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8 years ago 0 +0 / -0 111

Relapse

Hello all!

I have been a member on the Panic Center in the past. It had been a long while since I needed it. I had a panic disorder relapse.

Two days ago I had a panic attack and since then I keep fearing having another one. I have been taking too many anxiety pills as I don't feel like I can get through my day without them. I can't seem to do anything productive. I spend my days just trying to hang in there.

I am hoping this will help me get back on track!

8 years ago 0 +0 / -0 111

Fear of Fear

I had a panic attack for the first time in almost a year of not more. I had that panic attack two days ago at around 9pm. Though the anxiety started building at 7:30 pm. I tried to keep it at bay by taking an anxiety pill and by distracting myself. I tried talking myself into being calm. But I had the panic attack anyway. It took all my "take as needed pills" and a few extra pills from an old prescription (I know I shouldn't take pills that are not prescribed at the moment but I needed them) for me to calm down. It also took me talking to my mom on the phone for like 2 hours until I calmed down. It was really a bad experience.

Now, I keep being afraid of panicking again. It's like my worse fear is fear itself. I monitor myself constantly for signs of anxiety which only makes me feel more anxious. I am avoiding doing stuff in case it makes it worse. I am trying to distract myself by filling in therapy homework forms and by reading self-help stuff. I keep wanting to take pills. And I keep thinking:

Oh no, I am going to panic again!!!

I am on my way to panicking!

I have relapsed and I am going to get stuck like this!

Mostly I think variations of "oh no I am about to panic…"

What do I do and how can I help myself feel better?

8 years ago 0 +0 / -0 111

Goal for today.

My goal for today is that I am trying not to take anxiety pills until noon. I want to prove to myself that I can do it on my own for the morning.

My other goal is to sit on my front porch with a book for 15 minutes.

The other goal is to manage to do the dishes.

8 years ago 0 +0 / -0 111

Goal for today.

Thank you Davit for answering me and giving me food for thought.

Up to now, today I met two of my goals.

I took an anxiety pill but not before noon. I haven'T used another one yet either.

I also did the dishes to the best of my abilities. There are still things soaking in the sink but I did most of it. I just have to wait for the tough stuff to soak and I can finish up.

I haven't gone outside today yet. Still working on it.

8 years ago 0 +0 / -0 111

Getting by 2

I am sorry to hear the morphine made you so tired.

In a way, I understand. When I take my anxiety pills, I feel better as in less anxious but I feel quite tired or sleepy. It's always kind of a toss up between what helps most.

8 years ago 0 +0 / -0 111

Worrying about his health

My husband is quite overweight. and he has that protruding tummy doctors warn us about as being bad for heart attacks and such.

He eats badly and doesn't exercise.

I worry about his health all the time. Lately I can't seem to stop obsessing about it.

What can I do?

8 years ago 0 +0 / -0 111

Worrying about his health

Thank you for pointing that out :)

8 years ago 0 +0 / -0 111

Relapse

Thank you very much :)

8 years ago 0 +0 / -0 111

Need Some Tactics

I don'T know if this will be helpful to you. But I used to carry a notebook with instructions as to what to do and questions to challenge my anxious thoughts, etc. That way, if my mind went blank, I could refer to the notebook. As I move along into the sessions once again, I intend to start a new notebook :)

8 years ago 0 +0 / -0 111

Overwhlemed

I was hospitalized for depression for 2 months. Then I came home and I had the kiddo with me at home for two weeks. Then me and the kiddo went to another city to see my mom for two weeks.

While I was gone or busy,nothing got done beyond the very basics.

To add to the problem, the house was in need of organization and a spring cleaning quite badly even before I left for the hospital.

So now the house needs to be reorganized top to bottom, cleaned and washed from top to bottom. On top of it my flowerbeds are a mess, the weeds are everywhere and the good plants are dying out, even the perennials…

I am here alone, dealing with my anxiety and lack of energy and I have so much on my plate! I don't think I can do it all on my own but I have nobody to help me.

On top of it, I need to start looking for jobs. We are in trouble financially so we need the second income…

I am totally overwhelmed, I just want to cry my eyes out...

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