bmwman
13-08-12, 23:30
Hi All this is my first post. Im a healthy 26 yo male and for the past 2 1/2 years I have been having all sort of crazy sensations. For the first year and a half I was having full blown panic attacks (hyperventilation, racing heart beat, fear of heart attack etc.) to the extent that I was even having severe attacks during work, while eating and while tyring to sleep. I ended up several times at the ER only to be told that everything is fine. It took a while to be diagnosed as panic disorder by my doctor and he put me on deanxit. Deanxit seems to have helped me a bit however I do not know if it was the drug helping me or I of I have phases of attack. In total I spent around 8 months on/off during the past 2 1/2 years on deanxit. Recently I had a nice period of 4-5 months with no symptoms whatsoever apart from the occasional 'minor' attack that only lasts a few minutes. After this phase, the situation became different. I only get severe shortness of breath, a feeling like I can not take deep breath and this is really putting me off - seems to be anxiety. There is no pattern when it happens, but seems to be always in the afternoon/evenings and can last anywhere between an hour to a whole evening. Sometimes when I am trying to go to sleep, I also get up gasping for air. Doctor told me I have anxiety and he put me on lexotan for 30 days, 1/2 a pill/day. I did not like this drug as it was interfering with my sleep pattern so I stopped it, even though it seemed to help.
My biggest concern is that for the past 2 1/2 years I have been trying to identify what is causing these attacks/anxiety.
To put you in the picture, I see myself as a successful man, with a good job, married with a caring wife (but she does not understand how I feel when I have these phases :D) and a lovely 1 yo baby girl. While my job can be very stressing with a lot of responsibility (systems engineer) I simply love it and can't imagine myself doing anything else, however sometimes I have phases where I think about changing job.
I need your help in identifying where this anxiety is coming from? What techniques can I use to identify the cause of all this? Thanks! :unsure:
My biggest concern is that for the past 2 1/2 years I have been trying to identify what is causing these attacks/anxiety.
To put you in the picture, I see myself as a successful man, with a good job, married with a caring wife (but she does not understand how I feel when I have these phases :D) and a lovely 1 yo baby girl. While my job can be very stressing with a lot of responsibility (systems engineer) I simply love it and can't imagine myself doing anything else, however sometimes I have phases where I think about changing job.
I need your help in identifying where this anxiety is coming from? What techniques can I use to identify the cause of all this? Thanks! :unsure: