Fear of death

Hi,

I had been dealing in the last one week with a severe fear of death. The whole thing started when I had an annoying dream and since then this idea is stuck in my mind all time, I have this constant fear of getting a stroke at any moment and end up dying. I started seeing anything happens to me as a sign of dying like if someone I hadn't talk o in a long while texts me it when a good thing happen to me.

I went to see the doctor today and he prescribed me Ecipharm (an Escitalopram). I started this medicine today and while I know it needs sometime before kicking in, I just wanted to know if anyone had experienced the same fear and if this medication had helped anyone out.

Thanks

Hi Morif,

I am sorry to hear of your recent increase in anxiety, and subsequent fear of dying.:( This is not uncommon with healthh anxiety sufferers, so know that you are not alone.

Dreams can really have an effect on us, so it is not suprising that this could trigger your latest time of challenge. However, dreams are merely releases of our subconscious, and have no power...

Your own worries were probably supressed, and your dream brought them to the surface...so they can be dealt with, and that's a positive! :)

Have you checked out this book yet? I ask because it does include a whole chapter/section on the fear of death. Perhaps it is something you want to look into getting and working on. In addition, there is just a lot of good anxiety management info to be gained from it as well.;)

http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Health-Anxiety-David-Veale/dp/1845298241

I hope that you can get the help that you need soon. Do you see a therapist? This would be a good topic to discuss next session!

Let us know how you are doing soon,

S.C.

Thanks for your replies everyone.

This is day 3 on Ecipharm (an Escitalopram) and im really feeling horrible. Im having a strong nausea, body trembling and weakness and confusion in addition to a slight headache. Is this normal to happen during the first days on this medicine, i really apprecaite your feedback

Hi

Yes it is normal to experience side effects in the first couple of weeks of starting a new medication but these should pass and if they don't it's important to go back and speak with your doctor.

Hibee

Hey just wanted to say I have a really huge terrible fear of death too, which has been going on a for a really long time, so I feel for you man. Sometimes all I really want is to just be able to tell someone in person how much I fear dying and have that person acknowledge the same fear, but I hate how it's such a difficult topic to talk about with other people, since it's such a repressed topic for a lot of people.

Hi HAAK

Welcome to the forum good to meet you.

Check out the link SC was talking about and maybe start up your own thread that way you will get mor replies.

Stay with us and keep posting

Hibee