irrational
Active member
Hi everyone,
Glad to have finally found an active forum after signing up on a ton of dead ones. I am (I think
) coming down with a mild case of GAD.
I am a 30 something father of 3, husband of 1, and about 6 months ago my world got rocked by a severe case of 'wtf ?!!?'. Moved cross country for a new job, bought a new house, new (used) car. Life is great? Nope, after about a month of being in the new location I had a particularly busy/stressful day at work that caused me to worry a lot (totally out of character to begin with) up to the point where I started having chest pains and 1 particularly sharp jolt of pain. I kind of knew (or guessed and luckily I was right) that it wasn't a heart attack since i could 'breathe the pain away'.
It's been a roller coaster ever since. Panic attacks for no reason, every little ache I feel is a heart attack, I had an EKG done which showed I was fine, I can exercise for an hour and feel fine, but logic doesn't apply anymore it seems. My doctor recommended I rinse my sinuses as they where dark according to her, after doing so I read somewhere that someone died from some bacteria after using a neti pot with tap water that wasn't boiled (which I didn't do, either) and for a week I was terrified I would suffer the same fate. I felt kind of down one day and decided to get out of the house and drive somewhere to get a snack, I had to turn around halfway there because I was terrified for no particular reason.
Got a doctor's appointment in a few weeks (takes a while for new patients) and we'll see what they say. Hopeful that therapy will handle it as I am not looking forward to being on pills for the rest of my life.
Anyway, if you're still here thanks for reading, sorry for rambling
Glad to have finally found an active forum after signing up on a ton of dead ones. I am (I think
) coming down with a mild case of GAD. I am a 30 something father of 3, husband of 1, and about 6 months ago my world got rocked by a severe case of 'wtf ?!!?'. Moved cross country for a new job, bought a new house, new (used) car. Life is great? Nope, after about a month of being in the new location I had a particularly busy/stressful day at work that caused me to worry a lot (totally out of character to begin with) up to the point where I started having chest pains and 1 particularly sharp jolt of pain. I kind of knew (or guessed and luckily I was right) that it wasn't a heart attack since i could 'breathe the pain away'.
It's been a roller coaster ever since. Panic attacks for no reason, every little ache I feel is a heart attack, I had an EKG done which showed I was fine, I can exercise for an hour and feel fine, but logic doesn't apply anymore it seems. My doctor recommended I rinse my sinuses as they where dark according to her, after doing so I read somewhere that someone died from some bacteria after using a neti pot with tap water that wasn't boiled (which I didn't do, either) and for a week I was terrified I would suffer the same fate. I felt kind of down one day and decided to get out of the house and drive somewhere to get a snack, I had to turn around halfway there because I was terrified for no particular reason.
Got a doctor's appointment in a few weeks (takes a while for new patients) and we'll see what they say. Hopeful that therapy will handle it as I am not looking forward to being on pills for the rest of my life.
Anyway, if you're still here thanks for reading, sorry for rambling
