Hi I'm new here and it's a bit weird for me to share mostly down to shame but I wondered if anyone else feels the same.
I had anxiety and depression, suffered my first massive panic attack 7 years ago but my son was only young, I tried lots of antidepressants but found mirtazapine helped until last October when the panic attacks started again... It took me until Feb to go to gp as the panic attacks impacted my whole life, I was put on sertraline and ended up having a physcotic reaction to them, so iv been off sick from work hopefully not going to get sacked because that would top it all off, I'm under the psyciatrist now but the anxiety and panic are still happening, it's been nearly a year and iv tried mindfulness, yoga, cutting out alcohol/caffein cbt/ healthy eating, breathing techniques and exercise, I love the gym but exercise brings on massive panic attacks and I don't know why, iv isolated myself because seeing my friends brings on massive panic attacks even if it's in my own house. I don't suffer racing heart or physical symptoms but mental such as racing thoughts, lack of concentration, de ja vu, feelings of detachment from the real world as these are so intense I get anxiety about looking after my son because I'm so paranoid I'm going mad and don't want him to witness it or the intrusive thoughts scare me when I'm with him. Does anyone else feel these?
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