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10-19-2009, 07:41 AM
Hi all
As much as a comfort it is to see there are so many others out there with the same problems its also sad to find that so many others suffer the same pain as i do.
Its very debilitatings at times and as much as we know its just all created in our heads and the more we think about it the worse it is, is still no comfort when you can't turn the thoughts off.
I am suffereing from anxiety / panic attacks and have so for about 9 years now, all started one day at a very low trying point in my life, while driving felt light headed and dizzy, as i was trying to pull over i fainted had a crash nothing serious and lucky i didnt hurt anyone else, but ever since then i have this dreaded fear of it happening again, it never has but it keeps driving my fear, my fear of fainting in many situations or when i feel panic coming on.
As so many others i suffer the dizziness, light headedness, tight muscles, head aches, fear of going crazy or dying, feelings of unreality and dissasociation, tiredness , general lack of never wanting to do anything, tingling numbness and im sure there are other symptoms i cant think of at the moment, in my head i have had every type of cancer and other terminal illnesses time and time over, i find it hard now to realise the difference between when i am actually sick or when its anxiety.
Sure i have times that i dont suffer that much from it, but also times when it is constant and you cant see an end to it, i have had counselling and take zoloft, but it still rears its ugly head, the worst thing i know is that a soon as i feel a symptom of it although it may not be related may just be a hot flush or a tingling leg i associate it with anxiety / panic and it esculates from there,
As everyone on here knows it really gets you down and you just want to break free and live a normal life, if you can remember what that was like before getting this illness.
Anyway just thought i would tell a bit about myself and im sure i will be posting in the forums, great to see such an informative site and im sure very helpfull to so many, sometimes just getting it off your chest helps so much, if you are anything like me i dont like telling my friends as they wont understand and dont want to be perceived as weak or crazy
As much as a comfort it is to see there are so many others out there with the same problems its also sad to find that so many others suffer the same pain as i do.
Its very debilitatings at times and as much as we know its just all created in our heads and the more we think about it the worse it is, is still no comfort when you can't turn the thoughts off.
I am suffereing from anxiety / panic attacks and have so for about 9 years now, all started one day at a very low trying point in my life, while driving felt light headed and dizzy, as i was trying to pull over i fainted had a crash nothing serious and lucky i didnt hurt anyone else, but ever since then i have this dreaded fear of it happening again, it never has but it keeps driving my fear, my fear of fainting in many situations or when i feel panic coming on.
As so many others i suffer the dizziness, light headedness, tight muscles, head aches, fear of going crazy or dying, feelings of unreality and dissasociation, tiredness , general lack of never wanting to do anything, tingling numbness and im sure there are other symptoms i cant think of at the moment, in my head i have had every type of cancer and other terminal illnesses time and time over, i find it hard now to realise the difference between when i am actually sick or when its anxiety.
Sure i have times that i dont suffer that much from it, but also times when it is constant and you cant see an end to it, i have had counselling and take zoloft, but it still rears its ugly head, the worst thing i know is that a soon as i feel a symptom of it although it may not be related may just be a hot flush or a tingling leg i associate it with anxiety / panic and it esculates from there,
As everyone on here knows it really gets you down and you just want to break free and live a normal life, if you can remember what that was like before getting this illness.
Anyway just thought i would tell a bit about myself and im sure i will be posting in the forums, great to see such an informative site and im sure very helpfull to so many, sometimes just getting it off your chest helps so much, if you are anything like me i dont like telling my friends as they wont understand and dont want to be perceived as weak or crazy