Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 10 Location: burbank ca
Panic Attack Need Advice Posted: 01-14-06 19:18pm
Hi aim 25 had my first panic attack 2
years ago and got better until last week I
went to san francesco and I started to
think about the bad times I had on the way
there before and the same panic attacks
returned my trip was a disaster and I came
back went to my doctor thinkin iam dying
from heart disease cause I thought it was
my heart so he gave me zolaft again and
atanol for my heart beat to calm down I
keep thinkin there is something wrong and
taking my pulse I cant get it out of my
head iam afraid to go anywhere and do
anything and my stomach is always blotted
and I have acid which makes it worse for
me before I was okay 2 weeks ago does the
anxiety cause the stomach issuse too caus
ei also feel my stomach muscles pull iam
very nervous and I need to stop think
about these things so I wanted to share
and talk on the forum to feel better cause
I see there is people out the with the
same symptoms and love to hear back its a
bad disease the panic and anxiety attack
I hate it my life has come to a compleate
stop in a week and its crazy what uri
brain can do anyways hope u guys dint
think iam crazy love to hear back and ps
the funny thing is I had experianced this
before and I now everything that happens
but I still dont want to except that its
the same thing and I have to play it out I
think its heart disease or stomach cancer
tumor
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jiggypuff
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 11 Location: Canada
Posted: 01-14-06 22:36pm
I don't think ya crazy just worried,
last week my brain had me believing my
eyes were dilating lol they were not I had
to looked 3 times then get hubby to look
too I am better this week I to have stress
anxiety doc told me every thing is ok my
mind keeps working over time wondering is
it this that
it seems I can not let go of it someone
said it takes time
hope you feel better soon I put up a tread
hoping others would talk about the
feelings so I too can feel normal again
:shock:
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standardedition
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 6
Posted: 01-15-06 04:35am
Panic attacks are miserable. I have had
them since about the age of 13, they
peaked around 20, went away and came back
again very strong after I gave birth to my
daughter. I get the classic symptoms –
impending doom, heart murmurs, racing
heart, tunnel vision, shaking, and if
i’m extremely unlucky, I get a heavy
pressure in my chest that makes me very
angry or makes me want to explode. Lol,
i’m sure explaining this doesn’t help
you, but the fact that most of what you
are feeling is imagined should. I have
learned to disregard the attacks when they
happen and keep functioning. I have
found that it helps to realize that what
you are feeling is not real. When you
feel the panic attack coming on, take a
couple of deep breaths and realize that
what infact you are feeling is a panic
attack, and that it is just your mind
doing something stupid. Actually, at
times when I am really bored, i’ve tried
to induce a panic attack. Of course my
problem has been lifelong, most people
will have a few panic attacks and never
have them again. You are probably one of
these people. Medications: I have been
given many medications for the disorder.
Most of them work okay (until you come off
of them, some of these drugs have very
strong withdrawal symptoms that can make
you very miserable). I personally have a
steady long term prescription for zanax.
But you have to be careful taking the
drug, I will take it for a week or so when
the attacks are really bad then go a year
without it. Other than that, I take a
very mild sleeping pill from time to time
(once or twice a week). I think what I
have now is simply calm. You need three
pills to sleep but I only take one pill
when i’m having anxiety problems (none
for sleeping). So, there it is, you are
not alone, and that is what helped me.
Now, take a deep breath, read a fictional
book, or do something that gives you a
break from whatever is bothering you.
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