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Generalised anxiety disorder plus paranoid delusions/hallucinations - anyone suffer from similar?

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TheArmadillo · 31/05/2010 05:26

Have been diagnosed with generalised anxiety plus paranoid delusions/hallucinations and wondering if anyone else is in a similar position.

Not really any support groups round here for similar (only social anxiety groups)and it would be nice just to chat about it.

Am on drugs that help control it but still have bad episodes and still have to try and control the paranoia and panic. It can get very scary sometimes - had very bad episode last night that drove dh to tears

I'm also 31 weeks pregnant just to make things more complicated (dc2). I'm under GP care after being assessed by 2 psychiatric teams. Not working as now using up holiday until I go on maternity but was on sick leave before that. Work been very good.

Luckily dh is unemployed (never thought I;d hear myself say that was lucky) and so around 24/7 to look after me and ds. Have supportive ILs and friends (no contact with own family).

On the upside the fluoextine (sp?) that I take for the anxiety protects me against depression as well so at least I'm not depressed on top of everything else.

Anyone in the same boat?

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OnEdge · 31/05/2010 06:57

Similar I am 25 weeks pregnant and`I suffer from anxiety. I get a kind of day to day one, where I get anxious about most things and then i have health anxiety whch makes me panic when the kids are ill, and makes me obsess about malignant melanomas and meningitis.

I really hate it, it is exhausting. I am convinced that the hormones in pregnancy make it worse. I just started Sertraline tablets which seem to be helping with the day to day anxiety, but not the acute health anxiety.

I am wanting to start a group on here for support.

TheArmadillo · 31/05/2010 09:50

I agree that the pregnancy hormones really don't seem to help.

My tablets also help to a certain degree but aren't a cure as it were.

Support group on here sounds good.

The anxiety about just about everything sounds familiar. LAst night I was set off by dh accidentally breaking a glass. It wasn't helped by me being on edge for the last week (worse than usual) but ffs breaking a glass?

It feels like I can't cope with anything atm.

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