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Is anyone about? Keep hearing noises

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MogadoredMemoo · 22/02/2011 00:28

And I'm scared. I feel like they're coming to get me. Can hear mumble voices like people talking on a radio. It's like they're walking round my house. I'm sure they can't be real because people keep telling me that they're not So why do I keep hearing them?

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MogadoredMemoo · 22/02/2011 00:59

You'll have to send them to me expat

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expatinscotland · 22/02/2011 00:59

one thing that helped me was getting to know COPD sufferers. man, that put me off cigs in about two seconds flat!

my panic attacks were always characterised by a feeling of not being able to breathe fully, though, which is pretty much what they are.

expatinscotland · 22/02/2011 00:59

v. good! glad he's talking to them!

blinks · 22/02/2011 01:00

occasionally i get that pre-anxiety attack feeling and i find singing show tunes is the best distraction. i sing it into submission.

COPD is a truly horrible thing to have, i take it the tips are to relieve shortness of breath?

hahaha expat- everyone on the course was probably thinking the same thing about each other 'thank fuck i'm not a loon like her...'

expatinscotland · 22/02/2011 01:02

yes, it's to relieve shortness of breath, which of course causes the terrible anxiety that goes with COPD.

lol. competitive looniness! only one MN at 1AM (where are my fellow insomniacs?).

blinks · 22/02/2011 01:02

my panic attacks started like that, hyperventilating etc then took a weirdy existential angst-y turn when i became convinced i was in some alternative universe and was about to collapse and wake up elsewhere... think that may have prompted the medical intervention

blinks · 22/02/2011 01:03

i now like to think i'm just finely tuned, like a racehorse. positive spin.

missjulie · 22/02/2011 01:04

(I'm an insomniac too) Just keeping an eye on the thread, to see how MM is doing...........

blinks · 22/02/2011 01:04

i love a bit of a loon off.

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MogadoredMemoo · 22/02/2011 01:04

When I was in hospital there was a lady who would spend every night pacing up and down the ward shouting " I am not a schizophrenic I am psychic! That's when I had my thank god I'm not as ill as her moment

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expatinscotland · 22/02/2011 01:04

mine always started with a feeling of being trapped, highly inconvenient in places like buses or when trying to drive a car.

missjulie · 22/02/2011 01:05

Howz DH getting on with doc MM?

blinks · 22/02/2011 01:05

maybe she WAS psychic!

how you feeling now MM?

do you get them anymore expat?

expatinscotland · 22/02/2011 01:06

my mother had a dear friend who was terribly bi-polar, unfortunately she died of liver failure in her early 60s (the drugs she used to take ruined her liver) but she'd have episodes that were truly frightening Sad.

expatinscotland · 22/02/2011 01:06

i do still get them, blinks, just not as often. something will usually trigger it off. mostly commonly, getting a blocked up nose or sinuses.

blinks · 22/02/2011 01:07

ah, hence the breathing tips...

expatinscotland · 22/02/2011 01:08

i have to tranq BIG TIME when i get a blocked nose or sinus attack because then i get panic attacks just sitting or standing or whatever.

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MogadoredMemoo · 22/02/2011 01:09

Feeling a bit calmer, you guys have helped hugely!

Right, cpn from the crisis team is coming out to see me, their not far away so should be here within the hour.

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missjulie · 22/02/2011 01:09

You poor ladies! What you all have/are experiencing sounds truly horrid! xxxx

expatinscotland · 22/02/2011 01:10

whew! excellent, memoo!

i'm going to go take my tablet now. i take my ven in the morning or it increases my insomnia but i'm bad just now because of the neighbour thing.

best of luck!

i'll check in with ya later.

((()))

blinks · 22/02/2011 01:10

oh good, MM. fab, so glad someone's coming out... what did they say, if anything about meds?

missjulie · 22/02/2011 01:10

Phew, glad about that MM, keep everyone posted on what happens. Glad you are feeling a little calmer, the other MNetters here sound fab! xxx

blinks · 22/02/2011 01:11

see ya expat x

expatinscotland · 22/02/2011 01:11

you know i'm here in spirit with you! :)

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MogadoredMemoo · 22/02/2011 01:11

I've noticed you on other threads missjulie and you are always so lovely xx

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