jabailey1982
10-24-2016, 11:03 AM
Hello,
I am new here. I joined because I am looking for some insight form fellow anxiety sufferers.
About a year ago I had my first panic attack which put me into a constant state of unbearable anxiety. I could hardly function and was unable to go to work for a few weeks. The physicals symptoms were too much for me to deal with on my own. I felt like my chest was being crushed and my heart rate would not slow down. I became obsessed with taking my pulse. So after about a month of this I started taking 10mg Lexapro. I took it for 4 months and then weened myself off April 2016. I felt great, it actually eliminated my fear of flying and really eased my health anxiety. I believe the health anxiety was the cause of last Fall's terrible anxiety.
I felt great all summer and into fall. I have an odd work schedule and it is all project based and remote in the arctic Circle. Sometime I go months without work and sometime I work for months at a time. This summer I did not work. Well, as September work came closer I started feeling the anxiety again. When I arrived at work I begin feeling the heart palpitations again (made me start taking my pulse again), couldn't fall asleep, etc. The, of course, I start to worry about the anxiety. I worked for 2 weeks and then went home for three. I felt good the first week home but the last two weeks of my time off the physical symptoms reappeared. I am back at work now, going on 4 weeks of feeling the anxiety. This time it is manageable and it seems to come in waves. Yesterday I felt great but this morning as I was working on a job application It just washed over me again. I know it is an inappropriate response to stress and when I feel it I know it is anxiety and there is not something physically wrong with me. I don't freak out. I take magnesium taurate which seems to help, also vitamin D and a B complex.
I know that work contributes to my anxiety (I am currently looking for other employment) although I do enjoy my job. I am able to identify the anxiety when I feel it coming on. And I also know there is no reason to panic so I don't. It is just this thing that is part of me that I an manage without medication. I know what it is, I know not to panic and I know it's an inappropriate physical response. Knowing all of this, will is ever just subside? Will my body ever get the hint that I know there is nothing to be afraid of?
Any insight will be greatly appreciated,
Jeaneen
I am new here. I joined because I am looking for some insight form fellow anxiety sufferers.
About a year ago I had my first panic attack which put me into a constant state of unbearable anxiety. I could hardly function and was unable to go to work for a few weeks. The physicals symptoms were too much for me to deal with on my own. I felt like my chest was being crushed and my heart rate would not slow down. I became obsessed with taking my pulse. So after about a month of this I started taking 10mg Lexapro. I took it for 4 months and then weened myself off April 2016. I felt great, it actually eliminated my fear of flying and really eased my health anxiety. I believe the health anxiety was the cause of last Fall's terrible anxiety.
I felt great all summer and into fall. I have an odd work schedule and it is all project based and remote in the arctic Circle. Sometime I go months without work and sometime I work for months at a time. This summer I did not work. Well, as September work came closer I started feeling the anxiety again. When I arrived at work I begin feeling the heart palpitations again (made me start taking my pulse again), couldn't fall asleep, etc. The, of course, I start to worry about the anxiety. I worked for 2 weeks and then went home for three. I felt good the first week home but the last two weeks of my time off the physical symptoms reappeared. I am back at work now, going on 4 weeks of feeling the anxiety. This time it is manageable and it seems to come in waves. Yesterday I felt great but this morning as I was working on a job application It just washed over me again. I know it is an inappropriate response to stress and when I feel it I know it is anxiety and there is not something physically wrong with me. I don't freak out. I take magnesium taurate which seems to help, also vitamin D and a B complex.
I know that work contributes to my anxiety (I am currently looking for other employment) although I do enjoy my job. I am able to identify the anxiety when I feel it coming on. And I also know there is no reason to panic so I don't. It is just this thing that is part of me that I an manage without medication. I know what it is, I know not to panic and I know it's an inappropriate physical response. Knowing all of this, will is ever just subside? Will my body ever get the hint that I know there is nothing to be afraid of?
Any insight will be greatly appreciated,
Jeaneen