Thank you very much for replying!
The chocking feels as if somebody slightly strangulates me or a feeling of tension in my throat. It's not very intense and I can deal with it most of the time, but it can be problematic to fall asleep. Sometimes it coincides with anxiety, sometimes not. Usually the feeling starts several hours after waking up and worsens till the evening. Sometimes the chocking serves as an early sign of the coming anxiety and bad mood. I have no chronic diseases and I have visited several regular doctors before being sent to a psychotherapist.
Actually, both of the therapists work at a suicide center, the first one was a psychotherapist (let's call him Jo) and the second one is a psychologist ( let's call her Jane). Now the center is closed, so they, together with like 5 other people sit in a tiny room with only three desks (good bye, privacy). Jo is the therapist assigned to me according to my address. Every time I visited him I felt like ****. I thought, that maybe, I did something wrong. I wanted to hurt myself. Every time I told, tat I won't be hard on myself, but I failed each time. Then, I talked to Jane because Jo was on vacation. I think the best in that conversation was the fact that she seemed to care, ask lots of questions, etc. She told me to come back (Jo never even mentioned this, never made appointments) and said that there is a lot work to do. I think this is the most important thing, giving me hope, something to work towards and a kind of promise not to abandon me. But when she heard about me taking the medicine and having trouble staying awake due to it, she told me to visit Jo. I understand that she did so. She isn't a doctor and didn't want unexpected consequences, but I am afraid that she won't treat me until I have my anxiety and chocking "cured".
Anyway, I'm going to visit my therapist one more time, maybe try some new approach. And if it fails, I'll search for other options. Thanks for the support.
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