Hi,

About the last week of November I fractured my pelvis. This is going to sound strange but, I don't know how I did it. No accident or anything. I have arthritis and I have to take prednisone which makes my bones weak and makes you gain weight. So I guess it was the combination of those things that caused it. Anyway, I was stuck at home all winter and mostly had to stay in bed. Well, now almost 5 months later it is mostly healed but, every time I get a pain I'm paranoid that I'm breaking it again and somewhere along the line of constant staying home and in my room, I have started having awful anxiety attacks. I can't hardly stand to be in my room anymore. When I do go to sleep, I wake up gasping for breath and I get all tingly and sick to my stomach. The usual panic/anxiety symptoms. The weird and almost the worst symptom to me is everything "looks" different to me now. I'm not sure how to explain it. Like my room or even my whole house for that matter has changed somehow. I don't find any comfort here anymore. Only panic. I feel like I've sort of lost touch with reality. I have been to the doctor and he called it de-realization or disassociative feelings. He said it goes along with anxiety but, it really freaks me out. Of course I feel like I must be going crazy but my doc assures me that I'm not. He gave me hydroxyzine and sleeping pills for at night but, I still don't sleep much. I'm also taking 20 milligrams of Prozac. I have tried staying up late until I'm tired and I have also tried reading or watching TV while lying down in my bed to try and relax. Nothing helps. How can I start seeing my room and bed as a place of comfort again? It's an awful scary feeling. Sometimes I feel like I'm just going to freak out and start yelling or crying. I'm a single mom so I don't want to scare my daughter. She has panic attacks also and so does my mom so I guess it sort of runs in the family. So has anyone else had similar feelings? PLEASE RESPOND! I really want to get in touch with some other people like me and get some advice. By the way...I'm sorry this was so long.