I suppose looking back that my obsessive worrying has always been an issue but my life took a turn for the worse some ten months ago following a traumatic event. This led to rapid weight loss, insomnia, fear and panic. My GP was useless and I continued on a downward spiral for weeks. I have been on three anti depressants, other so called anti anxiety drugs and anti histamine to help me sleep. Although I am somewhat calmer now I cannot stop thinking about my condition. From the minute I wake up to going to bed at night I constantly think of how I feel and cannot concentrate on anything else. Song lyrics can run through my mind all day creating more fear. I am scared of virtually everything. I try to get on with my life but everyday seems the same. I just feel ill all day and have this awful feeling in my chest (it is not tightness) which makes me feel like I dont want to live. How can a feeling make you feel this way. I have such innocuous thoughts that make me feel terrible.
Sorry to go on but I'm getting really scared that I will never recover. Has anyone else suffered with a similar scenario and is this Anxiety?
Hi
You will recover & its anxiety causing you to feel this way , you are not alone we have all experienced or are still feeling just as you are
Go back to your GP & tell them exactly what you feel , ask if you couild have some coucelling , it may help
Read the blogs on here & you will see you are not alone with this
All your thoughts are due to anxiety , but in time they will become less , accept you have an illness & at the moment this is how you feel , the more we try to fight it the harder it is
Keep posting
Love
whywhy
xxx
Hi whywhy
Thanks for the kind comments and thoughts. I really do wish I could accept this but I dont seem able to. I know that as long as I keep looking for recovery it will elude me. I suppose my greatest fear is that I had very little in my life prior to this episode so how can I recover. Life is just a chore no peace or enjoyment. I continue to work albeit at a much reduced capacity. I have tried CBT without much sucess although I think my attitude was poor and had doubts as to whether it would work.
I will keep facing this and hope I will come through it.
Thanks again.
Doodie.