Panic Attack Help

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Segment 2 of Kathryn Tristan’s series on overcoming anxiety and panic gives simple strategies to help you help yourself. Learn about the incredible powers of awareness and choice. Kathryn gives tips from her new book “Anxiety Rescue - Simple Strategies to Stop Fear from Ruling Your Life.” See more on her web site http://www.anxietyrescuebook.com

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i've been really beyond stressed…the stress is slowly going away because i finally realized how ridiculous i was being. but now that im trying to get better im still getting those spacey kinda panic moments…and im trying to fight them off…will they go away once i really get better? when i change things and get healthier?
meanwhile…how can i control them…i seem to be pushing them away but they still bother me. it's an annoying feeling. is there something i should be doing or not doing when i feel spacey and sorta panicy?

I can relate to you. The best thing to do is when you start to feel like you are going to have an attack just tell yourself that it is alright and that you will get through it. The time will pass. Try to think of something that makes you happy and feel safe. keep yourself very busy.
Good luck

i have panic attacks when i smoke weed and i just want them to stop so i can fit in so what is the best way to make them go away

Unfortunately, you should just stop smoking weed. I have the same problem, I panic and think im going insane when i blaze, so i had to give it up. Which sucked ass because I love pot, still.

I suffer from Trichotillomania (an OCD) and it is getting worse. I also have anxiety nervosa and panic attacks. I have seen my doctor and I've been on Zoloft for 2 years now. I've also seen a Psychologists and tried various diets. I know my disorder relates to post traumatic stress. I exercise regularly which helps in some ways. Maybe I should try accupuncture or hyponotherapy. What is the most effective way besides trying to deal with my hurts and depression?

Therapy. Have you tried paxil, it is FDA approved now for PTSD. I think you need an anxiolytic for the anxiety. I am all for alternative therapies, whatever works.

Trichotillomania is pretty rare, I have only seen a couple of cases (5) in 20 years

I have anxiety disorder about a year and a half ago. I fell out (fainted) and had Panic attack right after. but ti went away about 2 weeks later. It isent until now (4 days until now) that I started to have panic attacks whenever I begin to fallasleepp, or get ready for bed. IDK whats causing it? besides my frequent worries aboutMym bf not too long ago. Our relationships sometimes made me becomeunablel to focus in school, and iconstantlyy worried fi he was not cheating, or lying to me… HES A GREAT, BOYFRIEND. I JUST HAD BAD PASTEXPERIENCESS WHICH LED ME TO THINK NEGATIVE ABOUT HIM. but I stopped thinking bad about him not o long ago.

RECENTLY IHA VENT’T REALLY BEEN STRESSING, SO WHATS CAUSING MY PANIC ATTACKS 2 NIGHT??

Insecurity perhaps.

Maybe the issue with your bf hasn’t been resolved to the level that you really feel it needs to be?

Other than that, relax, turn a fan or the tv on and rest.

I am a long term substitute teacher and I am under a lot of stress. I've only been in this class since the middle of March and have been thrown into a lot of work that I should not be responsible for. I teach special ed so the students have Individualized Education Plans, which should be done throughout the year. Well, the teacher that I'm in for didn't do them when she should have and now I have to complete them. Out of the 15 kids in my class, I have been responsible for 11 of their IEPs, which is unheard of! I've always been a sensitive and conscientious person, but this is pushing me over the edge. I feel overwhelmed and feel like what I'm experiencing could be panic attacks. I am even itchy all over because of my nerves! Does anyone have any suggestions to help me calm down and get through this? I appreciate any ideas. Thanks!

I also work in Special Ed, you must ask for help from the Senco in your school the IEPs will require input from other staff in the school and canot be left to you,all i can say to you is step back and do your best you are only Supply and if the last teacher is off with stress then it says it all from the sound of it. It's a tough job and you sound like a very conscientious teacher RELAX Enjoy take one day at a time and make sure you go out for a walk at lunch time ask the other staff for help The students are lucky to have someone who cares as much as you do

i'd sure like to know, if y'all have some tips.

i feel like it has been long enough (3 1/2 years) that this shouldn't be happening!! i want some control over my damn mind and body, already. it isn't that my boyfriend is pressuring me. i'm just as up for it as he is. but i start to have my old panic attack symptoms when penetration starts, so we stop, i go home and punch stuff, and he feels awful.

the only way i have managed to have consensual sex, is once, i drank 6 beers. i hardly remember anything. my boyfriend felt really bad about it and didn't want to try anything for a few weeks. (i quit drinking in august.)

but i am determined to have control over my body and have some damn sex if i want to.

is there anyone here who has actually has a good sex life now? how did you do it? did it get better with time?

i have had this happen, a long time ago. it does take a long time. what made mine worse was that it was my best friend's husband, we weren't on a date, i was just visiting, and she went out with her boyfriend. whole other story

but, it took a while to get over.

the suggestions of seeking counseling group or individual, is a good idea.

sounds weird, but somehow you need to forgive the creep. as long as you hold that anger, that person still has control over you, and you have a great partner now, to be able to deal with this too.

in the past, the way i deal with traumatic things, is to write my feelings down, in letter form, get them all out..then burn the letter to let it go..

wish you and your partner the best

blessings..

I have had panic/anxiety attacks since I turned 14 or around 8th grade. I did have a normal childhood but not as normal as others since I didn't have many friends or I didn't go to daycare as much and I always asked alot of questions and often got frustrated and angry and had tantrums, I moved to America when I was 7 I was born in Estonia. I got teased alot in Elementary and Middle school. Now that I'm 17 years old I've begun to understand myself more and know myself, I've been through alot in my life, good and bad. I'm very shy and its hard for me to communicate/ make friends. Last year I was in alot of stress and I mean alot, I started having severe panic attacks and I almost felt like dying, thats how bad they were. I ended up in the hospital, had no idea what was going on. They gave me alot of medication in the hospital, I got transferred into a mental hospital though, and from there on they discovered I had Aspergers Disorder, I also had Panic/ Anxiety Disorder. Im much better now

you've been through alot of "stress" moving from one country to another is hard. i've moved from on state to another which is easier but, still not as easy. as the aspergers part that's a whole genetic thing. i have a younger brother that has aspergers and he's now 26. i'm thinking it's just the whole moving thing, and being shy cause you don't know anyone, and on top of it your have to learn a whole new language. you were speaking eesti keel which is alot harder to speak than english is. i would step back, take a deep breath, and think about everything that's happened in your life and look at yourself in the mirror and say "hey it's cool, i'm new but, i'll make it through it" you have to take one day at a time.

good luck

email me at reenie18@hotmail.com if you need someone to talk to.

Also, can you develop panic attacks suddenly?

Yes I have to agree Panic/anxiety and depression go together, I've had both for many years.

NEXIUM is a drug I take for gastric reflux not depression.

I'm desperate! Any suggestions besides meds that dr's give you?

Tension Tamer herb tea and also take
St. Johns Wort herb pills together

They don't have an arm length of warnings either
And you don't need a doctor to get a refill
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