Need to speak to my GP tomorrow but wondered if anyone here knows what will happen.
I suffer from long term depression/anxiety and take 150mg sertraline (although I'm ashamed to say I do forget to take it fairly often, think this is MH related).
Around 2 years ago I had (what I think was) quite a severe panic attack while driving. Managed to pull over- sweating excessively (feel it dripping down me), faint feeling as though I would pass out, numbness up fingers, arms, legs. Young son who was in car with me called ambulance and was taken to hospital. Also had slightly low blood sugar so hospital never said definitively it was a panic attack but I've always felt it was. Just told me not to drive for a month.
I do suffer from panic attacks- usually once every month or so. It's usually in the night, or before work.
Today I had what I think was another panic attack while driving. Same symptoms as previous time, and actually coming up to the location of the first incident. I managed to clock it was coming on as I could feel the tingling and numbness coming up my hands, and pulled over in the next lay-by.
I now feel terrified to drive and wonder if I even should be driving or be allowed to drive? I worry what could happen even though it's been twice in the space of a couple of years. I have children (single parent) and commute to work too... I'm so worry and scared and also worried and scared I will now lose my job and not be able to take my children to school.
I just don't know what happens in this scenario, many thanks for any insight or advice