muddle
01-24-2012, 04:32 PM
Hi to all !
I'm 31 years old and have suffered with anxiety since I was a teenager. It got much worse when I hit my 20's and suffered some serious health problems...which were consequently delayed in being diagnosed due to dr's believing it was symptoms of anxiety. I received radiotherapy, which made me really ill and things seem to have spent 10 years going downhill from that point.
I've tried medication, a few different types of counselling, herbal remedies, hypnosis and meditation and have pretty much ran out of options which is how I've ended up here. I cant sleep, I'm losing weight, I hate going out due to a dread of meeting people, driving, public places, people judging me...the list is endless. I have a wonderful husband and a two year old daughter and my anxiety and fears are ruining both there lives now too. I've had to withdraw my daughter from nursery mainly as I cant cope with going this just makes me stress more about the kind of life I've giving my little girl as I'm definitely not much fun to be with at home at the moment. On top of this, my fear of going out etc is really causing my business to suffer so money is now tight and adding to the worry...causing everything to snowball. This could be easily fixed if I could get back to work properly. I know that logically the whole situation is ridiculous and I know that my fears/worries are ridiculous, I have been to more than enough counsellors to understand this, but it doesn't help them go away at all. Medication does ease them a little, but puts me into my own little world and a smaller dose which avoids this just doesn't work.
I'm getting totally depressed and really don't know what to do any more. Looking forward to hearing how others manage this and maintain a reasonable quality of life.
I'm 31 years old and have suffered with anxiety since I was a teenager. It got much worse when I hit my 20's and suffered some serious health problems...which were consequently delayed in being diagnosed due to dr's believing it was symptoms of anxiety. I received radiotherapy, which made me really ill and things seem to have spent 10 years going downhill from that point.
I've tried medication, a few different types of counselling, herbal remedies, hypnosis and meditation and have pretty much ran out of options which is how I've ended up here. I cant sleep, I'm losing weight, I hate going out due to a dread of meeting people, driving, public places, people judging me...the list is endless. I have a wonderful husband and a two year old daughter and my anxiety and fears are ruining both there lives now too. I've had to withdraw my daughter from nursery mainly as I cant cope with going this just makes me stress more about the kind of life I've giving my little girl as I'm definitely not much fun to be with at home at the moment. On top of this, my fear of going out etc is really causing my business to suffer so money is now tight and adding to the worry...causing everything to snowball. This could be easily fixed if I could get back to work properly. I know that logically the whole situation is ridiculous and I know that my fears/worries are ridiculous, I have been to more than enough counsellors to understand this, but it doesn't help them go away at all. Medication does ease them a little, but puts me into my own little world and a smaller dose which avoids this just doesn't work.
I'm getting totally depressed and really don't know what to do any more. Looking forward to hearing how others manage this and maintain a reasonable quality of life.