Had a panic attack last night

I get real bad anxiety attacks. My boyfriend is the only person that can talk me out of one. I find they're a lot easier on me if I have someone to talk to.
My mom took me to a psycho doctor for them, she was a waste of money....I've never seen such a quack in all my days. She give me some sort of meds....which I flushed. The way I see it....I shouldn't supress the anxiety with medication....it's just as bad.
I don't think it'll happen again just because you think about it....if it does....it's all in your mind. So, just don't worry, be happy, go on with your day, and if you have an attack, find someone to talk to. If you're all alone, try your best to breathe deep and just concentrate on a different feeling or get something to stare at to take your mind off of them.

 

anxiety disorders suck ass!

 

EDIT: I tried the slow breathing technique and thinking about other things.. Not sure how well they worked on me. I know when slowly breathing and my chest pounding, I couldn't stop from shaking and felt as if my chest was trying to come out of my skin.

I really have no idea what triggered this one. I was sitting here typing on the computer when all of a sudden when I breathed, it felt like my breath was coming outta my chest and then it happened.

 

oh god. tell me you didn't flush a bottle of xanax.

 

They didn't give me xanax, and, if they had, I would have flushed them, yes.
Why would that be such a big deal? I'm not a pill head. I wouldn't risk jail time for selling them....and I wouldn't give them to anyone I know. It would have been pointless to keep any type of pill I didn't plan to take.

 

isnt this amazing........a thread full of people, who most would have used drugs, i.e. marijuana, and perhaps shroom and LSD. The ratio of people on this site that ahve mental illness seems to be much higher than the population norm. Must I go any furthur to prove my point from the other day, in another thread.

By the way i have an anxiety disorder, coupled with panic disorder and depression. lol

 

The best thing to do by the way is just ride it and realise it will be over soon, generally in the next 5 minutes

 

This one was much longer than 5 minutes, couple hours I'd guess... It was hard to but I was able to go to sleep to make it end. I thought that my chest would start pounding again when I went to sleep... Couldn't sleep totally on my back though, I tried.

Also, I don't not blame the drug usage (although I haven't done anything major since last year).

 

Well, hope it'll be alright. I went through quite a string of them... Felt like everything that meant anything to me was being ripped away.

Can't stand that feeling.

 

what a delightful assumption... I haven't even done pot once

 

I was going to suggest the same thing. It's truly the best advice. While you are suffering a severe attack, one of the best things you can do, is remind yourself that "this is going to pass soon." It's very hard to relax yourself while experiencing those symptoms. But once you experience those symptoms for awhile you'll see its true. No matter how bad the symptoms are... you're not having a heart attack, you arent dying, etc etc. You have to remind yourself of these things. If you get caught up in the attack you will make the symptoms worse. Ignore that fear. Its irrational, and for whatever reason the body/mind is acting out when it shouldnt. Dont fight it, but dont focus on it. In spite of the fear... do something to get your mind off of it. Go for a walk, listen to soothing music... watch a lighthearted comedy or hang out with some friends... those things help. Get a good relaxation CD with guided imagery to go to sleep with. My panic attacks were always worse at night (because when you are laying down the chest tightness and heart pounding is really noticeable.)

Learn deep breathing techniques, by attending some classes or with a CD, etc. I like the ones that teach counting down backwards, with the deepest level of relaxation being the number "1" or something like that. After doing these for awhile... it will program itself in your mind. Then when you are experiencing an attack, you can just sit and count down backwards, and when you hit 1, your body will relax itself, out of conditioned habit. It really works.

If anyone continues to have chronic attacks, and you find you are limiting your activities and your life is being hindered by them, I would definately suggest finding a good counselor to confide in, and maybe even taking medication. Speaking from experience... Alot of my life was wasted because those symptoms limited me. Chronic symptoms that are keeping you from being yourself, shouldnt be left untreated. It can change you, like making you go into isolation or developing paranoia. And it can also aggrivate other things, such as depression and other forms of mental illness. I wish I had found help years ago. If I had sought out treatment in my teens, I probably would have avoided alot of needless suffering. I finally had to seek some help last year. I found a wonderful counselor at a clinic and she helped me so much! I also went on Zoloft (for severe depression, but it also helped with anxiety).

But try natural ways first, sometimes the symptoms will go away on their own. It might just be something that will phase itself out. And always feel free to confide with us all here.... so many others can relate. It always helps to know that you're not alone.

 

haha i have one every eveing :d i'm crazy like that
but it's okay...it's not scary or anyhting, i just feel my heart beat too fast

 

I have been having allot of panic attacks also. Ever since my grandmother left. If you keep having panic attacks, I would go to the doctor. If by next week I am still having them. I am going to talk to my mother and see if she will take me to the doctor. That’s only if I keep getting them.

I know how it feels

 

As far as experiments go, this one is pretty uncontrolled.

I've done as many bad things as anybody here, and my head is screwed on just fine.

 

thats why i said most people

 

Consider yourself lucky