Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Dallas area of Texas
Re: Panic Attacks Posted: 11-06-05 17:57pm
I remember the last time I had a major
"episode" (i like to call it that lol)
it was baout a year ago. I was 21 going
through major stress of not having enough
money to pay bills and also not having
good jobs. Life was not going the way I
thought I would and I was unhappy on my
current job not making enough money and
getting treated bad by the management.
So one day, I lost it. It started with
rapid heart rate. Then my hands started
to shake so bad that I could barely give
change back to the customers. Then I had
trembly lips and could not talk well. And
after that it got the point that I could
barely breath and I felt weak and dizzy
and my legs were like rubber.
So I rushed to the bathroom, I locked
myself in a stall, and I scrunched down in
the corner holding myself---crying and
screaming at the top of my lungs like
someone was killing me. One of my
co-workers came in to see what was wrong
and I swatted at her saying things like,
"i hate you, don't touch me. Get away
from me."
i could not breath and I could not move.
I was paralyzed by fear. I felt
light-headed and like I was going to
faint. That lasted for about 30 minutes.
I went home early to recuperate but I was
never quite right for the rest of the
day.
So, that is what I would call a bad
anxiety attack, lol. And I am only
22...Like is weird like that. Lol
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chromehearts
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 2
Help Posted: 11-07-05 11:14am
I've recently been dealing with panic
attacks. My first panic attack, i'll be
honest occured under the influnce of
marijuana. That was about 2 1/2 months
ago, and i've been clean since. I told my
parents about them, but I think they're
rather sceptical. The only people that
really belive me are the ones that have
witnessed me having them.
Things that trigger my panic attacks are
medication like claratin and benadryl. I
think it's probably got something to do
with the first one I experince. But i'
always worried that i'm going to have one,
and I don't know what to do. I feel so
helpless about it, and feel like i'm going
insane.
Does anyone know what I can do to make
them stop?
One time I was at my friends house, and I
had claratin and I started having a really
bad attack, and my friends mom walks in
and my friend is like, "mom go away" and
she looks at me and i'm sitting there and
I can't really comprehend whats going on
and i'm shaking violently and it was so
scary and embrassing and I don't know what
I can do to make them stop.
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johnintj
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Norcross, GA
Former Panic Disorder Sufferer Posted: 02-13-06 06:06am
jesticle
wrote:
the feelings of a panic
attack are nothing more than an
exageration of normal bodily reactions to
stress or being frightened it is very rare
for panic attacks to harm you, they just
feel unpleasant. A panic attack can last
anywhere between 15 seconds to 2 hours you
find it hard to breathe and little
breathes lead to more panicking which of
course leads to more worrying, you feel
stuck, suffocated, and very
frightened
i suffered from panic disorder for about
two years before I finally identified the
underlying issue that was causing the
attacks for me. I have not had
signficant problems for the past two
years.
I wanted to take issue with this idea that
panic attacks are nothing more than
over-reacting to normal bodily reactions,
however. While it is absolutely true,
that -- no matter how scary -- a panic
attack can not actually cause you any
harm, what I experienced as part of my
attack is absolutely nothing like what is
"normal" for me.
I have heard and read this explanation of
a panic attack many times over and it
never fails to make me angry because it
seeks to diminish the legitimate suffering
that people who have this disorder can go
through.
I suffered physical symptoms from the
panic disorder (extremely painful ibs
among them) when I was not even remotely
stressed out. In fact, I usually had
physical symptoms when I was not suffering
from anxiety rather than when I was.
The proof that it was a mental, rather
than a physical disorder is that it went
away as soon as I resolved the underlying
issue.
However, just because just because
physical suffering is caused by an
emotional disorder, that does not not in
any way mean that the suffering is less
real...
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talkdoctor
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Nottingham
Counting Colours Posted: 02-16-06 13:25pm
If you find yourself in the middle of a
panic attack or rush of anxiety - you may
be out, you might feel spacey, you may
notice a temperature change, and other
things.
Instead of getting through it and
suffering until you get to your 'safe
place' - try this to help you to bring
yourself back immediately to being calm
and feeling yourself again.
Look around and count all of the red
objects that you can see -
once you have got them then count all of
the pieces of red that you can see in
anything around you.
As you do this, name the object and
briefly (in one of a few words) describe
what it is that is actually red.
Notice as you do this that your heart rate
may have changed.
Additionally you may noitce that a part of
you that was very tight a few moments ago
is now not tight.
Let me know how you got on.
Vb.
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talkdoctor
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Nottingham
More Posted: 02-16-06 13:27pm
If you liked the colour counting technique
above, and would like more free info,
please go to my website www.Nottingham-therapy.Co.
Uk
more free stuff will be added every week
for the next six months.
Vb
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dodi7878
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 5
Posted: 07-17-06 19:42pm
I've had anxiety for three years. And
i've had too many panic attacks to count.
The best way I can describe them is I
feel trembley, scared, weak, doomed,
nausiated, they last up to forty five
minutes.
Remember to have anxiety you dont have to
have panic attacks
