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Anxiety attack.......

Pegasus69

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Okay, I have felt this building all day and it is in full force. I am having either a major anxiety or panic attack right now. I have tried walking, tried a hot bath, meditation and square breathing. I am waiting for my medication to kick in but it normally doesn't take this long. I just fucking hate this. Ever since my diagnosis I have had some bouts with anxiety but nothing like this before. I think it is time for some counselling again.
 
Let me share my experience, which should help.

Its totally mental, and you know that. I was at a really stressful stage in my life and I would have panic attacks. At one point in time I thought I stopped breathing..I panicked, started running around, and had to call 911. I honestly thought I stopped breathing. I hadn't, I was just panicking.

You know its in your head. All you have to do is get your mind of it. If you have MSN we can chat or something. You just need to get your mind of things. You feel as if there is something stuck on your chest, you actually feel like something is obstructing your breathing. You notice though the more you get your mind of things, the better you feel.
 
ds_writr said:
Gosh, if you can scream, scream. You need not be in control all the time.

And if that doesn't work, get some ice cream and come back and keep "talking" to everybody in the threads :D . (*8*)
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My thoughts exactly! ..|
 
Thanks everyone. I wound up taking a sleeping pill and within an hour I was out of it. I still have a touch of anxiety this morning (gosh, I wonder why......?) but it is controllable. Once I get to work I will get through it quicker.
 
Two things that have helped me immensely in the past:
Read Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl and learn about "logotherapy," (a modality you can do yourself.)
And try Bach's Rescue Remedy flower essences or Healing Herbs Five-Flower Formula. Can be found in most health food stores and proven to work on stress and panic disorders.
Good Luck! :-)
 
I know exactly how you're feeling. I have been on meds for about four months now because I had a couple panic attacks. The worst one for me was that I felt like I was going to die... seriously. The more intense the anxiety feeling becomes, the more you panic and then BAM it's a full-on attack.

What seemed to work best for me was exercise, diet, and sleep. I was in a stressful time in my life six months ago and did not take care of myself at all - no exercise, too much alcohol, bad eating habits, and inconsistent sleeping patterns. And yes, I too believe anxiety and panic attacks are all in your head.

You will get better - trust me!
Take care.
 
Good to hear I am not alone...I honestly believe that I was born with a predisposition to anxiety attacks and depression. There are at least 3 suicides in my immediate family history.
Been through therapy and all that jazz.
I have a pretty good life, and am currently taking wellbutrin (started it to help me quit smoking) and that helps a bit, but really I just try to manage it as best I can.
Best wishes for you...hope this helps a bit
 
You scared me with this thread, Pegasus. I'm glad it seems to have worked out for you. I didn't check the date on it at first - REALLY glad it went back a few weeks and didn't just happen.
 
Steve, my thoughts and prayers are with you!

I used to have bad panic attacks. I took xanax and then vistiril.

But earlier this year I changed my diet to include a more healthier set of foods. I started to buy natural and organic products when available. I upped the fish I ate, and generally started buying more nutritious foods.

And my panic attacks stopped. That's the only change that I've had, so it was easy enough to figure out the benefit of the new diet.

I can tell that when I fall back and grab McDonald's or something else not terribly good for you, I can see my anxiety increasing.

The sheer number of food additives the average person ingests each year is staggering. So anytime I have the choice of natural or conventional foods I choose natural foods each time.
 
Panic and anxiety attacks become worse as one begins to fear their symptoms. It sort of becomes a fear of fear. This fear mounts and mounts and feeds on itself. If you were to have an attack in a grocery store, for instance, you could develop a phobia ,thinking that if you avoid grocery stores you will be ok. Pretty soon as the attacks occured in diffrent place you might begin to alter your life around avoidance. Once you truly realize that the symptoms are often caused by fear based subconsious thoughts and while the symptoms are very uncomfortable and inconvienient, they will not and cannot hurt you. This knowledge in itself will relieve much of the discomfort. Trying to resist the attacks makes them worse. If you could sort of step outside of yourself and watch from a distance you would realize that what you are feeling is much much worse than what is really going on with your body. If you were told, for example, that the best thing to do when you feel panic coming on is to go ahead... have a full blown meltdown, roll around kicking and screaming on the floor and nobody will think any less of you. You would have been given permission to just let go... and not resist the attack. This permission would in itself bring relief and likely bring the symptoms under control on their own. Feelings are only as real as we let them be.
The mind body connection is very powerful. Often just a fleeting thought can cause an immediate physical reaction. For instance, if you were to think of something really stupid or embarrasing that you did 5 years ago you might actually blush or your heart skip a beat. Some people can look at a photo of a snake,become faint and physically experience all the symptoms of an actual encounter with a real snake. Knowing how our thoughts effect our physical reactions can help us realize that we need to identify these fearful thoughts as they happen and imediately replace them with counter thoughts. This is a skill that will take some time to develop but well worth the effort. There is plenty of information on Cognative Therapy that can teach you how to identify and undo the old habit of thinking fearful and negative thoughts.
 
I've gone through it once and I know how you feel. It feels like you're going to die or end up in the hospital.

I hope things have gotten better. (*8*)
 
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