Anxiety Support Thread

[YommyMommy]

Hello lovely Mummies and especially those who suffer from the dreaded Anxiety disorder!

I just wanted to see if anyone was interested in a threat to vent, post about bad days (and good of course) for those living with anxiety?

I have had it since the birth of my first born in 2008. It all came to a head around 3 years ago - due to physical health too - and I ended up going on medication for 6 months. I had to say this help massively and I have felt much better for a long time.

Fast forward to this weekend...I had a very few busy and stressful days leading up to an event and once the event was over I was honestly floored with anxiety...it just came out of the blue, I am glad to say I am starting to feel better now...but scared about how out of the blue it came :( Does anyone one else obsess that they might just somehow loose all control and loose their mind?? Its the most horrible feeling in the world, although it subsides with the panic...its just not a nice feeling.

Anyway, I just wanted to have a little vent and also started the thread if anyone is interested :)

Thanks for reading this far!
Yommymommy x

(I have a doctors appointment this week)

Thank you for this thread. It's what I need right now. I really struggled to get up today. I haven't been able to eat yet. I remember this from last time. I would feel mostly normal by the evening but when I woke up I would feel terrible again. What I hate most about this illness is that it makes me doubt everything. I'm wondering am I really ill or am I just seeking sympathy and being pathetic because I did something wrong and got told off. When I'm low I can't tell what's real and what's the anxiety and depression.
I hope some of you are having a better time. Hang in there. I have got through this in the past. It can and will get better xx

Hi everyone,
I'm another one. I just feel like shit all the time.
It sounds strange this but I don't even have the energy to cry. I have all these emotions inside me and I can't even get them out.

Can I join in too? I have severe health anxiety. I've had it for as long as I can remember. I'm at the start of another episode again now - I have a bad spell, it fades, just long enough for me to get a bit complacent, and then bam - I'm back on the downhill spiral.

My health anxiety is fairly "typical" - find something, get that horrible tunnel vision panic feeling, convince myself I'm going to die, go to the docs endlessly, feel like I'm losing my mind,, consult dr google, worry worry worry. I hate it so very much.

I'm drugged up to the eyeballs (40mg citalopram and 300mg of pregabalin) and yet it just doesn't go away. I'm waiting to hear back from cmht at the moment, but as I was referred back in June, I'm not holding my breath for anything happening any time soon. It's just awful and I am starting to think I'm just going to have to come to terms with feeling like this forever.

The last couple days I have found a great way to stop the panic symptoms starting if a panic attack is on the way. I have been reading mumsnet classics I know it is a very temporary measure but I will do whatever helps.