I've spent the last three weeks scrolling through these forums seeking
for comfort through other people's questions/answers - so I thought it
might be time to start my own... I am a 29 year old female and about 4
weeks ago I started to feel the follo...
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I've spent the last three weeks scrolling through these forums seeking
for comfort through other people's questions/answers - so I thought it
might be time to start my own... I am a 29 year old female and about 4
weeks ago I started to feel the following symptoms 24/7: dizziness,
short of breath, tightness to my upper shoulder, insomnia, and the
overall feeling like I was about to either pass out or that my heart was
going to give in. I have since been in and out of the docs getting all
the tests done imaginable, with everything coming back normal. In the
end, my doc has put it down to Generalised Anxiety Disorder, and as it
stands, I have both "long term" and "short term" medications prescribed
from my GP, staring at me as I type, however, I can't help but be
totally frightened about taking either of these options. Whilst I find
comfort in the success stories (people who have stuck it out with
long-term meds and have come out the other side), I can't help but also
be frightened of the horror stories out there (about side effects,
addictions, difficulty to withdraw). Aside from these two options with
meds, I'm also booked in to see a psychiatrists to hopefully start to
help manage whatever underlying issue may be causing this in my life. I
have also started meditation and deep breathing exercises every day. All
that's left to put in place is to decide whether or not I should go down
this medication path. I would love to hear some feedback from the Beyond
Blue community on their own experience with either contemplating,
starting, struggling, and successes with medications. I look forward to
all your thoughts.
Hospital
