on the edge of constant panic....

[mellyonion]

have suffered from depression in the past...but am ok at the moment re that.

suffer too from moderate anxiety on a daily basis, but live with it and cope well usually...this last few days though, and today especially, i am literally teetering on the edge of panic...i keep getting cold from my hads up to my arms...its how my panic attacks have started, and then i can get a grip and bring myself back...

i feel right now as if i can't breathe properly....i was wanting to go out today to get some kalms or rescue remedy or something to help....

can't seem to go though.... am terrified, and just not coping with life at the moment......

Can you go and have a lie down ?

thanks....

am going to bite the bullett and go out....

may be back in a bit if i don't manage it....

i feel really odd, like with my "sane" mind i can see i'm falling apart, but in my everyday life, i'm hiding it well from everyone.....i can't explain.

i feel so strange.....

i'm worried i'm heading for a breakdown and can do nothing to stop it........

melly - I had very similar to this in the summer. Very anxious, constant ache in my chest, heart pounding all the time, always waiting for some unknown disaster to befall. I went to the GP about something different and ended up with citalopram. It has worked very well and am more or less back to normal.

Would you go and see your GP?

thanks orm.....

what you discribe is exactly how i feel, but without the impending doom....but the chest thing is spot on...its like a "bubble" inside me, limiting my breathing....

i did go out...i did buy some stuff from boots, and i do feel better....not for taking them i don't think, but because i actually did something about it iykwim?

the problem with panic attacks is that they become self fuelling...you're anxious so you get panicy and because you get panicy, you become anxious....

today is a new day, and i'm feeling a lot better at the moment. am going to have a productive day and hope i can break this cycle...

thanks again ...x

Good luck melly. It is truly frightening. Every time I get like this it takes me months to actually face up to it and do something.

sending you a hug melly x

I feel for you melly,I've had severe bouts of anxiety/panics,I was really helped by this book.

Hope it settles for you and remember if you can get help from your GP (cbt referal and meds if needed).

All right mate?

Hope the improvement is continuing

thanks again girls....

i think i got my knickers in a real twist the other day...it all seemed so overwhelming. i'm still anxious...always have been, and i'm sure i always will be, but i seem to be a bit more on top of it....

i have a few days coming up where i'm really busy doing work things...i'm sure that once i settle in to what i'm doing, i'll be fine and i shall have some welcome distractions, as well as two consecutive days without looking after children during schooltime....a real treat!

thanks again, and mellysfriend, ......LOVING your name!