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Posted 8/15/2023 5:13 PM (GMT 0)
Does anyone have this? It's basically a fear of leaving your safe zone (house ex.) It's so complicated. I watch Shameless series on Netflix, and Sheila had agoraphobia and never left her house due to anxiety and panic attacks and well here I am now lol. I will literally panic over thinking about me going to panic once I go somewhere if that makes sense. I've been like this ever since they had me on clindamycin bk in May of 2021 or 2022 when I had that very bad herx and I've never been the same since. That day , I didn't know how to use my GPS or dial numbers on my phone, didn't know to hut the gas or break pedal to drive home, the highway and exit looked brand new as if it was my 1st time seeing it and everything went into super slow motion. Me remembering that time that happened to me, I haven't been able to drive since or go out alone since. I feel if I do drivealone, that'll happen again. I'm too associated to drive alone but if I drive In the car with someone I'm OK sometimes. Ptsd or trauma from what happened on the clinda? I've never been so comfortable staying home. It's been going on too long to where my bf would have to drive me to work and wait in the car for me out of fear I was going to feel like that all over again. This is my main symptom while on abx actually right now. As I dont have many more symptoms left..This is really scary and I want some insight on anyone who may have experienced this. I was thinking about maybe exposure therapy where you would go out alone and a therapist will guide you but want to know if it's possibly from the clinda this long?? My llmd did say he warns ppl to never take clinda because of the terrible side effects and doesn't use it in his practice ever so this had me thinking.
Posted 8/15/2023 5:16 PM (GMT 0)
i have the exact same problem atm. my symptoms get so worse from time to time that i even live in fear when my gf is not arround. i basically stay at her house all day and never leave.

its frustrating but thats the way it is. i think even after symptoms subside i will have major PTSD from this devastating garbage disease..

i cant be helpful, but atleast you know ur not alone. maybe that can be helpful.
Posted 8/15/2023 6:04 PM (GMT 0)
I’m so sorry to hear that you’re going through this… I have a daughter who has anxiety & panic attacks. I see firsthand how debilitating it can be…

I can’t say I’m afraid to go out…But I’m feeling like I don’t want to leave my house…I should run to the grocery store to get a few things & I’m just not wanting to go.

I should have went at least by yesterday but keep putting it off…I just did my weight lifting earlier & now I’m just not feeling like doing anything…It really isn’t like me…And it never really bothered me to run to the store before.

I’m currently on herbal tinctures…& probably having a herx reaction I’m guessing.

Post Edited (MyJourney101) : 8/15/2023 10:24:48 AM (GMT-8)

Posted 8/15/2023 8:42 PM (GMT 0)
I believe I have had this, but I associate it with illness symptoms. When I am not feeling well, e.g. very symptomatic, for days/weeks/months on in I will withdrawal instinctively. I compare it to a dying animal isolating itself. I feel there is something evolutionary about this behavior. On the flip side, when I am feeling better with lesser symptoms, more energy, and more functionality I feel more motivated to get out and do things.

These beliefs are from years of observation of my own behavior and how it correlates with illness severity.

In your case, with this being your main symptom and other symptoms having lessened/disappeared exposure therapy sounds like a good idea.
Posted 8/16/2023 12:29 PM (GMT 0)
i guess we have all had this to some degree or another

article here says its an acquired pattern of thinking and behaviour that gets established - and that some people are more susceptible than others
but that desensitisation approaches are usually v successful

so that would seem the best direction to go in

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/conditions/agoraphobia#
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