What I have learnt and advice for anyone scared or suffering.

[Anxieteelondin]

Hello All,

4 months ago I had my first panic attack and called an ambulance to take me into A&E and have had anxiety ever since. I remember way back when it all first started I was getting daily panic attack I didn't leave my bed and I was feeling all sorts of physical symptoms.

I immediately went to see a Psychiatrist and was put on anti depressants and started CBT about two weeks later (All done privately) and I like to think although the problem hasn't gone its much more manageable. My biggest stumbling block is probably still the physical symptoms of anxiety and getting used to them/ coming tot terms with this is just normal now and not always thinking this is the end for me or that theres anything more sinister behind these sensations.

But I do have some constructive advice for anyone in a crisis or people who like me are just starting their road to recovery.

If CBT isn't working for you then i thoroughly recommend ACT buy the book The Happiness Trap and you'll thank me ESPECIALLY if you're on a waiting list to see therapists or you can't afford to go private, this isn't a plug but I cannot begin to explain how much it's helped me come to terms with the thoughts/ feelings that I have. Rather than challenging everything and replacing things ( which in my opinion is a lot of emotional work) I nowadays just Accept what is going on, i don't have to like, appreciate, enjoy, find comfort in any of it. But I can just let it sit there without massively harming me or allowing me to spiral out of control.

[Cwoods]

I do agree the symptoms are the most scariest and i could never get used to them.