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symptom tracker - what´s a panic attack?


14 years ago 0 11226 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
This is a great discussion and everyone makes great points. 
 
The important point is to be consistent with however you decide to record your symptoms so that you can see progress and/or where you might have a trigger.
 

Ashley, Health Educator
14 years ago 0 6252 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Teebs 

That is great to hear. Amazing what can happen in a couple of months. I don't want to embarrass you but I remember some of your worse days, you really do sound much better.

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Davit
14 years ago 0 15 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thanks Teebs,  I do the same.  It's a bit confusing for a newbie like me but i'm getting the hang of it.
Cheers,
Matt
 
14 years ago 0 286 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Matt,
 
This is a great question. I also don't have full blown panic attacks too often and have wondered about how to use this feature. Pretty much whenever I do have what I consider a panic attack my anxiety is at an 8-10 - I don't really consider an anxious moment of a 5 a full blown attack.
 
If it helps, what I do is rate my daily anxiety level (1-10) based on how anxious I felt and how many waves of anxiety I had, and still tick didn't have a panic attack, and I use this as my scale to see how I'm doing overall. When I re-started the program in August I had lots of 8s and 9s, and now I'm down to more 3s, 4s, and 5s for daily anxiety levels, which is a nice way to see my progress.
 
I'll be interested to hear what others are doing.
 
Teebs
14 years ago 0 6252 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Matt

Depends on how long they last.

Davit
14 years ago 0 15 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi,
 
Filling out my daily mood tracker I keep ticking "I didn't have a panic attack today" because I rarely have a full-blown one.   I do however have many heart-racing anxious periods that I try to breath through to avoid an attack.  Should I rate these as a panic attack on the mood tracker?
 
Cheers,
Matt

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