| I was always described as 'the nervous sort' but it | | | | people that I loved the most |
| took many years before I was actually diagnosed | | | | - I would feel on edge all the time, tense - even my |
| correctly and received Generalized Anxiety Disorder | | | | muscles would tense up, especially my shoulders |
| Treatment. | | | | There is that saying about mountains and molehills but |
| I suppose it all started when I was a child in school, I | | | | that is how I felt - just the smallest of problems |
| would start to panic if I hadn't done my homework and | | | | suddenly became, in my eyes, major disasters, blown |
| I would go it school the next day with my heart | | | | out of all proportion. |
| pounding and feeling nauseous worrying about what | | | | I knew that I had to look for anxiety cures but it's hard |
| the teacher would say. And when the exams came | | | | when these anxiety attacks symptoms just seem to |
| round I would have all the panic attacks symptoms | | | | control your whole life. It was years of trying different |
| and be physically sick, shaking in fear within me. | | | | things to overcome these panic and anxiety attacks |
| I always thought that I would just grow out of it but the | | | | before I finally got generalised anxiety disorder |
| feelings of despair followed me into adulthood. Virtually | | | | treatment for myself. |
| every day would be affected in some way. | | | | I knew that if I was going to finally break free then I |
| - My sleep pattern was all over the place - couldn't | | | | had to do it on my own. I tried several so called 'self |
| sleep at night and knackered during the day | | | | help' methods before I actually found one that worked |
| - I would lose concentration quickly and my mind would | | | | for me. I have finally got my life back, I've broken |
| just go blank! | | | | FREE! |
| - I would be short tempered, sharp and snappy at the | | | | |