just diagosed with anxiety, feeling lost and scared

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Hi i am a mum of 3 in the Uk, who is known to most people as a confident, lots of fun person. Well if only they knew the truth ! I have always suffered from anxiety and ocd but have battled on regardless. But the last four weeks have hit me hard. I woke up one day with a feeling of dread, followed by nausea and pressure feeling in back of head.
Went to my doctor, who said it was severe anxiety and has been great and has kept a close eye on me, seeing me every couple of weeks. I have got it into my head i have a brain tumour and it doesnt matter how much she assures me i cant believe her ! I have been on 30 mg citolopram, which i think is caused Seloxat or something similar for a month. At the moment i feel worse wondering whether to stay on them or not. Head pressure seems to occur same time in the evening. Please can some one tell i am not going mad, i know deep down its anxiety, but cannot get these awful thoughts out of my head. I just want ME back, and not the quivering wreck i see in the mirror. I love my kiRAB but cant cope at the moment with them.

If anyone has any thoughts on how i can overcome this awful feeling it would be greatly appreciated, thanks for reading my thoughts, never done this before x
 
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Anxiety does makes us feel very scared and alone, doesn't it? I know for me, at one point, I felt almost scared to leave my house because my OCD and anxiety and panic was so bad. It takes about 4-6 weeks for your anti-depressant to become fully effective. For me, seeing a psychiatrist and getting on the right meRAB, plus seeing a therapist has made a world of difference. I can do things that I could never dream of doing before, and my husband and I are constantly noticing how much improvement I have made. I just want to let you know that there is hope and you are not alone. I would definitely stay on your meRAB and stay in close contact with your doctor and be completely honest with them about what you are feeling. Also, look into therapy because it really does help. I wish you all the best.
 
Thanks for replying, i will take your advise and hope the meRAB kick in shortly. I am very scared at the moment, but will take it one day at a time. x
 
I am so sorry. I know what you are going through and it is a very hard thing to deal with. I can tell you for me things did not get better until I accepted the fact that this was anxiety and panic attacks and not some underlying medical condition. That is sometimes a very hard thing to do. Myself I had about every medical test known to man. Your medications can take some time to start working as most are accumulative. I was able to find something that worked a little faster for me when I felt a panic attack coming on. Its called lorazepam. Sometimes what works for some dosent work for others so work with your doc to find whats most affective for you. Please find someone to talk with. it helped me alot to know I wasnt the only one, and talking with others that have the same affliction was very beneficial for me. You will be surprized how many folks have this problem. I dont know if you have panic attacks but if you do you can try what works for me. I tell myself when I feel it coming on to let it come I know it cant kill me and will end. I try to keep my mind and body busy. Sometimes ill get up and turn all the lights on or get as much sunlight as i can. That seems to help also. God bless you. Things will get better I promise. Get as much help from counselors and phsycoligist as you can. They deal with this quite often and will have suggestions of things for you to try that will help. YOU ARE NOT ALONE I PROMISE. warmly sent your friend AL
 
hi all those who suffer from anxiety.....just overpower the feeling and not the vice versa...in the meantime take herbal supplements...they worked on me and several others out there...including kava, calcium 600mg/day....vitB complex 1 pill....for starters these will give you wonderful results as they are helping me now....Jane... same symptoms like yours...pressure in the head as if having a stroke....rushed to ER twice in 1 month time and always discharged with low iron/rabroad due to heavy menstrual bleeding or high platelet count that can give you same kind of symptoms....but the bad thing about anxiety is it raises your blood pressure as it has done to me....so better keep a close watch on your bp....
dont neglect it....wish you all the best..!!!
 
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