Hello im new to this forum and decided to
try it out...Im a 16 yr old and im
constantly worrying about dyeing,getting
cancer,if I feel sick or dizzy I think im
gonna die and olways call the hospital or
something...I been on fluoxmide and some
other medicine but they had side affects
that I did not like so I got off em....My
first panick attack started 2 yrs ago when
I was on the internet and someyone gave me
a link...I will not post I there but it
was a site with dead peaple and it showed
pics of them in hispotal and stuff I saw a
pic of a motocycle accedent and I starred
at it and all f a sudden I became dizzy
couldint see,heart beating real fast and
thout I was gonna die...Lasted for 1 hr
and I went ot the hospital and they said
it was anxeity...So any advice without
medicine?
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Coffee0ooYummy
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Maryland
Posted: 07-19-04 11:23am
Hi
ask your doctor about paxil, I dont
believe it has any bad side effects, I was
on it at one time and it was great for my
panic attacks but I am also bipolar and
needed to change meds. Hope this helps
in some way hun. Huuuugs. Bren
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mike9856746
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 67 Location: ,
Posted: 07-22-04 12:52pm
I wouldn't recommend paxil for anxiety
actually. I had chronic anxiety and took
paxil. At first it was almost like being
on crack (though i've never taken crack so
I can't be sure of course), but anyway I
got up at 5 in the morning all pumped
about the glorious new day, I slept only a
couple hours a night, and felt so 'up' it
was pretty damn abnormal. After a while I
started to level out after about a week,
then I got sort of a stoned feeling, like
my head was in a fog. After a month it
just didn't work anymore.
After years of severe anxiety and panic
attacks (and being taken to the hospital a
couple times for it), i've actaully
managed to overcome it for the most part.
I'm not exactly sure why, maybe just an
age/chemical thing, but here's some things
that helped me:
1. I know it sounds kind of odd, but if
you like metal, I find if i'm feeling
anxious it helps to listen to some music
(metal in my case) that's equally
powerfull to my emotion, but stuff that
makes me feel good. Bassically,
redirecting my negative emotions in a
possitive direction. Sort of
decensitization I guess.
2. Deep breathing through the nose, you
can learn some excellent techniques from
yoga.
3. Meditation always helps, but i'd
recommend professional instruction if you
want to learn how to do it properly.
4. And this helped me the most. How you
feel about life is how you percieve it, I
finally learned to stop worrying (as much)
and stop those racing negative thoughts by
stop fighting them. Instead, stop
thinking of life as something you have to
struggle with and manipulate, think of it
more as a stream with a set-course, but
you can paddle your boat down it in a way
that you choose. What's going to happen
will happen, what's happened happened,
it's ok. Just do the right thing to make
your future a good one, and if it turns
out bad you've learned something. You
won't make things better worrying (though
you may think so), just do what your
instincts say are right and don't worry so
much about the consequences.
