HI everyone,
so ive been suffering with anxiety and depression for about a year and a half, for the first year i took propranolol a beta blocker which helped but then i had a huge step back with depression earlier this year, i was then prescribed sertraline 50mg a day in february and have been awesome since it felt like i was so much stronger in my mind and body and i felt i was free from anxiety. Until this saturday just gone i was in town with my mum when i just suddenly started having a panic attack, after 5 minutes i felt fine but then it came back again and again. So now i just cant seem to shake this anxious state of mind my body feels totally on edge and out of whack and it just feels like im back to the beginning. Id been able to eat in public and go out no problem now i feel frightened again.
Hi, Vicky; I think everyone on this forum has been where you are now. My doctor told me that she is going to keep my anxiety attacks and depression under control, but she can't cure them...In other words, I coud slip back at any time, but the important thing is you know it won't last forever, and in your mind, look forward to it going away and feeling yourself again...That is what I do when my mood slips like an elevator going down, and getting stuck between floors...Think positive, and tell yourself, you won't let anxiety and depression define you. Go out, and if you feel yourself having a panic attack, excuse yourself, if you are with other people, and come back in a few minutes, fresh as a daisy..you may be jittery, but my bet is that no one will even notice...hope this helps....
Hi carole
Thanks for the reply it always makes me feel better just hearing from people going through the same thing ive got an appointment at the doctors today just to talk to them about it and see if i need to alter my med dosage or something. But i definatly feel more myself mood wise i feel more positive that it will go. Im not letting it take the power over me like it has before i e i isolate myself thank you for the support xx
The key is to keep yourself exposed to crowds. The bigger the crowd the better. The panic attack come again because we suppress them. Let us learn to invite them, instead of them inviting us. In this way we can have more control over them. I understand.....