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morgan38905
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A little over 5 months ago, my dad passed away to 2 massive heart attacks. I was there when it all happened and unfortunately, had to do CPR on my dad and witness him having a massive heart attack. (I’m sure everyone knows that when someone is having a massive heart attack, it doesn’t look good at all.) I was fine for a few months and went through a lot of issues with my medication giving me bad anxiety (chest pain, pain, more pain, and head sensations) if anyone is curious, it was Celexa and Prozac I was struggling with. I’m now having constant worries of me dying? I convince myself that I won’t wake up if I go to sleep. I see myself on the floor not being able to breathe and looking like my dad. I’m scared my life will be cut short like my dads. He was only 43 and I am only 16 and I’ve had EKG’s done and blood work checked and it all came back normal but I have constant chest aches/pains and I’m having horrible images in my head. I’m usually a very strong minded person but again, unfortunately, I’m constantly in my head. I’m always thinking. So getting over this is very difficult. I’ve stopped all antidepressants and feel a lot better but still have anxiety.. it wasn’t this bad before the antidepressants. Any help or support would be great.. I feel so helpless.

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  • sam18386
    sam18386 morgan38905

    Posted

    Where do we start Morgan?  I can only say just how brave and honest you are.  I think you could (looking at your post) benefit from some deep counselling as it's obvious that your dad's death has hit you.  CRUSE is a company that deal specifically in bereavement counselling.  I know this 1st hand and only too well as I had to have sessions with them after my dad had died.  They are a nationwide company as far as I know and very easy to speak to.  It sounds very scary what you're going through.  Have you spoken to your doctor?  If you think it's more than just grief your doctor will be able to tell you and when you go just be as honest as you have been on here.  I really do feel for you as the death of a parent is horrendous!  Good luck I will light a candle and say a prayer for your dad and you.x

    • morgan38905
      morgan38905 sam18386

      Posted

      Thank you for replying! I’ve seen my doctor and before, they started me on the antidepressants and like I said, I had bad bad bad reactions to it. In fact, I believe I could still be feeling side effects but I stopped taking Prozac only after maybe a week of taking it because it gave me horrible side effects and said it was not worth the wait. (In my opinion) They are starting me in therapy/ grief counseling. Thank you again ❤️
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