how can i control myself from keep getting anxiety attacks?
ok, i’ve suffered depression for years and i’ve been recently diagnosed with having bipolar disorder. for about the last year or so, i’ve developed these anxiety attacks that would just appear out of nowhere and this started happening before i found out i was pregnant. it seem to stop for a while during the middle of my 2nd trimester but then about a week and a half after i had my son the panic attacks seem to come back and i think part of it might have something to do with me being a new mom. it’s been so bad that i had to be hopitalized last week because of it. i’m currently doing a day hospital treament program for the next few days for people with mood/anxiety disorders and they did put be on meds to help with the anxiety but is there other ways of prevent more panic attacks besides medication? also i haven’t been in therapy in a few years so do you think i should start seeing a therapist again. any advice helps, thanks!!
I have had panic attacks since I was a little girl. They are awful. I have found that taking a deep breath and staying in a cool place is helpful. Also, try to do something to take it off of your mind. Read a chapter in a book, go outside and water your plants, read jokes on the Internet, listen to music, play with you kid, etc. It will get better with time, but every once in a while one will sneak up on you when you least expect it. Just remember that it is just a panic attack, and you will get through it. I hope that I helped.
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Comment from aji
Time February 14, 2010 at 12:33 am
therapy would be the best for you to take in order to lessened out dependancies on meds and to make your body chemically balance.
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Comment from sailinshoes81
Time February 14, 2010 at 1:14 am
Many people with anxiety disorders can be helped with treatment. Therapy for anxiety disorders often involves medication or specific forms of psychotherapy.
Medications, although not cures, can be very effective at anxiety treatment. Today, thanks to research by scientists at NIMH and other research institutions, there are more medications available than ever before to help with treatment of anxiety disorders. So if one drug is not successful, there are usually others to try. In addition, new medications to treat anxiety symptoms are under development.
For most of the medications that are prescribed for the treatment of anxiety disorders, the doctor usually starts the patient on a low dose and gradually increases it to the full dose. Every medication has side effects, but they usually become tolerated or diminish with time. If side effects become a problem, the doctor may advise the patient to stop taking the medication and to wait a week–or longer for certain drugs–before trying another one. When treatment is near an end, the doctor will taper the dosage gradually.
Research has also shown that behavioral therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy can be effective for anxiety treatment.
Behavioral therapy focuses on changing specific actions and uses several techniques to decrease or stop unwanted behavior. For example, one technique trains patients in diaphragmatic breathing, a special breathing exercise involving slow, deep breaths to reduce anxiety. They should be practiced when you are feeling your best. It will then teach your body to adapt to breathing in this way therefore reducing or eliminating panic attacks. Learning breathing techniques is necessary because people who are anxious often hyperventilate, taking rapid shallow breaths that can trigger rapid heartbeat, lightheadedness, and other symptoms. Another technique–exposure therapy–gradually exposes patients to what frightens them and helps them cope with their fears.
Like behavioral therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy teaches patients to react differently to the situations and bodily sensations that trigger panic attacks and other anxiety symptoms. However, patients also learn to understand how their thinking patterns contribute to their symptoms and how to change their thoughts so that symptoms are less likely to occur. This awareness of thinking patterns is combined with exposure and other behavioral techniques to help people confront their feared situations. For example, someone who becomes lightheaded during a panic attack and fears he is going to die can be helped with the following approach used in cognitive-behavioral therapy. The therapist asks him to spin in a circle until he becomes dizzy. When he becomes alarmed and starts thinking, "I’m going to die," he learns to replace that thought with a more appropriate one, such as, "It’s just a little dizziness–I can handle it."
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Comment from Cat Tat
Time February 14, 2010 at 1:34 am
I have had panic attacks since I was a little girl. They are awful. I have found that taking a deep breath and staying in a cool place is helpful. Also, try to do something to take it off of your mind. Read a chapter in a book, go outside and water your plants, read jokes on the Internet, listen to music, play with you kid, etc. It will get better with time, but every once in a while one will sneak up on you when you least expect it. Just remember that it is just a panic attack, and you will get through it. I hope that I helped.
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Comment from Sara J
Time February 14, 2010 at 1:52 am
I like yourself suffer panic attacks, i got to the stage i wouldn’t go out incase i had one. I found that if you take some time out on your own alone, take deep breaths and try to relax the panic attacks will pass. It you want to chat IM me or email.
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Comment from pookie
Time February 14, 2010 at 2:16 am
I have the exact mental problems as you do.No Kidding!! I take a low dosage of Lithum 300 mgs twice a day and along with that Lorazepam for anxieity 4 mgs 2 in a.m. & 2 at p.m. Its been keeping me stabalized for 8 years now.Which is great for me. Ask youre doctor about these medications.
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Comment from hewray
Time February 13, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Hey, totally go back into therapy, it’s worth it in the long run
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