Big Chicken
04-28-2009, 03:54 PM
First of all, never in my life did I ever think I would have to visit a psychiatrist and that I would be going through this. Reading some other peoples issues here I would have thought that you guys were crazy. I would have told you to take a deep breath and move on, don't be a wimp. I recently realized for myself that it's not that easy.
Week one: I started feeling a little nausea in the morning while getting ready for work. I get to work and I had nausea for a couple of hours and it would go away, no problems for the rest of the day. Tried to ignore it and just thought maybe I'm just not a morning person.
Week two: Same thing but more intense nausea and it would last longer,sometimes the whole day. So bad sometimes that I would avoid talking to people because I felt I would throw up. Same week, on one of my work days, the nausea was so bad I threw up as soon as I got to work. I went home sick but felt fine when I got home. I went to work the rest of the week and tuffed it out but I was miserable. The nausea was horrible and it was affecting my work. I made the connection that I was only feeling this way at work. I didn't understand why because I've been doing this job for 10 years now and nothing is different. I've never felt like this. I was frustrated and angry at why I was feeling like this.
Week three: Went home sick one day and felt fine when I got home. I was so nauseous I threw up a couple of times at work. Woke up the next day with an upset stomach again. Called in sick but shortly after hanging up, I felt fine. Went back to work the next day with nausea again. As soon as I drove into the parking lot of work, my hands started shaking, started sweating, my chest felt like it was getting crushed, nausea was very bad. I could not get out of my car for about a minute until I calmed down. Ended up working that day but I was useless and miserable that day. Now I get sick at home just thinking about work.
This scared me so much that I went to see a psychiatrist. I knew I was physically healthy but work was causing these bad feelings. I knew absolutely nothing about anxiety before this and I can't believe how quickly I deteriorated. Doctor said it was anxiety and prescribed some meds. I am dreading my next day back to work but it is a relief to know there is hope in controlling this. This is so frustrating and now I feel so bad for all of you going through this stuff. I want to be normal like I was 3-4 weeks ago. I fear that I will continue to get worse.
I have a very stressful job and have experienced many work related traumatic events. I guess it finally got to me. This is the only thing I can think of that caused my anxiety attack.
Week one: I started feeling a little nausea in the morning while getting ready for work. I get to work and I had nausea for a couple of hours and it would go away, no problems for the rest of the day. Tried to ignore it and just thought maybe I'm just not a morning person.
Week two: Same thing but more intense nausea and it would last longer,sometimes the whole day. So bad sometimes that I would avoid talking to people because I felt I would throw up. Same week, on one of my work days, the nausea was so bad I threw up as soon as I got to work. I went home sick but felt fine when I got home. I went to work the rest of the week and tuffed it out but I was miserable. The nausea was horrible and it was affecting my work. I made the connection that I was only feeling this way at work. I didn't understand why because I've been doing this job for 10 years now and nothing is different. I've never felt like this. I was frustrated and angry at why I was feeling like this.
Week three: Went home sick one day and felt fine when I got home. I was so nauseous I threw up a couple of times at work. Woke up the next day with an upset stomach again. Called in sick but shortly after hanging up, I felt fine. Went back to work the next day with nausea again. As soon as I drove into the parking lot of work, my hands started shaking, started sweating, my chest felt like it was getting crushed, nausea was very bad. I could not get out of my car for about a minute until I calmed down. Ended up working that day but I was useless and miserable that day. Now I get sick at home just thinking about work.
This scared me so much that I went to see a psychiatrist. I knew I was physically healthy but work was causing these bad feelings. I knew absolutely nothing about anxiety before this and I can't believe how quickly I deteriorated. Doctor said it was anxiety and prescribed some meds. I am dreading my next day back to work but it is a relief to know there is hope in controlling this. This is so frustrating and now I feel so bad for all of you going through this stuff. I want to be normal like I was 3-4 weeks ago. I fear that I will continue to get worse.
I have a very stressful job and have experienced many work related traumatic events. I guess it finally got to me. This is the only thing I can think of that caused my anxiety attack.