Severe anxiety attacks.

[Mal50]

Hi everyone, this is my first post. For most of my life ( since childhood) I've had depression and anxiety disorders. Now in the 'severe' range. In the past few years the anxiety/panic attacks have gotten much worse. No type of medications have helped to relieve the symptoms. I despise myself because of how my disorder had affected my children in the past. I've tried to talk to my GP about it, but get nothing more than a blank stare. Can anybody suggest anything? Thanks for reading.

[Neil_1]

Hi Mal

Welcome to Beyond Blue and thank you for finding us, coming here and posting – and I’m replying to your post that you sent in the Depression side of things, but I can no longer find that, so I’m adding my response to this thread in Anxiety. Hope you don’t mind the ‘mix ‘n match’ thing.

Oh boy, mate, that’s a long time to be suffering – a long time.

I’m really glad that you’ve found us here, and this is such a great place where you can come to and write (and write and write) and unload as much or as little as you wish.

It’s great that you’ve finally been able to identify how things were and that these feelings that you’ve experienced are real and are very much ‘out there’ where so many others struggle and try to deal with on a daily basis.

With the recent talking about it (I’m assuming you’ve been diagnosed by a GP?), have they been able to help you with any coping mechanisms, perhaps medication and/or any counselling?

After being told over and over again that someone is crap and useless etc, by domineering and I really call, bullying and spiteful people, it’s no wonder a person can withdraw and think those things – when it is NOT true.

I hope that you’re able to stick around here for a while and I’d love to hear back from you.

Neil

[Mal50]

Thanks Neil 1 for your reply, my GP of the past 23 years hasn't been very helpful. He prescribed a mild relaxant that help me to sleep a little better, but it does nothing for my anxiety/panic disorder. I lived with these disorders for so long that I excepted them as part and parcel of my life. I've known nothing else.