lockdown).

One of my biggest triggers is my dog. He has got me through some really horrible stuff and because of my anxiety I just focus so much of it on him and think he's going to die all the time.

Tonight he's woken me up at about 2am and has been vomitting since. It is clear and watery but he's also drinking a lot of water so I'm not sure if it's just water.

I'm convinced he's going to die I am panicking so much and I don't know what to do. He's back in bed with me now and seems to be asleep but he's thrown up 3 times now and I can't stop my head racing. I have to keep checking he's breathing and my heart is going ten million miles an hour.

I'm so scared I'm going to wake up and he'll be dead. I'm going absolutely crazy, this is just a huge trigger for me I feel like this is it, this is the thing I've been waiting to happen. I'm sat in bed shaking and crying and I feel so fucking stupid.

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stilltiredinthemorning · 19/04/2020 09:40

He is absolutely gorgeous! So glad to hear he's fine and you're a little better this morning and managed to get some sleep, I find nighttime is always the worst.

I have anxiety and panic attacks too and was prescribed beta blockers (amongst other things). I don't find they work at all, but the GP also recommended an app called smiling mind. I find the meditations make a huge difference. Not when I'm having acute anxiety like you were last night, but if I do them every day or so I find my overall level of anxiety is much lower and I'm less easily triggered Smile

P.S. I phone my Mum for advice most days/weeks and I'm 42, with 2 children and a very responsible job 😳

Applejaxx · 19/04/2020 09:51

What a lovely dog OP!

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