agoraphobia

Gen · Guest

Hiya,
I'm new here. I have the same problem you have. I fight and fight to get out of the house so I can be "normal" but sometimes my panic wins. I have been to my therapist a few times and even gotten medication. The medication wasn't working very well. I was getting worse and told my therapists that and instead of changing my meds after 4months, she decided I needed to try them longer. To make a long story short, I continued to get worse and was unable to make my appointments. I know that therapists think that the best way to get over this is to feel those very unbearable moments and work through them but after conditioning myself for 6yrs. I can't always cope as hard as I try. I don't know where you live but I live in the states and found that if you call the Mental Health department for the county they can come out and diagnose you then they can send a home health nurse to help you. Unfortunately, the nurse can't prescribe you drugs but if you're a person that needs a safety person to go places with you they will do that. My Agoraphobia is very wierd. I am more comfortable driving by myself places and I also have a hard time when people come into my house. I'm not afraid of open spaces. I'm more afraid of having an accident in public because my stomach gets really upset when I am away from the house. I've been told that Aniexty is sometimes misdiagnosed. I have heard that one can have I.B.S. which will lead to anxiety. I found out that there is an over the counter medication for I.B.S. and I"m going to try it out this weekend and see if it helps with my stomach. I hope if it can balance out my stomach problems maybe my anxiety will go down. Good luck to you.