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Can anxiety build up until it becomes panic?

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Thank you, Life may be tough but it is not impossible.

I have a young friend who works at the Hospital who has panic attacks. We celebrated by Making and having a nice supper. Her and her hyper active Jack Russell terrier stopped in on her way home from work. She had a bad day yesterday and on top of that she is trying to quit smoking. I like her, she is like a daughter I never had and very much an orange. But the biggest reward is having my sweetie tell me how much she cares. And I know she does, which is why I love her so much.

Here for you,

Davit.

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 376

DUDE !!!!

You are amazing.... I can't even imagine dealing with all that you do.... thank you for letting us know it can be done with style and grace. I hope you are planning something special as a personal reward. What might that be???

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Hi.

Today I should have had a massive panic attack. I went to the hospital yesterday to get my white cell count checked. I have chronic staph infection and when it comes back I can barely walk and have to be on massive antibiotics for a few weeks. I have seen numerous doctors with all different ideas that haven't worked. On top of it all the nurse I got was new and didn't know me and my present doctor is on holidays. My fifteen minute appointment turned into two hours. And I have to go back tomorrow for more tests. Another doctor was called in for a second opinion, and I like what they want to do. I'm an enigma. I never look like I have infection and never have a fever, but the cultures are always positive and it is never MRSA considering how much antibiotic I have been on. So you can see the combination of all these things plus some waiting time and expecting to just be given the same antibiotic should have set me off. Nothing. A year ago I would have been freaking real bad. Nothing, I came home and will go back tomorrow. Not bad for a guy who was and probably still is agoraphobic.

Here for you,

Davit.

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 12049

Wien,

Once again the members have provided great insight, support and knowledge. Take what you need and keep it close!

Josie, Health Educator

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 659

In my previous post I forgot and left out the word "With" I meant to say Replace my negative with Positive thoughts using the 10 question list and find a positive distraction..So what I did this morning was work in my yard..Playing in the sprinklers while adjusting my sprinkler heads..I know it sounds so simple but simple distractions like this really help me..Also challenging my negative thoughts in my head with the help of the 10 question list helps me to see that my fears are unfounded and are not based on reality..Cbt helps to keep me in check and brings me back to reality. This way I am not living in the past or the future but am grounded in the present...Cbt really helps me stay in the here and now..So that I can enjoy my life...No I am not cured this is something I do not concern myself with..What is important to me is that I now have the tools I need to live a happy life...I can take control during my waking hours and have the power to turn my negative thoughts into positive ones....

Red

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 659

Wein,

This makes a lot of sense to me..Anxiety is something thats builds for me while I am sleeping at night in my dreams until it causes panic and wakes me up..Then I get up and sometimes I can shrug it off and sometimes I can't. That is when I start challenging my anxious and negative thoughts with the 10 questions list..and it easies up and goes away as I progress through the day..Distractions help a lot too..Finding something positive to do to occupy my mind..this helps me to replace my negative thoughts positive thoughts. It does take some time but is works for me most of the time..

Red

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Wien

Definitely. Anxiety is the root of most panic. Panic is a way of breaking the anxiety cycle. The other way is dealing with the anxiety. Easier said than done if the anxiety is not something you can control. The attack should have been less than they were and today you should feel a bit calmer since some of the pressure is off. But you will have to deal with the anxiety. As long as the attacks don't get more frequent, shrug it off as part of the healing process. Was it bad or just annoying? Could you live with the odd one? Anxiety and panic are normal as long as they don't turn into attacks. As time goes by you get better at shrugging them off.

Here for you,

Davit

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4027

Wien,

Looks like a difference in degree, and finally percieved loss of control of one's emotional resources. The operative word is "percieived". Under the toolbar, Education was the heading that allowed me to review this as I did a cursory read. Thank you for asking the question!

One interesting thing suggested, on another site, was that changing involves unwravelling our "hierarch of fears". Now I understand that, since as I got worse, I just added more fears to myself. Getting over this with a lot of help, a lot of homework, means starting at the bottom of something like a pyramid, and then rebuilding our lives. Then again, theories are just theories, and the final aim is to be able to live, love and learn again, to the extent we can....some like myselves, have struggled all our lives, and have to just do what we can with what we have.

What's tough, is that fear is beneath all this, and being vulnerable, I feel guarded even with credentialized MD's, since "once burned, twice shy" would sum it up.

I'm visual, and my MD has caught on with that(I feel stupid when someone starts drawing, but that's the way my mind is). I wonder if drawing an image of a pyramid and trying to connect the fears, like the famous Abraham Maslow(Brandeis University psychologist) hierarchy would help me? I'll try it. Sorry about being long-winded...but this might help me....

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3

Hello everyone,

I have been doing very good for the last month. I was panic attack free until last night when I had one which was quite strong. Well, considering the fact that I have been panic attack free for long, maybe I am just exagerating it.

My question is, can anxiety build up until it becomes panic?

I had been anxious these last days and, maybe the anxiety accumulated until I had a panic attack. Does this make any sense?

Thanks for your input!

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