I cannot begin to tell everyone how much your words of encouragement have meant to me. Just to know that there are caring people like all of you who can relate to what others are going through is amazing.
I just came back from my 3rd day in class & I have no more classes today. I am still
overwhelmed at times but I still keep going back because I believe in the long run this will be to my benefit.
Who knows if I keep going to classed everyday I will have to post in the success thread.
Thank-you Joe for reminding us all that no matter how small a step we take to conquer our fears it is a time to congratulate ourselves. I can only speak for myself but I tend to forget or downplay my successes & focus on what I can't do.
Not a good day, very agitated, depressed and panicky.
Take just now I was trying to access an on-line course and couldn't & I had an anxiety attack. My mum said to me that I get upset very easy. Well I told my best pal that she doesn't realize mentally what I have gone through this past year and that her saying that made me feel like a failure. So now my mum said she is just going to sit and not talk because she doesn't know the right thing to say anymore. She's right I get easily upset & then I get more upset with myself for getting upset, it's a vicious circle.
Thank-you for your reply. I did tell my mum how it made me feel, we both are ok now.
As for the feelings you see I haven't worked since last Jan , so the self-esteem is next to nothing. Almost every morning I get up with a felling of something missing & I just can't put my finger on it. I can only describe it as I don't feel right.
I am going to a relaxation course every Monday after class until December, it's for 2 hours. You see since the panic disorder I haven't been able to relax much, I always have to do something. So I'm hoping this class will really help me & maybe the anxiety, agitation, depression will start to dissipate.
Thanks for your words of comfort, but it's another lousy day. In fact I have felt dizzy on & off for about 3 days now. I have been to see 2 doctors and they say they can't find anything wrong with me. In fact the one I say today said I'm not dizzy according to her very brief exam. I asked her I don't get it I feel dizzy, but I'm not, so I just think I'm dizzy? She said yes. This is very frustrating, she told me that anxiety can do at lot to you and that I should be taking meds. I told her I was terrified of the possible side effects, she said that's only if you keep taking them - dah. Isn' t that the point to keep taking them?
She said to see my family doctor and get a referral to a psychiatrist.
Has anyone ever had dizzy spells that your doctor can't explain?
Were were speaking but with me being an emotional roller coaster we just had another row.
I just saw an ENT guy on Friday to have my ears syringed and there was no sign of infection. I was also at a doctor today & they checked my blood pressure, I couldn't believe it - normal! She also held up her finger & asked me to follow it with my eyes & that also was fine. She really didn't spend much time with me.
Thanks for the suggestion regarding other possible causes of dizziness. I will go to my family doctor to have her take a look and order some tests. I am very curious though how on earth does high stress cause dizziness?
I actually have an appointment to see a psychiatrist later this month, my social worker set it up. Apparently first time patients get 1 hour for the appointment. He is supposed to be a very open minded doctor who doesn't push meds.
A this point I can't see anything getting better because of the anxiety, agitation, anger. It's been a year and a half from hell, there is no other way to describe it. My poor mum what she has to go through with me, sometimes I wish I just wasn't here then she wouldn't have a problem.
Thanks- for your reply. Sorry to hear you had the same experience, you're right it's so scary. To me pain is one thing but dizziness frightens the wits out of you .
It's not only hard to believe that it will get better but impossible. You see I feel like this is a vicious unending circle for me. It started off with Panic Disorder last March, then Depression, then GAD and back to bouts of Depression and Panic.
All I can think at this point is when will this nightmare end?
At the college I''m attending I feel as if I am in the twilight zone. You see I have a guy who has spent most of his life in jail, a couple who have been in/out of hospital and the one that really frightens the wits out of me is a person who was sitting next to me yesterday in class. She said she's a witch, not a bad one but a good one, she knows spells, she doesn't believe in god, she likes nature. I have never in my life been exposed to this. You get to the point you don't want to look at someone the wrong way.
I am more confused than before I started school and overwhelmed just with going to school and being in a class full of who knows what kind of people.
So at this point I don't see the nightmare ending anytime soon.
The dizziness started last week, at that time it was just at bedtime and when I woke up. As the days have passed I feel it more throughout the day/night. I feel as if my eyes at times are rolling around in my head, it frightens the wits out of me.
It's comical (well actually pathetic) anxiety causes dizziness and dizziness causes anxiety, it's a vicious circle. Now days everything bothers me, I complain from day to night. I always speak negatively, nothing seems to make me happy anymore. I can never seem to relax. I just feel as if the battle isn't worth it, it's too much.
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