panic/anxiety attacks
By billysbabe
@billysbabe (578)
United States
October 21, 2006 9:17am CST
I suffer with these, although they are currently buried away lol, How many members here are also suffering and what are your coping skills? If i cannot breath it away I take Valium or xanax and I try to get to sleep... Any other advice would be happily taken :)
12 responses
@karinna (233)
• United States
22 Oct 06
i take medication for mine but for me it doesnt realy help, but i have mine when i try to go outside so i practice at home trying to go out into my backyard. maybe for you instead of calling ppl you dont know you should if you can practice on calling ppl you do know like family and friends. as for your husband it realy is hard for him to know what to do, the best thing he can do is the same thing my husband does, be there for you and talk you through it. its not easy to get over fears like this.
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@billysbabe (578)
• United States
23 Oct 06
Yes I say practice makes perfect... that advice is great... take little steps and take them as slow as you are comfortable with, i love to talk as i find that it takes my mind away from the panic/anxiety.
@karinna (233)
• United States
22 Oct 06
i have them pretty bad myself, i also do not leave my house. i suffer from ptsd as a result of my first marriage, im always afraid my x husband is going to find me, although he is in prison and wont be out anytime soon im still afriad. i have fear of ppl, and the unknown of what is out side my door. i have to make sure every door and window is locked i keep my blinds down, and if my husband is not at home i stay in my bedroom. im in treatment because i do have a child now 1 year old and i know i can not make her suffer so i am practicing going out into my backyard. as for dealing with this its hard, the breathing gets bad i get light headed i want to pass out so i just dont go out and when i have to practice going outside its only when my husband is home
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@billysbabe (578)
• United States
22 Oct 06
I do feel for you,.... its an swful condition :( My email addy is above this post, if you feel that you may ever need a friend then feel free to contact me, it was the internet that opened up my closed in side, as i used to be home home home i wouldnt go out and i had 2 children @ the time, i was a single mum, i found a man that supported me from afar as i was in the UK and he was in the USA.... he helped me find me again and i have never looked back, i am now in the usa happily married for 3 yrs :):)... I would love to be there if you ever needed a friend xxxx
@karinna (233)
• United States
22 Oct 06
the internet helped me alot as well, i am remarried now and i met him on the internet. we talked for months because i didnt want to meet him because of the way i am, but after awhile i did meet him he actualy came to my state every weekend to see me a long drive but he did it anyway :-) i told him befor we meet that i had issues and explained to him i dont go out i dont usualy deal with ppl but internet, i also had some disfigurments on my body from my x, my face, legs stomach, but he saw right passed that and we have been together 10 years now married with child and he still tells me im the best thing that ever happend to him, but byfar he is the best thing that has happend to me. the hardest part of my ordeal is waking at night in pain (ghost pain) i still feel like at times when im asleep that im being stabbed by x and its hard but my husband is always there to hold me and talk me through it, myhusband has done alot for me i still have hard times but im woprking on it, and we could continue this talking that would be nice its hard to find ppl willing to talk about these kid of things. bless you guys
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@Stiletto (4579)
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24 Oct 06
I suffered from panic/anxiety attacks and became agoraphobic as a result of them. Didn't leave the house for almost 2 years. That was when I was in my early twenties (I'm 45 now) but even today there is the odd occasion when I can feel one "brewing" - most likely to happen if I'm a bit run down or just before my period. I never took medication for it. I learned from reading books on the subject that the best way to deal with a panic attack is to go with it and let it happen. I know it sounds weird but it's your response to the feeling of panic that makes it escalate. Don't get me wrong - it took me ages to be able to do that but it really does work. I'm probably not explaining it very well - if I can remember the title of the book I'll post it here!
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@billysbabe (578)
• United States
24 Oct 06
No you are making perfect sense, I can manage them most of the time, my last bad night was about 2 months ago right before my period i could not sleep and i was so anxious it was awful, i rang my husband @ 4am and sobbed to him , he talked me through the anxiety so it didnt escalate in2 a full blown panic attack.... Mine can be worse at night? and when i am due my period.
Does anybody else find that there is a certain time of day or month that it can be worse for them?
I am pleased that you have fought back and are winning your fight with these feelings, if you can remember the book i would love to know :)
Thank you for posting
@shooie (4984)
• United States
13 Nov 06
I guess I am the lucky one mine aren't so bad....If I fall into a deep deep sleep I wake up suddenly scared and can't breath, or in a closed in place with lots of people I get hot, can't breath start to get antsy...I don't have them like I had before when I lived in cali which is nice....so maybe mine were stress related some how.....hugs everyone on this page....
@katieD (7)
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11 Nov 06
Hiya Billysbabe i feel for you so much i suffer with attacks myself and acually im going through one right now i have a numb hand and face and my heart is racing, im really tense and feel sick and light headed but! i know that there is nothing wrong phisically or mentally with me this really helps me to cope.Heres what i do and am doing right now,i constantly tell myself that all these feelings are just symptoms of me not breathing properly i stress when i feel light headed or sick because i think im gonna faint or be phisically sick, but so what if i am i keep telling myself it wont kill me if this happens. Also i hate it when my vision gets blurred usually because ive been crying for so long again in panic about serious illness but ive had all the tests, mri scans,anti depressants and have scanned the net for any info which may help but to be quite honest i think the best thing that helps me is to talk and listening to my favorite music,just let yourself go and allow yourself to feel relaxed it really wont hurt you.just to say im now feeling good again i hope you can get back to a happy life for you and your family i know how important it is i have two girls and a husband myself.
GOOD LUCK xx
@MrsFrizzle (1963)
• United States
31 Oct 06
I used to have a bad problem with panic attacks. I was on medication for a while but decided to deal with it with out the medication and to my surprise I have done well. I try to mentaly prepare myslef when I am is a situation that may bring one on. I talk myself out of it. I do some breathingg, I go to the bathroom or a place I can be alone and breath and think myself out of it. You just have to try very hard not to get worked up.
@karinna (233)
• United States
25 Oct 06
the only time i have them is when i atempt to go outside. right now im working on going to the mail box, the mail box is probably 15 feet from the front of the house, we have a roadside box, but its hard because like i stated befor i keep the windows down and the doors locked. i atempted this yesturday but ran back in after only one foot of the front porch ugh, but im going to keep trying. i just cant get the picture of my x husband out of my head holding the shotgun up to my face, i dont think i will ever beable to not see that image.
@dreamsncharms (1340)
• United States
1 Nov 06
When I am super stressed out my heart beats so fast that it feels like it will leap right out of my chest :( It can be hard to calm down sometimes.
@usmcsgtwife (4997)
• United States
31 Oct 06
I don;t suffer from panic attacks but I have a high level of stress and anxiety, and have just about every phycial symptom you can have. I was looking into taking some herbal medicine for this because no doctor seems to think I have it bad enough to get medicated for it. I guess I just hide it really well.. I do trying deep breathing excersise which help every so often
