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My anxiety story

  • 03-06-2013 1:39pm
    #1
    anxietyguy77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi all.

    First time posting in this particular forum. Hoping to get some opinions please....here goes:

    Over the past couple of years I've been pretty much obsessed with going to Australia and giving it a go (not for financial reasons, my job was fine at home).
    And as I managed to save quiet a bit for Oz I then got obsessed with the idea of travelling around before I got there. All sounds like a whale of a time so far right? Around 3 months before I set off, the anxious thoughts began. The closer it got to my departure date the worse it got, the excitement was turning into anxiety, I didn't like it. The week or two before I left were torture, I broke down twice.

    There was no backing out though, I went ahead with it and traveled for around 2 months, it was ok at times but mostly I was having anxiety issues. I decided to go home and get some therapy, I made up an excuse that I wanted to go home for Xmas and then head off again. I didn't tell anyone about my issues.
    I had 4 sessions of CBT over the Xmas period, it didn't help. I took off again for Oz, stopped in South East Asia for 3 weeks along the way. I hoped that once I got to Oz it would settle down, it hasn't.

    Got here 4 months ago, at first it was really bad, then things settled down a little once I got a job, met some people, got a place to live. Then after a while the job got boring and some friends went home, the anxiety got really bad. Started having physical symptoms and trouble sleeping. I went to the doc the other day, told her how bad it was and she gave me a course of lexapro.

    Initially I was delighted at been given anti depressants. I'm on day 3 now (starting on 10mgs, tomorrow I start 20mgs). But now I'm a bit paranoid about taking them considering the side effects. Seems as what triggered the anxiety is leaving home I'm wondering if meds are really the answer and maybe I should just go home? But I don't really want to go home yet, but then again maybe it's not worth it if I'm on anti depressants as there's side effects and also the task of coming off them eventually?

    Or am I worrying over nothing on these meds and I should see how I get on with them?

    Please I'd like to hear what people think.

    Cheers.
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