elgrande
09-09-2008, 02:33 PM
Hi all
I'm a 29 yr old single male who works as a life assurance claims assessor. I suspect I'm suffering from some sort of anxiety condition and I would value any opinions.
I believe I can trace my symptoms back to a rave I went to when I was just 16. I took various recreational drugs that night and partied through to dawn. On the journey home I felt tired but mostly happy. Anyway I slept for most of the next day but the day after that I was back at school. In the afternoon I was sitting in class when I suddenly felt very anxious about being there and slightly trapped. I ended up leaving the room to try and sort myself out. This was the start of a period of intense anxiety which lasted for months. Basically the intensity faded to a mostly manageable level but I feel I've been left with a permanent lowish level general anxiety. On the surface it does not appear to have held me back much. I went to uni, made lots of friends, got my degree and have worked in a large corporate environment ever since. The thing is its always there in the background niggling away and lately I think its become a little bit worse. I'm now at the stage where the following list of things are problematic:
flying - unable to for about 2 years now. Feel trapped and agitated. Throat dry and palms very sweaty. Find the whole thing too intense.
meetings at work - this is tough as its something I have to do. Again I get the trapped feeling and feel agitated and a bit detached. I also say very little and cannot wait to get out of them
large sports events - feel dizzy and overwhelmed. cannot concentrate and gain no enjoyment from the experience
sleep - find it hard to wind down, mind sometimes races, get the feeling I'm losing it, I also wake up sometimes covered in sweat and feeling like I am on the verge of dying, kick my legs out in panic at the though and heart races
Alcohol - now drink every evening but only 2 - 3 glasses of red wine. find it takes the edge off. never during the day
relationships - find it difficult to let anyone close, tend to focus on the negative aspects, find it difficult to talk about my feelings
physical - tension headaches, tense down the back of neck, tiredness, very dry eyes, frequent urination, psoriasis
emotional - this is a tricky one as I don't experience these all the time, sometimes I can feel quite relaxed especially socialising, during the weekends and on holiday. at work I feel tense and keyed up a lot of the time, find it difficult to concentrate and mind races, focus on the negative too much.
Well that’s about it for now, thanks for listening and I would welcome your opinions.
I'm a 29 yr old single male who works as a life assurance claims assessor. I suspect I'm suffering from some sort of anxiety condition and I would value any opinions.
I believe I can trace my symptoms back to a rave I went to when I was just 16. I took various recreational drugs that night and partied through to dawn. On the journey home I felt tired but mostly happy. Anyway I slept for most of the next day but the day after that I was back at school. In the afternoon I was sitting in class when I suddenly felt very anxious about being there and slightly trapped. I ended up leaving the room to try and sort myself out. This was the start of a period of intense anxiety which lasted for months. Basically the intensity faded to a mostly manageable level but I feel I've been left with a permanent lowish level general anxiety. On the surface it does not appear to have held me back much. I went to uni, made lots of friends, got my degree and have worked in a large corporate environment ever since. The thing is its always there in the background niggling away and lately I think its become a little bit worse. I'm now at the stage where the following list of things are problematic:
flying - unable to for about 2 years now. Feel trapped and agitated. Throat dry and palms very sweaty. Find the whole thing too intense.
meetings at work - this is tough as its something I have to do. Again I get the trapped feeling and feel agitated and a bit detached. I also say very little and cannot wait to get out of them
large sports events - feel dizzy and overwhelmed. cannot concentrate and gain no enjoyment from the experience
sleep - find it hard to wind down, mind sometimes races, get the feeling I'm losing it, I also wake up sometimes covered in sweat and feeling like I am on the verge of dying, kick my legs out in panic at the though and heart races
Alcohol - now drink every evening but only 2 - 3 glasses of red wine. find it takes the edge off. never during the day
relationships - find it difficult to let anyone close, tend to focus on the negative aspects, find it difficult to talk about my feelings
physical - tension headaches, tense down the back of neck, tiredness, very dry eyes, frequent urination, psoriasis
emotional - this is a tricky one as I don't experience these all the time, sometimes I can feel quite relaxed especially socialising, during the weekends and on holiday. at work I feel tense and keyed up a lot of the time, find it difficult to concentrate and mind races, focus on the negative too much.
Well that’s about it for now, thanks for listening and I would welcome your opinions.