Not Sure where I fit ?

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Hi all,

This is my first posting but certainly not the first time I've felt like this. Just don't know exactly which problem I have. After reading several self help sites and other postings I reckon I'm somewhere between panic attack/SAD.

I'm certainly not pretending I have problems as bad as some guys but when it hits it really hits - know what I mean. Outwardly I'm confident, happy to be "life and soul" and don't always feel bad. However although last severe attack was probably 18 months ago, I'm having one again - weight loss, no sleep, heaving sensation in stomach - not hungry. Everything is a real effort just to hold myself together.

Weird thing is I just don't know what triggers the attacks - it can be anything - Consolation is that I have an understanding partner but I feel like a burden when like this - just wondering if this sounds familiar ?

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All of this is familiar...and having an understanding partner makes this so much easier...and yes the feelings of guilt for putting them thru this is rotten.

I dont know what causes it...I think it can be stressful things or just chemical imbalance or both at the same time.

You are not alone...and dont lessen what is happening to you because others are suffering worse...if you dont find a way to nip it in the butt now...it could get worse.

I have GAD...I've been struggling with it off and on for all of my adult life...the best thing I ever did was behavior therapy.  It helped me change the way I reacted to situations and thought about things.

Hope you keep fighting and find what works for you!!