Hello,
There is so much info out there on anxiety/panic, but I stumbled on this sight a couple weeks ago and decided to stay here to test it out. I've always seemed to have a form of anxiety as far back as I can remember, maybe 3 years old. The first of being very shy as a small child along with fearing the worst in any unfamiliar situation.
It wasn't until the age of 19 that I had my first panic attack. well fast forward 25 years and I'm still dealing with a panic disorder. For the most part of my life I've had social anxiety with the occasional panic attacks which are usually situational that involve performance infront of people such as speaking, reading, playing an instrument in front of others. Sometimes even just one person.
With in the last 10 years, it has also grown to include panic with driving outside my safety zone, driving at night between rural stretches, being stuck in traffic, riding in an elevator, getting a filling done at the dentist, buses, airplanes, just about any situation that I have no control over.
This has kept me from leading a normal, happy, productive life. I have 5 children that I don't get to take on my own on hikes,to the beach, shopping, anywhere outside my safety zone with out suffering horrible anxiety. I need my husband to come along which eases it somewhat. I've tried meds before. Which helped tremendously with anxiety but unfortunately I'm very sensitive and got all the side effects.
It seems the last 2 weeks of my menstrual cycle the anxiety is ramped up a bit.
I'm beginning my 2nd week of homework. Im determined to do homework everyday. im finding it difficult to write alternative thoughts.
Thanks
