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Posted 12/9/2012 10:14 PM (GMT 0)
i have had the last couple of months off of work due to anxiety and the doctor trying to work out my medication i have to return to work tomorrow and am so scared that it will be like before cant stop crying and freeking out did go back for one day and had a freek out so now i am worried about this happening again i know i have to go but i am just so scared of feeling anxious all day i feel the medication cymbolta is working but no matter when i go back to work i am just going to have to face this tommorrow cry
Posted 12/9/2012 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
After adjusting to my medication I was terrified about returning to work. Then I discovered it was an amazing experience. The medication did not completely remove my anxiety, but work successfully distracted from that residual anxiety and I had one of the happiest day I have had in a long time. I know, trust me I do, that this will be very hard; but look at tomorrow as a chance to show off the new you. The skill you have developed over the couple month, the medication, all of it has made a stronger more effective person. And remember, if you do have an "episode", it won't last the whole day. Don't let it color you entire day. Ride it out and then look at all your successes.
Posted 12/9/2012 11:36 PM (GMT 0)
thank you Jolleg i am just so scared but i know that i will be ok and what you have said is just what i needed to hear just the build up till 9am is going to be the hardest part i so just want to ring up and say i can not come back yet but i know this will just put off the anxiety until the next time i know i just have to face this
Posted 12/10/2012 2:50 AM (GMT 0)
Hi p.m.

I wish you the best for tomorrow! You have received some great advice from Jolleg...and I agree...you are going to Rock it Out!!

Try to envision everything going really well, and you handling it all with confidence. This will go along way in lowering your anxiety, and ensuring success.:)

I hope that you can get a good night's sleep and be refreshed and ready for tomorrow. Let us know how it goes, okay?

Scaredy Cat
Posted 12/10/2012 3:25 AM (GMT 0)
thanks guys just cant see to calm my self down today just the build up to it i think i know i will be alright just have to face it
Posted 12/12/2012 1:21 AM (GMT 0)
i had a diaster of a day yesterday lasted 30mins than had to go home decided to take another month off went back to doc and got a referal to see a physictrist so called up and they cant see me till the 4th of feb just so over feeling like this feel like the cymbalta is working a little just not enough have to go back to gp next week having a real down day today as i feel the anxiety has won yet again
Posted 12/12/2012 1:53 AM (GMT 0)
I am really sorry to hear that yesterday did not go so well!:( It is understandable that you are feeling frustrated, and that this has brought you down emotionally.

However, if you can pull something postive from it, it is that you made the effort, which is a step in the right direction, towards your goal. Every step counts and should be celebrated. True, it did not go as well as you had hoped, but you made the attempt...and that was brave, and more than some can do.

You can try again soon, and be better equipped to make it the next time. Hang in there until you can get into your therapy appointment...and in the meantime, why not give some self-help techniques a try. If you need some, I can recommend...just let me know, okay?

You did well...and things will get better, have faith.:)

S.C.
Posted 12/12/2012 2:10 AM (GMT 0)
would love anything you could suggest
Posted 12/12/2012 3:52 AM (GMT 0)
Okay...what have you tried in the past if anything?

...and what do you feel are the things that you need to most address and work on? (example, panic attacks? OCD? health anxiety? GAD?)

If you let me know, I can more specifically find some resources to fit your need.:)

Thanks,
S.C.
Posted 12/12/2012 6:33 AM (GMT 0)
it is more gad as it just use to occur at work but now it seems to of taken over my whole life just want to stay at home i have tried doing the breathing which use to work but just could not do it to settle myself down before work i have also been exercising which i feel helps but then i have a set back and just seem to go back to the start all over again vomiting from anixety in the mornings etc the minute i wake up i feel anxious and take a valium which i do not think is working any more have also been seeing a psychologist but have felt that this really has not worked much this time i have been on cymbalta for going on 4 weeks now
try and be positive saying to myself you will be fine over and over again but me head just screams you need to go home
Posted 12/12/2012 7:10 PM (GMT 0)
well done you for going, the fear would have wanted you to cancel it immediately and not even contemplate it. i know you didnt do as well as you wanted but you went. suffering similar stuff so i know how hard it must have been and you want it all to stop but the fact that you are trying speaks volumes..well done x
Posted 12/12/2012 8:43 PM (GMT 0)
thanks smt i just wish it worked out now i am stressing about money aswell as we really need my wage and i am feeling like i will never get better :(
Posted 12/12/2012 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
http://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Behavioral-Workbook-Anxiety-Step/dp/1572245727

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/anxiety_self_help.htm

http://www.everydayhealth.com/anxiety/managing-anxiety-disorder-at-work.aspx

http://www.counselling.cam.ac.uk/selfhelp/leaflets/anxiety

Posted 12/12/2012 9:03 PM (GMT 0)
thanks Scaredy Cat will check it out
Posted 12/13/2012 12:39 AM (GMT 0)
At work right now having a major panic attack. Since my wife and I separated it seems like I've had one a constant attack for almost two months. Just popped a xanex. Really having a ruff patch right now, hope my wife and life return. Trying to eat food and live normally right now.
Posted 12/13/2012 1:07 AM (GMT 0)
I had the same issues at work. It's what made me go to a doctor (finally). I would feel fine getting ready in the morning and pump myself up during the commute. Right when I got to the elevator all that went away. I immediately felt anxious. I could feel my heart pounding. I would have a minimum of one panic attack a day. Out of nowhere. The meds did help (I'm on Celexa). I also moved my desk which I think mentally helped so I didn't get that feeling from looking in a certain direction. The panic attacks have gone away for me at work and I truly hope they do for you as well. I've been there and it's terrifying and embarrassing.
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