I've gone twice in my life to a hospital because my heart was racing, and I thought it would explode. I wasn't drunk or hopped up, honestly. I just get these teerible feelings of impending doom. I got xanax, but I don't take it anymore cause it fries the brain. Besides my chjosen spiritual path (and 26 is young to think thaty someone is having a cardiac arrest), does anyone have any advice? Not like pop pills or drink myself to death..any real advice?
deep breaths and exercise. if you dont wanna take your xanax, then drink alcohol. I dont think weed does the trick but it might.
thank you much> Hip, yet accurate, and in the best interset of my physical health. BTW, thank you for being real about this post. PEACE
i think i have panic attacks! but im not sure. but like i start getting anxious and i twitch and cant breath and my heart beats super fast. is that what panic attacks are? or is it something else?
thanx again man. Excercise would be great (I get a great deal walking through the hills), but maybe I should do some cardio/arobic as well. Thank you much. BTW, grass doesn't help, yer right, but alcohol by itself tends to make me slightly irritable. The happy medium, and absoultey SUPREME EUPHORIA, is mixing the two, which (if you don't know, which you might not) is absolutley MIND BLOWING. Pot and Booze together, totally relax me, and actually lower blood pressure, (as the two are both casodilators), but I just couldn't afford to drive in such a situation. I don't even blaze behind the wheel, and if I exceed 3 beers, I don't drive for 24 hours, (not 6 hours). That might be a bit paranoid, but I would hate to inadvertantly cause an accident where someone gets hurt, and for as much as I hate police, I also have a strange respect for them, (if you think about it they do protect peeps from bank robberies, violent crime, etc.)...and up in Parma, OH, Pollock cops prolly don't even bust ya. They just steel your pot for personal enrichment. Death, thanx for a serious and well-meaning respone, you are a cool cat. SOrry about any hostile posts. PEACE
and for as much as I hate police, I also have a strange respect for them, (if you think about it they do protect peeps from bank robberies, violent crime, etc.) PEACE[/QUOTE] WTF guys? I dind't say I loved cops. I mereley pointed out that if someone is being physically harmed, they can come in handy. now you all percieve me as some sort of traitor to the hippie race... WTF?
Traitor to the hippy race? Haha... Na, cops arnt bad when their doing stuff that actuly matters. It's some of the other shit they do that pisses me off. But yeah man, exercising. Maybe meditation or something? Also, you're right, I highly doubt substances are gonna do shit, but they could he worth a shot.
dude, i'm like a hippie who doesn't do drugs. can i still be a hippie? i listen to 60's music, i love nature, and i am an artist. (?) just asking.
What is anxiety? Its a form of negative energy. Panic, fear, stress, worry, etc. How do these forms of negativity come to be? Refusal to accept what is. Negativity is only created when what is is not what your egoic-mind desires. (example = I'm stuck in traffic and I'm already late for work and I need to get there now!!!!) Your mind refuses to accept what is (sitting in traffic) and so anger, stress, panic etc. sets in. So my advice is this, accept what is, live in the now. When you feel yourself start to tense and your heart race and panic takes over... Listen to yourself breathe. Really focus, really listen. Feel the breath in and out. Listen to yout surroundings. The people, birds, music, cars etc. Just listen, don't think. Look, really look at your surroundings. Notice all the details you overlooked before. The bark of a tree. The color of the grass. The patterns/texture on the walls and furniture around you. Live in the now, the immediate present. Your mind, which causes the anxiety and panic, can only exist when you are living in the regrets of the past or the worries of the future (even 2 minutes from now.) Be present, and negativity cannot exist. Peace friend!
I was diagnosed with Social Anxiety at a very young age. I was put on Klonopin and Ambien (for my Insomnia). The two pills wreaked havoc on my mind and body for four years, and when I tried to stop taking my Klonopin, I had serious withdrawals that made me sick for weeks. I researched alternative ways to medicate myself for anxiety, depression, and insomnia, and while there were other options, I chose to try weed. It has worked wonders. I sleep better than I've ever slept in my life, and because I have more energy, I don't get stressed out as easily. Weed helped me with my panic attacks and anxiety, but everyone is different. What works for some people might not work for you. If these are panick attacks you're having, I doubt that jogging and jumping jacks are going to do much. I was pretty active and healthy, aside from my anxiety and difficulty keeping a "normal" sleep pattern. You should ask your doctor about other ways to medicate yourself without pills. Good luck!
that's really good your case is exactly the reason i don't condemn people who smoke marijuana, nor do i condemn the plant itself. there are plenty of cases like that as well. i know people use it to cope with rage, anger, all sorts of anxieties. HOWEVER, in my case, i think that it has the opposite effect. I had to stop it. it just produced perceptions and feelings that were--in some sense--almost traumatic.
I endorse this along with the suggestions for exercise - breathing as well as physical. Look at your diet as well- some times a tendency toward anxiety or depression is brought out by deficiencies...
thank you stinkfoot. i get more than ebnough excercise, but I could improve my diet. I hope that works.
Breathing exercises are good as well- if for no other reason than they fix the mind on the breathing technique and off whatever is triggering the anxiety.
Avoid sugars...spiking your insulin can also be a trigger. Also adding certain vitamins and minerals can help: B Complex (B6 and B5 especially) Magnesium Zinc Vitamin C Getting full bloodwork to make sure there is nothing physiological causing this...and make sure that you have your cortisol levels checked (it is not a routine test and you have your blood drawn twice for that...once fasted and then later in the afternoon).
Thank you to everyone for advice. Thanks Stinkfoot. The breathing works to a degree. It took a few tries to get a hang of it. But it works. I wish I knew what was triggering these panic episodes though. Maybe I should be psychoanylzed, or at least consult a shrink. ALso, I've had bloodwork. My cortisol, adrenaline, blood sugar, and blood pressure are normal. It seems like life is the root of my anxiety, i SHOULD get a better attitude about it. Thanks stinkfoot. Good advice. ALso, sorry about my casuing trouble on RTs. PEACE
