rbrunswick
12-26-2016, 07:37 PM
Hello everyone,
I'm posting on here as a newcomer to the forum but someone who has been looking for a while for like minded people who might understand what I'm going through.
Quick history: four years ago (I'm 27) I had a very serious illness which led to me suffering from PTSD. After nine difficult months I had EMDR (eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing) which made me feel so much better that I soon after went travelling in south america, and then trained as a teacher.
In the past six months or so things have started to go downhill. I was constructively dismissed from my school after they hadn't supported me enough, which I then had to fight for compensation from the union. I managed to find another school, but my self confidence has been slowly eroding away, until I had a nervous breakdown at the end of October.
The doctor diagnosed me as suffering from anxiety due very depleted serotonin levels, and I was prescribed sertraline 50mg tablets. I rode out the initial side effects but was still left feeling low and anxious, especially struggling with situations that were out of my control, such social situations and crowds.
I have started therapy, and through this realised that a lot of my anxiety stems from the trauma suffered several years ago and some issues from that which haven't been processed. Since this realisation my anxiety has worsened - I'm sleeping very poorly, have basically no interested in food and find most interactions quite difficult. I even had suicidal thoughts on Christmas Eve, which prompted me to seek more support.
I am looking forward to getting to know people on here, learning your stories and hopefully helping each other to cope with what life throws at us.
Rowan
I'm posting on here as a newcomer to the forum but someone who has been looking for a while for like minded people who might understand what I'm going through.
Quick history: four years ago (I'm 27) I had a very serious illness which led to me suffering from PTSD. After nine difficult months I had EMDR (eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing) which made me feel so much better that I soon after went travelling in south america, and then trained as a teacher.
In the past six months or so things have started to go downhill. I was constructively dismissed from my school after they hadn't supported me enough, which I then had to fight for compensation from the union. I managed to find another school, but my self confidence has been slowly eroding away, until I had a nervous breakdown at the end of October.
The doctor diagnosed me as suffering from anxiety due very depleted serotonin levels, and I was prescribed sertraline 50mg tablets. I rode out the initial side effects but was still left feeling low and anxious, especially struggling with situations that were out of my control, such social situations and crowds.
I have started therapy, and through this realised that a lot of my anxiety stems from the trauma suffered several years ago and some issues from that which haven't been processed. Since this realisation my anxiety has worsened - I'm sleeping very poorly, have basically no interested in food and find most interactions quite difficult. I even had suicidal thoughts on Christmas Eve, which prompted me to seek more support.
I am looking forward to getting to know people on here, learning your stories and hopefully helping each other to cope with what life throws at us.
Rowan