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squishy

Member
I was searching the web and came across this site.

The reason I joined was because it seemed like a great site with a lot of information and a great community :)

Here is my story:

2 1/2 years ago i was at work and all of a sudden breathing heavy, shaking and scared. I thought maybe I was having some sort of diabetic attack. thankfully my boss was there and was amazing during the whole episode. I went home for the day since i had felt like i had ran a marathon.

The next morning i woke up and it started all over again - this time i was throwing up. It was mothers day and i felt terrible. i called in sick to work.

these episodes continued off and on over the next few weeks. I had also had an abscess tooth. so i knocked these episodes off to the tooth and meds etc. but it still continued. I had been on penicillin a few times over the months from a sinus infection and my teeth. I went to the Dr. and she said i was feeling this way because i had stripped all my good bacteria. So she told me what to do and i thought i would be fixed. but sadly everything was still there.

I am a mother of 2 children who feels stuck on what to do. I have a very difficult time leaving my home even for the simplest things like getting groceries, going to my children's school concerts, soccer games, I can't do thanksgiving and Christmas dinners unless they are held at my house.

I'm upset with my doctor since i had been to her numerous times in the beginning and felt she didn't catch on to what was going on, I didn't even know.

I called my doctor over a year ago because i couldn't leave the house and i told her everything. I was crying on the phone asking her what i need to do because i need help and i don't know where to turn etc. My sister and mom go to this doctor and she has told them everything from,- its people like me that will kill their children to telling my mom i need help and i need to do something and my mom needs to do everything she can to help get me there for the first steps.

I hate the fact that i can no longer work and help out financially to my hubby. this is extremely taxing on him and having to do everything and watching us loose control of our money and now possibly our home because I can't leave the house.

any thoughts or suggestions would be welcomed :)
 

squishy

Member
Re: hello

I did try and get a new doctor that came to town a few months ago and very close to my home, however they never called back even after i had tried calling a few times and the secretary said she would look into it. my guess it is because i had already had a family doctor.

yes my goal next week is to try and make it to a doctor. even if i go kicking and screaming :)

thank-you :)
 

Retired

Member
You may need to make it very clear to the prospective doctor or the secretarty you need a new doctor because you feel there are important reasons your current doctor is not meeting your needs.

It would probably not help your cause to "bad mouth" your current doctor to the new doctor or his secretary, but rather be discreet, saying something like your current doctor is not meeting your needs.

Do you live in a place where changing physisican is relatively easy?
 

David Baxter PhD

Late Founder
Welcome to Psychlinks, squishy.

I think you've had some good advice here. You need to consult a doctor - if you can't change physicians, ask your current doctor to refer you to a psychiatrist or psychologist with some expertise in panic disorder. Panic disorder and agoraphobia are treatable.
 

NicNak

Resident Canuck
Administrator
:hithere: Squishy :welcome: to Psychlinks.

If there is a hospital near by, is it possable to maybe look up the hospitals infomation number and contact them. Most hospitals have specialists that do rounds at the hospital and often run a private practice as well. Maybe that might a way to maybe get into contact with a psychiatrist or psychologist. Or possably direct you to local supports as well.

You may also be able to find your local hospital online. I know my local hospital has a website and a list of all the doctors who work out of the hospital. It also lists their specialty and their private practice number and address.




Hope you feel better soon :support:
 

why

Member
Welcome squishy :wave:
I have anxiety/panic disorder as well, and I know how frightening it can be at times. Yep, meds and a therapist can do wonders!
 

unionmary

Member
I went to the Dr. and she said i was feeling this way because i had stripped all my good bacteria. So she told me what to do and i thought i would be fixed. but sadly everything was still there.

I don't get this, what does she mean by it? You are not afraid to go out, but you feel ill when you do?

by the way

Happy to make your acquaintance :thankyou2:
 

squishy

Member
" I went to the Dr. and she said i was feeling this way because i had stripped all my good bacteria. So she told me what to do and i thought i would be fixed. but sadly everything was still there."

I don't get this, what does she mean by it? You are not afraid to go out, but you feel ill when you do?

by the way

Happy to make your acquaitance:thankyou2:

hello,

That was way back when the panic attacks started. I was feeling sick and throwing up, shaky all the time etc. I went to the dr. and that is what she told me. this was 2 1/2 years ago.
I had been on penicillin that year in april for a sinus infection, may for an abscess tooth again in june for a tooth.
 
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