Scared it will return

Melissa74 · ‎10-07-2016

I have had anxiety ever since I can remember. As a child my Mum always thought that I just had upset stomachs but now I know what it was.

Fast forward to 2013 when I had weightloss surgery. Two days post op I was filled with panic, fear, body tremors, chills the lot. This went on for 2 weeks. In this time I saw my GP and had my A.D. upped twice. It was a roller coaster of feeling ok then BANG the panic and anxiety hitting. It started to get better around 3 months post op. I was seeing a clinical psychologist, GP and acupuncture. Using mindfulness and breathing I slowly got better. But I have always been scared about it coming back.

I still take my A.D. but have cut down again to what I was on pre surgery.

All was good until 6 weeks ago. My husband got a work transfer and we moved from Brisbane to Rockhampton. I was a little teary when we first arrived. My daughter went to school and I worked in the canteen. I applied for a job and got it. All within 4 weeks I had moved and started a new job. Two days into my new job my anxiety hit me.

I honestly didn't see it coming but then again I never do. So in the beginning I had tears, body tremors, chills etc slowly I have felt a little bit better.

It seems everytime I either have body trauma or there is change I fall apart.

Now I am worried it will come back again and I will never get better. I am going to find a new GP and get a mental health plan. Time to get a grip on this.

How do I stop worrying that it will reappear.

geoff · ‎11-07-2016

hi Melissa, once anyone has depression or anxiety there's a chance it will come back to haunt you, and by saying that we hope that it doesn't, but we have to learn on how to overcome it before and after an attack, that is by having strategies in plan which you have been taught by your psych or what you have worked out by yourself, this will take trial and error on which works the best.
These strategies may differ each time depending on why it's happened, so one way may not suit another way because the reason it has returned could be entirely different than the one before.
If you feel as though your medication has stopped working then you have to go back to your doctor because that could be the reason why it's happened. Geoff. x

Melissa74 · ‎11-07-2016

Thanks for your reply Geoff. I have to find a new GP this week going to be interesting since I just moved here.

I appreciate you taking the time to respond. 😊