Anxiety/panic disorder and working…advice appreciated?
Posted May 07 2010 3:32pm
I was diagnosed with a host of anxiety and depression issues, ranging from General Anxiety Disorder to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, to depression. I have been a mother and wife for eight years. In all this time I have never been able to keep a job for longer than a week or so because the panic attacks and anxiety are literally unbearable when I have tried to work in the past. My husband makes great pay, so his income has been enough. It’s not any longer and I need to find work. However, I’m scared to death at the thought of leaving the house on a regular schedule and being away from my daughter for eight hours a day, and am terrified I’ll end up under the control of the anxiety again. Added to that is the fact that I have no college or formal training, and suddenly work seems an impossible mountain.
Does anyone have any advice and/or experience in this area?
Should have made this clear originally; I AM on meds and they are working well. Also, am in therapy with a great professional who’s helped worked wonders. I am definitely in treatment, am just afraid of getting that "sick" again.
im 20 and a male and suffer almost the same thing. basically what i do ( and im NOT on any meds) it wait it out. i have been in situations where i have had major and im talking major panic attacks. you need to ride the emotions. tell yourself what you are feeling out loud and ask yourself what has set you off. try to understand where the fear has come from. if you keep doing this and dont back out of the situation that has given you the attack you mind will slowly learn that this situation is not to be feared. ive done this through will power and a great deal of it. there are times when you might get the odd attack but they never last long and you get over it fairly quick. its really hard but what put my through was a close relative has had everything with anxiety and she wont leave the house at all. will never get a job and wont have a life. so there no way i will turn out like them. do not let deppresion contril your live. neve suffered that badly with it but from my experience is to get on with life and dont let it affect you( but i would get some help for it though) …….hope this help. it did me
I was diagnosed with a host of anxiety and depression issues, ranging from General Anxiety Disorder to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, to depression. I have been a mother and wife for eight years. In all this time I have never been able to keep a job for longer than a week or so because the panic attacks and anxiety are literally unbearable when I have tried to work in the past. My husband makes great pay, so his income has been enough. It’s not any longer and I need to find work. However, I’m scared to death at the thought of leaving the house on a regular schedule and being away from my daughter for eight hours a day, and am terrified I’ll end up under the control of the anxiety again. Added to that is the fact that I have no college or formal training, and suddenly work seems an impossible mountain.
Does anyone have any advice and/or experience in this area?
Should have made this clear originally; I AM on meds and they are working well. Also, am in therapy with a great professional who’s helped worked wonders. I am definitely in treatment, am just afraid of getting that "sick" again.
im 20 and a male and suffer almost the same thing. basically what i do ( and im NOT on any meds) it wait it out. i have been in situations where i have had major and im talking major panic attacks. you need to ride the emotions. tell yourself what you are feeling out loud and ask yourself what has set you off. try to understand where the fear has come from. if you keep doing this and dont back out of the situation that has given you the attack you mind will slowly learn that this situation is not to be feared. ive done this through will power and a great deal of it. there are times when you might get the odd attack but they never last long and you get over it fairly quick. its really hard but what put my through was a close relative has had everything with anxiety and she wont leave the house at all. will never get a job and wont have a life. so there no way i will turn out like them. do not let deppresion contril your live. neve suffered that badly with it but from my experience is to get on with life and dont let it affect you( but i would get some help for it though) …….hope this help. it did me