Date:   11/30/2011 6:23:09 PM ( 13 y ago)
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Hi, I got hit with agoraphobia almost four years ago. I'd been heavily drinking and became overweight because of the drinking and poor diet. I'd noticed that after exercise i'd almost faint, and randomly through out the day I would have what I now know to be hypoglycemic episodes. This made me binge on sugary foods etc.

8 days before I had my major panic attack that caused the agoraphobia I had given up drinking. I dont know if this was the trigger, but there wasn't anything else particuarly going on.

The anxiety/agoraphobia made me stop eating, apart from snacks (Choc/crisps etc) I lost more than four stone (25ish kg)
As time went on I became more and more depressed, and barely left the sofa from one day to the next. I began to feel very ill, and starting losing more weight until I weighed just over 5 stone (35kg). For approximately 9-10months I weighed this amount and felt so weak I could barely move from the sofa. When I did make it to the GP (I was sleeping most of the day and just eating doughnuts (5 a day!) to put on weight) I was rushed to a&e being told I had type 1 diabetes. They told me I had only had it 6weeks max. I find this hard to believe as I had been suffering blood Sugar problems for more than 3 years, and been anorexically thin for 9 months.

They didnt run any tests to test my pancreas, only that I had high blood sugar.

In my own time I have had tests done to measure my cortisol/dhea levels - they are extremely high, I also have low progesterone. Since starting on insulin i've developed facial hair, and terrible PMS/Mood swings.

I've tried a million therapies for the anxiety to no avail. I keep a diary and find I have just a few days a month, the same every month where I feel slightly better.

Does anybody have any advice, any similar stories..I just feel so unhappy, I want my life back. Please dont think I dont fight the anxiety, I go out day after day trying to face it, but it doesnt seem to get any easier... i'm also highly motivated in what I do at home. I work my socks off, so I dont think i'm a depressed/no motivation person.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Becki
 

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