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Hi there,
just wanted to say, I totally understand too. I was diagnosed 4 years ago and have had normal levels for just under 3 years now, but for most of that time I’ve been on citalopram for anxiety. The first time I came off too quick and just started panicking again so went back on them. This time I have come off them really slowly but have been experiencing the old anxiety again lately. I think it may just be my body adjusting to not being on them anymore and I am determined to give things a good go without immediately resorting to going back on them. At least I know that either way, I will get through it. I always do. It’s so hard, and as great as my friends and family are, it still makes you feel alone and insane!
My doctor says that when my thyroid was overactive, my response to everything was to panic and my body got used to that being the norm. Now it thinks that is the norm and I have to re-teach it to know that it’s not. I’ve bought some books on cognitive behaviour techniques and I try to think of it as a little gremlin that I can shout at and tell it to leave me alone. I suppose this is a way of externalizing it, so that i don’t dwell on that feeling that it’s just me going mental. I egt afriad of the stupidist things. Someone will be talking to me and a word, (could be any word, like Malteser!) that they say will set off a nauseous feeling and my heart will speed up and I’ll feel dizzy, and all the time I’m thinking, "Am I afraid of Maltesers???" I think about losing people too, and I’m afriad that I’ll be faced with alsorts of things that I won’t be able to cope with. But I need to change my thinking. I WILL be able to cope with whatever is thrown at me. I have already been through so much and I’m still here. I have an amazing boyfriend, family and friends. I have everything going for me. So this anxiety stuff is NOT going to win.
