I just wanted to firstly to say hello to
everyone, I have just become a member of
this site and it is already becoming an
important lifeline for me.
I have been suffering in silence for just
over seven months now with this mysterious
illness, I had my first major attack
several months ago, i’ve always been
depressed and just an all round pessimist,
the symptoms being rapid heart beat,
fever, sensitive hearing, faint numbness
in hands, claustrophobia and the horrible
relentless nausea.
Last week I had a bad attack it ended up
with my friends calling an ambulance and I
have never been the same since, the nausea
just does not dissipate.
It was diagnosed last monday as “anxiety
attack.” the doctors were very nice and
I was just so happy that this illness
finally has a name, but I was just given a
leaflet, drugs (diazepam) and some vague
information about c.B.T. And then sent on
my way.
I feel so lost and alone, this is so all
new and alien to me, I was just on the
phone with mind they put my name down on a
waiting list for c.B.T. And the waiting
list is for five months! I can’t wait
five months I can feel this illness eating
me inside out, it’s already started to
take over my life; for months now it’s
practically made me a prisoner in my own
home, when I venture out, nearly always an
attack is triggered, now iam having these
attacks at home.
