Angela Oglesby’s panic attacks started during her matric year after she had fainted at school.
As time went by, she started having the attacks more frequently. She would get sweaty palms, heart palpitations, nausea and dizziness, coupled with the overwhelming fear that something awful was about to happen.
“My mum put me through every medical test she could think of. They all came back negative. At one stage they thought I was bulimic,” she said. She was finally diagnosed by accident, when her mother came across a check list for panic disorder symptoms in a magazine. Oglesby had every one.
Afterwards, she began to go to a support group for depression and anxiety, but did not find this helpful — she was not depressed. She also saw a GP, who suggested a mild sedative. This helped but did not end the panic attacks.
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