Thanks Veiled. It seems to have passed now THANKFULLY!

Good point about fear of drugs... I have been particularly stubborn over the years with drugs. I didn't appreciate being forced to take them by being hospitalised, and I take a somewhat 'last resort only' and extreme caution with psychiatric drugs because I've seen the dark side of what they can do, especially if given the wrong drug,! I dunno, i've just never been comfortable with the idea, mix that with my bad experiences, lack of trust of psychiatrists because of bad past experiences as well and you get one incredibly wary person of the whole issue.

I don't want to be on this medication, but I've made a promise to myself to do whatever it takes to get better. And to me a small part of that meant taking someone's advice and giving up my stubborness and going to the doctor and just seing if something will reduce my anxiety in order to help me deal with my issues head on.

I have been very nervous of the effects because some of the stuff I've read people saying about it hasn't been good stuff, and I'm still not sure if I did the right thing by agreeing to try them?

As for the sickness, I'm still not sure if it was side effect, or as you suggested a panic attack - just know I felt so ill, sick, my stomach was wretching, then my eye sight went and I went dizzy.

Just so so glad it's passed and it's not (at the moment it seems) going to last all day long.

Lisa.