sandy71k
11-09-2013, 06:25 PM
Hello all. Was so happy to stumble across this website. I've been recently diagnosed with GAD and I also believe agoraphobia. No one in my house seems to get this is a real illness with the exception of my darling 15 year old son. My husband will ask me how my "crazy" is doing today. Really? So not helpful. I wish there was a way for him to experience just one episode of a panic attack so he would take this seriously.
I do well when I keep moving. Sitting still is not an option for me at this time. As soon as I sit, my mind goes right to the thoughts of "is my heart racing"…Yesterday we took our daughter for her first college visit. Did great walking around the campus, the short interview with the admissions office then it was about an hour with the tennis coach. I was fine at first and as I sat there I could feel it coming on. I was so freaked out that I was going to go into full on panic mode in front of this man that i never met before. I don't know how I managed to not freak out or rip open my bottle of Xanax in front of him but the second it was over I was out the door for fresh air. Again, the husband looks at me like I'm crazy.
I do well when I keep moving. Sitting still is not an option for me at this time. As soon as I sit, my mind goes right to the thoughts of "is my heart racing"…Yesterday we took our daughter for her first college visit. Did great walking around the campus, the short interview with the admissions office then it was about an hour with the tennis coach. I was fine at first and as I sat there I could feel it coming on. I was so freaked out that I was going to go into full on panic mode in front of this man that i never met before. I don't know how I managed to not freak out or rip open my bottle of Xanax in front of him but the second it was over I was out the door for fresh air. Again, the husband looks at me like I'm crazy.