tabbycap
08-19-2015, 11:54 AM
Hey yall! I am Tabby! I am 23 years old, married with two baby girls (1&3)! I started suffering from anxiety attacks after my oldest was born! However, at the time I didn't know what they were and literally thought I was dying from some crazy heart disease! In the past almost 4 years I've basically been struggling through attacks on my own because I was too scared to tell anyone or see a doctor! I've been to the ER twice with chest pains and finally was diagnosed with GAD.
The whole time I have had increased anxiety in a vehicle and especially when I'm driving! However, a few months ago it got very bad! I was driving my girls home from Arkansas on a very curvy road. I all of the sudden felt like I was going to pass out! It was so overwhelming and there was nowhere for me to pull over! I finally swerved off of the side of the road and jumped out of my car and was able to get ahold of my husband to tell him where I was and whAt was going on! It was terrifying! I just knew I was going to pass out in the middle of nowhere and my children be kidnapped or something else!! However, I never passed out and my mother in law was able to come meet me and drive us home! Since then.. Even driving a minute up the road causes me such overwhelming fear!
Sometimes I have panic attacks out of the vehicle but never as bad! I suffer with anxiety all day every day! I can usually talk myself down out of a severe attack but sometimes i just lose control and have one! This terrifies me bc im a work from home mom. So I'm always here alone with my girls and my biggest fear is passing out while they're here with me alone! I've never passed out from an attack but the feeling gets so overwhelming sometimes I just wish I would!!
I am on 20 MG of Citalopram which worked wonders for me for a few weeks and then I missed one dose 3 weeks ago and haven't been the same since! Anyway! Thanks for reading! This is me! And my background with anxiety in a nutshell!
The whole time I have had increased anxiety in a vehicle and especially when I'm driving! However, a few months ago it got very bad! I was driving my girls home from Arkansas on a very curvy road. I all of the sudden felt like I was going to pass out! It was so overwhelming and there was nowhere for me to pull over! I finally swerved off of the side of the road and jumped out of my car and was able to get ahold of my husband to tell him where I was and whAt was going on! It was terrifying! I just knew I was going to pass out in the middle of nowhere and my children be kidnapped or something else!! However, I never passed out and my mother in law was able to come meet me and drive us home! Since then.. Even driving a minute up the road causes me such overwhelming fear!
Sometimes I have panic attacks out of the vehicle but never as bad! I suffer with anxiety all day every day! I can usually talk myself down out of a severe attack but sometimes i just lose control and have one! This terrifies me bc im a work from home mom. So I'm always here alone with my girls and my biggest fear is passing out while they're here with me alone! I've never passed out from an attack but the feeling gets so overwhelming sometimes I just wish I would!!
I am on 20 MG of Citalopram which worked wonders for me for a few weeks and then I missed one dose 3 weeks ago and haven't been the same since! Anyway! Thanks for reading! This is me! And my background with anxiety in a nutshell!