I've been stalking and reading many of your posts so that I feel already I 'know' some of you. Anyway I thought it was time to step out of the shadows and say hi ... Hi !
Anxiety at this level is really new to me ... Just on about 2 weeks ( Looking back though I can see I have always had a few things that I thought were quirks that were very mild anxiety ). So the last 2 weeks ... Wow what an intro ... The physical symptoms ...OMG !!! So this all started with some stressful health issues that had me chasing my tail trying to get answers and then treatment. It's like this year has been stress on top of stress and then finally my stess volcano exploded. I saw my GP immediately and organised a mental health plan .. I'm booked into see a psychologist through that in a couple of weeks. I also joined an online program. Then as wait was so long my hubby organised I see a psychologist through his work but it can only be a very short term thing. I've been twice and go again next week. That could be my last. I also went to see a naturopath and have done so much research online to try and educate myself and attempt to understand this different new part of me.
The first week was horrible. Hard to sleep which of course made the days even worst which made the next night worst and so the viscous circle continued. I finally got some sleep after I faced a fear ( had talked nyself out of driving in case I had full blown attack ). from there I did feel a bit better each day ... I had my first moment of no anxiety ( about an hour )and this gave me hope. A few more days passed and then I 24 hours of heart palpitations and limited sleep. Throw some stresses on that and bang ... Anxiety attack !! I was hiding from my kids on the phone to hubby asking him to come home. My GP had given me benzos ( didn't even know what they were a month ago ) that I had no intention of using but I found my brave me and took half the dose. It helped. Since then it's been a bit the same ... Some moments of no symptoms, more moments with them.
