I can't really add anything to all the great advice Carmie has given you. I encourage you to continue to work on the program. The program will give you the tools you need to manage the Panic and Panic Symptoms. The section on Simulating Panic will help you lose the fear of the dizziness symptom.
If you haven't read it before (or in awhile), The section on challenging negative thoughts is so good. It's what I do when the first two methods don't work. I love having all sorts of tools available to me.
And two side notes, that picture of the tree with the hearts is so terrific! AND it made me smile just thinking about chocolate chip cookies and milk - I think that's my all-time favorite snack!
Good luck, today - I hope it will go much, much better!
Thank you very much for your response... No I have not told my boyfriend about my panic attacks I don't know how to tell him about it. It is very annoying to feel dizzy all the time I kind of figured it was because of the panic that I felt like this. I'm going to try what you do with your husband it sounds like it cn help me.
I wanted to let you know that dizziness is my main symptom of anxiety, too. I've also wondered if it has to do with how hungry I am. In my case, it has almost everything to do with panic. I had lots of tests done to make sure that nothing else was causing my dizziness and once I found out that anxiety could cause dizziness - things started to get better.
Now, when I get dizzy, I stop to tell myself - "This is your anxiety. This symptom is not going to kill you. This is harmless and annoying - like a case of the hiccups". This is what my therapist suggested and often (not always, but often), it's just what I need to get out of the panic cycle.
Do you ever try something like that?
Something else that helps is that when I start to panic, I tell my husband and he'll ask "What are you afraid of?" Believe it or not - once I stop to think about that - I usually realize that I don't know the answer - and I feel better. I am mostly afraid of having an attack. Does your boyfriend know about your anxiety?
Hope that any of this might help. I wanted to share that I have had similar feelings.
I have been getting more panic than ever I see myself and I cant believe my setback from last year its been really bad first of all one time I was going to go to dinner with my boyfriend so i decided that by eating 2 chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk until dinner would be ok. I was already feeling a little dizzy by lunch time but I ignored it we left to dinner and at the restaurant I started getting allot of panic just thinking about it right now makes me feel dizzy. So anyways we were ready to be seated and i felt really dizzy at this point I started to panic I felt really dizzy I felt like I was going to faint. So I thought to myself is this a panic attack or am I dizzy because I have not eaten all day so I go back inside the restaurant and ask for a soda but the food had not gotten there still so I tell my boyfriend to take me to get something really quick because they were taking forever after that I felt really embarrased and I apoligized then I realized it was a full blown panic attack. Now I'm scared of feeling hungry even after I eat and I take a sandwich with me to feel safe I never eat it because I just carry it with me. Another thing that triggered my panic was because of my sister she gets seizures and I have to stay with her and take care of her she is an adult and she is being treated but she sometimes gets her seizures and I'm really scared to stay with her alone I was never scared before and now after the dinner thing happened it was like another setback for me somehow everytime I have a big panic attack it sets me back this panic attack I would compare it like when I was working at McDonalds and someone came in to rob us.
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