constant worrying and anxiety

[choclab]

Hi feeling really low at moment ...

suffering with health anxiety and keep having panic attacks well at least i think they are ...

happened in tescos yesterday , walking up the isles , i read a label on a tin , then looked up felt all whizzy , hot flush , panic , like everyone was moving fast and i felt faint ...

took lots of deep breaths then carried on very quickly leaving alot of shopping not done just had to get out of there ..

but has made me down and anxious again .. worried was it PA or am i ill..

im worried constantly something is really wrong with me ..

anyone els feeling the same ..

Thats exactly how i feel especially in tesco, its a panic attack and its awful No advice for you as im struggling myself just wanted you to know you are not alone!

thanks maybe...nice to know not alone.. so you think is panic attack then ...its like an over welming feeling of hot rush type thing ..

have suffered with anxiety for some time now , mainly health ..

Hi it does sound like a panic attack. You poor thing they are horrible. Worth you going to have a check up with GP just to reassure you that its not something else (minor) like maybe anaemia - but it is very likely to be anxiety/panic.
Hope you feel much better soon.
By the way - sounds like you handled it really well. First big panic attack I had I ended up in an ambulance

It sounds like a panic attack.
I'm not stalking you, I promise , but did you try to arrange for a therapy yet?

hi ,winny , nope had no time as kids off ...

thanks Kizzie, had FBC feb all fine , anemia ok on low side but he said not anemic .

i do get this from time to time particully around my period .(just finnished )

im just so worried all the time , health issues at moment ,just me worrying ,
cant seem to shake it off at moment , one thing after another ....

tearful alot of time time to ...

thanks for listening .

I completely sympathise with you. I still get the very occasional panic attack, but thanks to counselling I can manage them and no how to distract away from them.
If you see your GP, they can refer you. Also I used to have Propranolol which slows the heartbeat down during an attack. Have you been to your GP? Do you feel depressed?
x

yes have been to GP and tried short burst of counselling , a year or so ago , didnt really help to much to be honest ,
i then tried reflexology and hypnosis , found myself in tears alot of the time , opening issues of anxiety i didnt know i had
became very expensive so i had to stop ...

i have tried divine healing recently which im not to sure about got another session booked next month .

Doctor has given me AD to take but im soo worried about taking them and poss side effects ..

i am my own worst enemy ...i know ..

then a panic attack like that brings me down evon further ..now scared to go to tescos ,.

how are you now ?

OK well my depression started about 15 years ago when an ex partner made promises that never materialised. I was put on AD then, prozac I think, and within 12 months I was back to normal. When I had my DD 5 years ago, I suffered with severe post natal depression. I have been on AD ever since, which to be honest, Im happy to do. I am on amitriptaline. I tried several before finding the right one for me, but was worth it if im honest. If you have high blood pressure or diabetes, you take something to make you better, so AD is the same. Please dont suffer any longer than you have to. You GP will closely monitor you while the AD are getting into your system. I found out that my trigger for Panic Attacks was tiredness, so now I make sure I get the required amount of sleep. I am make sure I dont put myself in stressful situations.
I had a friend email me the other day actually to get advice as she was having a panic attack. She came round and I managed to help her out.
x

thanks for sharing your story , glad to here there working for you , i know i should really give them ago .......im just a chicken , and trying to see if i can shake this off myself (yea right ) ...
been like this for 4 years now so doubt i will ...

thanks for listening ..

How old are you? Feelings like these can be hormonal and caused by the shift in perimenopause,worth getting your hormone levels and thyroid checked just in case.

hi im 37 , i did have hormones checked last year all was ok , had thyroid and diabeties FBC the lot checked in feb this year all came back normal ,
its just me i think ....

i never used to be like this years ago ...was a happy confident person , singing away in my car .....in my job chatting to people , having banta with collegues etc ...

then i had my 2 DC went back P/T but with second gave up for good , stayed home , till 2 years ago then gone back 2 days a week .

now , i dont go out at all , have few friends (2 very close ones which are fab to me )
hate the way i look and am as a person , im constantly winging and pesamistic , and WORRIED about my health all the time .......

how did i get this down ....

Morning Choclab. I am so sorry to hear you are feeling this way. When reading this tread, I had deja vu because it was like reading my own story! My own story is on the anxiety club thread if you want to look it up but basically I suffer from health anxiety/panic attacks as well.

Let me reassure you can get better because I have I am on AD and going to counselling as well and I feel so much better. Do not be afraid to take the AD. Go back to your GP and discuss your fears with him/her. I was afraid at first to take the ADs but after about 2/3 weeks I felt less anxious etc. The AD don't make your problems go away but they let you tackle them in a more balanced way. So in combination with ADs and counselling I feel a lot better, more like my old self

By the way, what is it about Tesco that makes us all have a panic attack?!!

Morning Kildare and thanks a real comfort to know someone els has HA ...

i have been feeling very alone , guilty for feeling like this to as basically its my head that needs sorting ...many , many peopls far worse off that me and here i am still down ...

i could cry i feel so down ...i adore my family and children and love being a mum , wish i could get back the other part of me again ..

im going to join a gym as DH thought this would give me focus as i dont like the way i look and feel in myself , this would help my self asteam.

i also worry about that i am almost 38 and want to be a bit fitter before i get to old .

what ADs are you on Doctor had given me Citalopram 10mg to start with .
do you /did you worry about health all of the time ? like i do , if i read something , see something on TV im off self checking again ...and then going to GP for reasurance ..

thanks again for listening

I am on 10mg of lexapro(thats the brand name in Ireland) I have had no side effects thank god. I would worry about my health, my kids heath all the time. If I watched the news/tv and saw someone who was suffering with Cancer, I would think I had it. If I heard/read about an illness I would check for symptoms. I would nearly bring the symtoms on just by thinking about it.

Do not feel guilty about how you feel, you are not feeling well and you do not have to apologise for that. Would you feel guilty if you broke your leg!

Joining the gym is a good idea, do something for yourself! Do not feel one bit ashamed about taking AD's but go and talk to your GP about your concerns. Talk later. x

thanks , Kildare , that sounds just how i am ... really it does ..

iv now gone into a big worry and anxiety as i have many moles , found one I havent had looked at before as forgot was there as in hidden place ...
saw thread on dodgy moles , saw particular reply , sent me self checking to discover this mole may be dodgy ...

now in tears with worry .... HA gone sky high ....had moles checked 6 months ago as im always worried , all were fine , but didnt get this one checked as forgot was thee as not visible , had good look now , one colour light tan , tagy bit on it and long hair (sounds gross i know sorry) not black itchy sore etc ...

has always been there but not sure if grown or changed as never really look at it .

now worried is C , managed to get appt friday 9am ay my dermatologist and he has time to cut out if i needed .

thats how quick i can go from being ok ish to now off the wall and a mess .

sorry for big rant .

cant stop crying now ... anyone there .

Afternoon choclab,

Thought I have a wee pop on and see how you were doing. Noticed Kildare was on (a good friend of mine from anxiety club ;) )

Seriously though, I know exacty what you are going through! Have been struggling with anxiety for the past 4 years too - since the birth of my first DS! I was exactly like you - worked full time, out all the time, out going chatty fun loving! Now I feel like I have turned into a complete bore and scared to do anything that I think might bring on the panic

It sounds like this is all really getting you down and anxiety/depression often come hand in hand! I was offered AD's when I first saw my GP about anxiety, but I was terrified of going on them incase I got addicted, blah, blah! I have had counselling, hypnosis too!

I am happy to report that I am feeling better with every passing month and you will too! Its a tough battle, but you will get there! AD's might be the best option for you, but like kildare said - go back to your GP and discuss your fears with him/her!

Please come and join us girls on the anxiety club thread! We all get each other through the though days and its lovely to know you are not alone in waht you are going through!

(((((((((Cyber Hugs)))))))))

x x x

Thanks alot yommymummy .. very kind ,i will do that , i am in a bad place right now , feeling so very low ....with health anxiety .

this latest trigger has sent me further down ,

Oh gosh choclab sorry to hear you are feeling so bad. I am very much the same as you with this. Since having DD2 im sure i have agraphobia (sp) i never leave my house without major anxiety and panic. I force myself to carry on as normal going out as much as i need to with my 2 little DD's but i suffer all the time with this. GP mentioned AD's but i said no as i don't feel depressed..had this for so long now (since childhood, now 24!) that i think im used to it!! Now starting to wonder if AD's will help me??

Its so awful i know what you are going through with health anxiety. Hope you come through this bad place really soon.

I worry about my health in general more since having children,and although I am not suffering like you,I think that the role of motherhood triggers these feelings,probably in evolutionary terms it has been a way to ensure that mothers are more cautious and careful with their own welfare,and therefore that of their children.I know how terrible it would be for my children to lose me and that makes me much more worried about dying than I ever was before.I had assumed it was because I am oldish to have little children (40s),but now I think it is just a Mummy thing as so many other mothers seem to have these feelings at least some of the time.I am sorry you are feeling so horrible,and I hope things get better for you.