Hello!

I know exactly what you mean because I have similar fears. I have suffered from a fear of vomiting in public since I was a small child and that has developed over the years to a fear of wetting myself or choking too. If I am in a public place I get very breathless and feel as if my throat is closing up. If I feel the panic coming at home then I have to be alone in a dark room so I can concentrate on calming myself down.

I think you need to be honest with your psychiatrist. You are very lucky to be able to see one. I was assessed by a Mental Health Team but basically was told that because I wasn't going to kill myself or other people then the NHS wouldn't fund treatment for me.

Maybe a higher dose of the Citalopram would help you? See what your psychiatrist says.

It sounds like you may want to review you medication with your psychiatrist. Perhaps another med or a dose change is in order. There have been people that have had some success with bio feedback to help treat anxiety. You may want to consider that as an option to add to your treatment plan.

hi thankyou for your suggestions to my problem.i have been to see my psyciatrist today and told him ALL my worries.he has put my mind at rest that these worrying thoughts are only manifestations of anxiety and happen to a lot of people on some level. i feel better just knowing that.thankyou.

Weird phobias that control your life

Weird phobias and fears are an abnormal response to supposed danger. This danger is usually an exaggerated reaction to an imagined or irrational situation. Weird phobias like fear of success, fear of long words or fear of driving are only a few of the weird phobias in the list of phobias that we have prepared in this site.

I went on a vacation with a friend of mine about a month ago. I had a very traumatic panic attack where I had the same intense fear - I thought I was going to sleep walk and harm my dearest friend and her sweet little baby. I have never had problems with anxiety or panic attacks, so naturally this was very horrific and shocking to me. I thought I had gone crazy and needed to be sent to a mental institution. The fear and anxiety along with racing and upsetting thoughts were pretty constant until I saw a therapist. I told him what happened and he explained that it was a panic attack (triggered by my birth control). Chances are I'm genetically predisposed to have panic disorder, but the change in hormones likely triggered them. The anxiety has since has slowly gotten better (I also ditched that birth control...it's Loestrin24 if anyone is wondering). I'm happy to say I've been able to improve without medication, but I do have a back up of clenozepam....just in case. I'm wondering how you've been doing since October? I've found that time is a great healer - along with a wonderful and supportive family. My concern is that when my hormone levels are changing due to pregnancy, age, etc. that will prompt another attack, so I'm trying to learn coping skills to handle them in the future. Is there any advice you could give me? Thanks!