Hello my name is Angela and I have a Panic Disorder....
There I said it:-). I've always had "Little Attacks", but since my Hysterectomy(we have no children btw)in March of this year, my attacks are back and going on strong some days. I have been wanting my Docs to, "hurry up and fix me mentality", until I came here to read that there really is no "Quick Fix" *UGH*. My Physciatrist has me trying Atarax 25mg (I wake up in the morning with blood on my sheets from me scratching my face and arms in my sleep)along with 10mg of Prozac. I am also still taking .5mg of Xanax *UGH*. I have been on Xanax pretty much since April. I hate it too. But I'm trying really hard to only take it when I just can't get myself to calm down any at all. The other 2 meds I' have just been on a week. I've had a few bad episodes in some crowded places the past 2 days, I try to pretend like I'm o.k. but it gets a little hard and stressful sometimes... I also have a cousin whom I love dearly, but she is very negative and sometimes just talking to her sets me into an attack. I've tried politely to tell her I need to surround myself with posivite thoughts, she does good for a few days then back to being her old self. I don't want to cut her off, but if this doesn't stop, I just don't know what to do. I'm having a stress test done on my heart in a few weeks just to put my mind at ease, that it's not my heart for sure.... It seems lately I stress about stress and when will "the attack" come again. I've re-read this and my goodness this really sounds negative too. But I feel for the most I need to vent my frustration to help myself heal... Am I right in believing this?
Thanks Diva:-). I'm really trying to get through this week, working with the first step of the CBT. It's really hard to stick with it and not jump forward, wanting to hurry up the process:(. I know I can't, it would not do me any good. I'm thinking the impatience is adding to my anxiety too. So today I'm going to try Yoga see what happens with that:-). Thanks sooo much for replying.
Have a great day!
Hi everyone :)!!!
Thanks for all the kind, positive support. Yoga is wonderful !!!. Things are going o.k. for the time being. The meds are keeping the really bad attacks at bay for the most part. But still have the minor stuff. I'm leaving for vacation this weekend. Hoping the ocean will help me meditate and clear my head up a bit. I have a Dr. appointment with my Physciatrist tomorrow. The newest thing happening is Insomnia *UGH*. My mind just will not shut down when it should. But I am going to stay positive and remember, "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense."
€“€“ Ralph Waldo Emerson ;)
Be good to yourselves((hugz))
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