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14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

introducing myself...

hi, logged on because I was having a bad panic attack (bawling my eyes out because of the terror and calling everyone I know to try get someone up to me) Im 20 now and Ive had panic attacks since I was 16, was prescribed tablets but came off them cuz I thought I could go it alone which I was doing fine until I had to move back home again, everytime Im here they come back severely again whereas when Im away I can deal with them and they are mild. I think maybe it might be my mind associating my home town with panic attacks but Im so annoyed again, I feel like this is always going to have to be a part of me and even though I know loads of people that get them I feel like a freak around people when Im having them because know it must be really hard to understand, I just wish I could get rid of them, until 2 mins ago I was curled up in a ball crying my eyes out, I feellike a freak and a mad women?!! And why does it get why harder todeal with everytime Im home too?!?!? :(:(

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

Xtrem Panic disorder

Hey Nikole, xanax isnt the only thing that can help you, xanax stops the panic WHILE its happening but Ciprager stops it FROM happening, I was put on 40mg straight away and they did wonders! Supposedly they are non-addictive too but I wasnt on them long enough to find out as I wanted to deal with them in long-term with a cognitive behavioural therapist rather then short-term with the meds! I think Ciprager or lexapro are fantastic but as with all anti-anxiety meds, they only have full benefits and taken while having on-going therapy!! I really really hope it gets better for you,Im tryin my hardest to get rid of them too but sadly I dont have enough money to go to a therapist :(:(:(

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

We are not sick

Yeah I defo agree, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a mental illness but when I realised that it was because I was so aware of my bodies sensations (and so afraid of them), I found it much easier to overcome anxiety or panic when it was happening because I realised my mental health wasnt slowly deteriorating and that it was a reaction I had sub-consciously trained myself to have...

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

poem! =)

Hey guys! This is a poem I wrote while I was having a panic attack, I find writing or doodling while you're having a PA helps!

Try to remain normal while inside my mind is screaming,

Terror convulses through me, too sensitive for feelings,

Knowing you're dying but it never comes,

Death would be easier but I fear that too.

Try to hide from my inner thoughts, running away from myself,

Would let myself be, if only I fought.

After, exhaustion takes hold, tingling as eternal doom seeps away,

Anxious but alive, distract or the mind will pay.

So now I have to battle my demons, before I'm alive with no life inside,

Before liquid pleasure has thoughts for me,

Before I have nowhere left to hide.

Wish me luck dear readers that I don't lose the fight,

And to you I wish the absence of the very same plight!

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

Turning to alcohol

I have to be really careful now because its getting to the point where anytime I feel anxiety creeping up I reach for a can of beer, I can see how someone could easily turn into an alcoholic doing this especially cuz when the drink leaves your body it gives even more anxiety. I'm kinda afraid of taking tablets, i always think I'm going to have a bad reaction to them or something!! Has anyone else got into that habit and how did you stop??

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

Sleeping problem - Tylenol to help me sleep?

Ive had trouble sleeping too, its so annoying! My 'body-clock' is all out cuz I can't sleep at night and then I sleep all day the next day! And I can't try and stay awake so I sleep the night after because being over-tired makes me anxious too. I think I have associated going to sleep and being on my own with panic attacks. I'm really worried too because I have a job coming up (finally!) and unless I sort it out then I won't be able to work!!

I was wondering aswell if anyone else gets this---where if you've been anxious that day or are anxious and you are trying to sleep and as soon as you're just dropping off, it feels like your not breathing and you're snapped awake gasping for breath?! (hope i explained that in a way thats understandable lol)

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

Smoking

You breath the right way but I think the cigarette makes it worse. I think the cigarette sucks the oxygen from your blood and your body releases adrenaline to keep itself going after the toxins being breathed in.when we have a panic attack, alot of it is due to unnessecary adrenaline in your body with nowhere to go so when you have a cigarette and it starts releasing adrenaline your body starts to go into fight or flight mode. I think anyway... :confuse:

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

How do I get through this?

Hey guys, had the worst setbback ive had in a long long while, panic attacks came to the point where the nurseline told me to ring an ambulance immediately. I feel I should have gone to hospital as the ambulance crew asked me to but I just couldnt bring myself to go as I would have been even more terrified ina hospital!! It is the first time my new boyfriend has seen anything like this and I think I might have freaked the poor guy out. My mam has had too much aswell as she thinks I should go into a mental health hospital for panic attacks because she feels they are so draining for everyone around me to deal with too. I know it would probably help me alot but my best friend is in a hospital like that and I am scared of the same stigma being put on me as has been put on her, i know that is horrible to say, I do not have any problems with them I just dont want people judging me. Today is probably the first day in my life where I really really feel as if I have no-one truly backing me up. I have been offered a job 6 hours away from here and I am thinking of taking it so I miight be able to start a fresh. I dont knw, Im so confused. I try to do the course but in 2 days time I wont be anxious anymore, the anxiety and PAs go from virtually nothing to severe all the time. It seems to be alcohol but I cant stop going out with friends to drink, its so stupid,I bring it all on myself by drinking.

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 9

How do I get through this?

Thanks Ashley, I dpnt currently have a counsellor as it is too expensive for me at the moment but hopefully it is something I will be able to have soon. thanks for your response, it has helped alot. My dad bought me a book on panic attacks so I have asked my parents to read it too so that they can understand a bit better. I realise it must be very hard for them to understand when they dont get it.

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