It's a little of both, I have a doctor just getting to where hes located now is unreasonable in my eyes. However I've been dealing with it and making progress every few days to get there.
Do you mean that you are afraid of going to a doctor? If so, I know alot about that.... there's lots of things that you can do that help.... all taught here in the CBT program.... I used to be terrified of going to a doctor, but not any more...please feel free to ask any questions.
You do not tell where you come from and I am not asking. However, when you say doctor I am assuming your refiring to a psychiatrist. If you are in the Toronto area (GTA) you will have a long wait unless you go to the hospital and check into emergency. This may do little becuase they may asses that you are not bad enough off to call one in, but it an option you may want to try. When i was having gallbladder trouble and severe pain a nurse suggested if it gets really bad that i go to the hospital and get my sugary right away instead of waiting on a list. You may also only get one consolation from this psychiatrists. Another root is trying a family doctor they will be able to insure that the symptoms you are having are not physical and are anxiety related, they can also prescribe drugs that may help your panic attacks. Another possibility, and if have never tried it, is to go to a clinic where you see a doctor that addresses any one problem who come in. A final desperate choice is to phone the distress line various not for profit groups such as CMHA and CAMH they have an ACT teems (consisting of a nurse a social worker and possibility of getting psychiatric help if you need it) that go out in an emergency and assist the person in distress. I have suggested to you before if you in Ontario and you phone 211 they have a list of social services that you may be able to access. If they decide to call in CMHA to help you they will send a social worker around and they have access to a psychiatrist on call. How do i know all this becuase i was on the board of CMHA. However, you may not be in the area i am talking about so you will have to google to find these services else where but i insure there are similar services all over the world.
I have also had throat symptoms cause anxiety, and cause panic attacks. I tried for a while to attack this problem directly through allergy meds, etc, but it turns out the main thing that made it better was addressing the panic and anxiety through methods like this program. As soon as my anxiety started to improve, the throat symptoms (for me, feeling like I'm going to gag) started to occur less and less.
It went with the panic but is back with the anxiety from the medication so I'm not sure how to manage it other than with the normal relaxation and coping skills we all use for anxiety. I know it is not there when I'm not anxious and it is easier to handle during the day. I also know it is very annoying and increases the tendency to panic. So far I have been able to talk it down but this may not work for Sea since I have more experience with doing that. Worth a try though. The other thing is to let the attack happen, say ho hum your back again, go away and ignore it but this really is only for those part way through the program who know how to relax and cope or people like me who don't normally have attacks.
