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| Mon, 11-28-2005 - 12:30am |
I am in the throes of a panic attack. Everything itches, I cannot breathe, coughing, pacing, restless, in huge trouble.
Something bad has happened regarding school and I may not recover. The literal end of my world is here. I don't just think so; it is a fact and after I recover from this attack I have to somehow pick up the pieces left of my life. I am so overwhelmed. Do you ever just feel like NOTHING ever goes right?? Always starting over? I don't think I can take much more of this.
Hopefully I have vented enough to think straight, which I doubt.
Thanks for listening,
Lisa



{{{LISA}}}
Hopefully by now you are sleeping and doing ok.
I am SO SORRY that something happened at school, but you have come this far already... you CAN do it and you will be OK.
I know that you are overwhelmed.. I wonder if you have someone that you can talk to and help you sort things out? It might help...
Panic Attacks are the worst (I've been there) Really all you can do at this point is move forward and do the best that you can.
We will ALL be here to support you! No matter what!
Please post whenever you need support, or just to vent. We all care about you and never want you to feel alone.
HUGS,
Hi Lisa,
Since I'm still fairly new around here I don't really know you or your situation. But I just wanted to lend my support. I can totally feel your pain and frustration. Panic attacks are the worst; that much I do know unfortunately.
I hope you are feeling better and that things will work themselves out for you. You will be okay though. Yeah, my life consists of that same "everything seems to go wrong" syndrome and it's frustrating. Especially when you try so hard to overcome bounderies and whatnot. However, you can still move forward.
*hugs*
Jennifer
"Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evi
Thanks for the kind words. I had to go back and read my post, gosh last night was awful. Today I feel very gross, drained, and upset.
I am trying to get in to my Dr. this week, I hope she can heavily sedate me or give me something to cope a little better. I am looking for a pdoc to help me with all these issues. I feel like my "baggage" is getting the best of me.
Thanks again for listening,
Lisa
I'd like to offer my belated support, Lisa. As I may have said before, moms try to be all things to all people. It rarely works for any length of time. Even without anxiety distress is bound to happen. You have a very full plate. The plan to keep Thanksgiving to a bare minumum was a good one. How did things work out? Did you get the study time you wanted?
Please keep your chin up. Your goals are in sight. Having been through nursing school myself, I know that the pressure is on @ the end. It may come to focusing entirely on school & letting other things slide. As for the girls, they will survive. Once you get that RN their lives as well as your own will improve.
One of the hardest lessons I ever learned was putting my health first. For years I did for everyone & neglected myself. When the time came that I was too sick to perform my duties as a mom, it hit me that to be there for my kids, I needed to keep myself well. Time lost can never be recovered. Please keep well & stay safe. Sending PT's your way. (((hugs))) jan
I'm sorry you're feeling that way - I know how bad it feels :(
If you can, what usually works for me is to get out of the house (or where ever I am) and spend some time with a close friend. If I don't feel like discussing my anxiety, I'll just try to "fake it" the best I can until I feel normal. Just being with somebody helped, even if I didn't talk about my problem.
I almost failed out of college last year, my senior year. This was after three previous years of good grades. My anxiety was so prevelant it caused me to "screw up" many times on what would have been easy or at least doable projects.
I don't know what your situation is with school, but this may help you: My one regret was not sharing with my instructors what was going on in my life. I thought they'd think I was making excuses. Later on, when I would make mistakes, I had to try to explain myself and it looked like an excuse much more than if I'd have told them from the beginning. Most of them (two in particular who I will always be thankful to) were also very understanding and willing to work with me.
I hope this makes you feel better.