Tomorrow

I had a major panic attack last night. I started feeling a bit off and I just started to cry. Next thing I knew I couldn't breathe and it lasted about 25 minutes. I finally managed 3 hours sleep before the alarm went off which is the most I've had since early Tuesday. The Nytol didn't work again, 3 nights in a row now.

Anyway, I had another episode this morning but reached out to my mum rather than go it alone. I rang my doctors surgery and explained everything and was told a doctor would ring me this morning. By 230pm I'd heard nothing so I rang them again. Apparently the doctor tried to call my landline and it was dead. It's working fine so he either misdialled or had the wrong number. After explaining I'd been trying to get an appt since Tuesday and that I was suffering with nausea, diarrhoea, no sleep etc, she booked me in as an emergency for tomorrow afternoon. I feel a bit better knowing I will see someone. I've been on Sertraline for just over 2 weeks so I think I'm experiencing side effects. I will let you know how I get on. Thank you to those who have replied to my posts, you have all really helped me and made me realise I'm not alone.

A x

Hi A,

good job for being on the safe side !!

You won't lose anything when you get checked out anyway.
I hope everything goes well for you. Have a good day/night (-:

Joanne

A,

note to yourself: You're Fine!!!

stop worrying so much.. ok, let's think about it this way; if it was something serious, don't you think it's most likely impossible for you to have ALL those diseases in you ?

Not to be rude but when were you diagnosed having anxiety ?

And keep that fingers crossed crossing! Might rub it all over you once you break that promise ;-)

Joanne

Nice to see ya again A,

i'm so sorry for what happened to your stepfather. it's always a bad day when someone who you love developed a medical condition.. especially if it's on your birthday.

the nauseous, insomnia and shallow breathing sounds like a side effect from anxiety to me. I've had all those symptoms and pushed them all back. What worried me most was the shallow breathing.

When I first felt it many many many months ago, I thought my asthma was back and I'm gonna have an asthma attack. Since there was no nearby hospital from my place, I started to panic and hyperventilate. It happened ALL the time and it got me worried sick so i got to a doctor's appointment ASAP and did all the tests. Everything came back normal but the doctor declared that I have anxiety so he gave me a muscle relaxant for my lungs so I can receive more air inside.

This kept on going but finally i noticed a change.. I noticed that if i dont concentrate on my breathing, i feel like i receive enough air. But once i concentrate on it, i feel like i can't get enough air and once passed out and was rushed to the ER.

Truth is, what you need is a nice LONGGGGGG hot bath (:
It's just your brain telling you some crap that makes you believe it but if you don't believe in that crap then you'll be fine.

I haven't been sleeping either and this week's the worst. I haven't slept for soo long and got barely any sleep for the whole week. Migraines everywhere but I didn't stress about it and soon, i'm not even panicking.

Trust in yourself that you're fine. You can email me whatever's bothering you and i'll be there to help you get through it (:
It's ok to share everything. bottling it all up is not gonna make a change.

Live, laugh, love.

Joanne