How to help my girlfriend with her panic attacks?
My girlfriend has panic attacks. Her panic attacks have gotten worse since college started. School work is taking a lot out of her and causing her panic attacks to happen more frequently. I have no background on panic attacks and want to understand them more. I’ve read many things online but i can only learn so much from searching. What should I do? I wanna help my girlfriend.
I think all the help you can give her is to be there for her & have her calm down. She needs to help herself by going to a doctor to get on anti-anxiety pills until she learns to meditate & control her panic attacks on her own. She could try yoga or another form of meditation first though before resorting to pills?
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Comment from ?Necro~Tornado?™
Time November 23, 2009 at 10:20 pm
I think all the help you can give her is to be there for her & have her calm down. She needs to help herself by going to a doctor to get on anti-anxiety pills until she learns to meditate & control her panic attacks on her own. She could try yoga or another form of meditation first though before resorting to pills?
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Comment from Catalina
Time November 23, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Hey, I understand how you feel…
The uncomfortable symptoms like sweaty palms, "jelly" legs, extreme alertness, "impending doom" feeling and the fight-or-flight response.
I’ve been there. I’m an ex-victim. Sometimes the deep breathing or distraction techniques doesn’t work – a full-blown panic or anxiety attack happens later.
Sometimes you experience panic attack out of the blue and such.
Do NOT buy Panic Away, Linden Method, EasyCalm or the Panic Puzzle. They do NOT work – I’ve tried them and their solutions are similar – it DOESN’T WORK.
Medications do NOT work – I was under many antidepressants (Prozac, Lexapro, Paxil and Zoloft) and anti-anxiety medications (Ativan, Klonopin, and Xanax) but my condition was the same – no improvement at all.
The only program that really work is The Panic Attack Solution. It’s found by an ex-victim. You can check out his old blog in his official website to read up some useful tips.
But the package is the best – it teaches 17 powerful techniques and the real solution to panic attacks. I’ve bought it and it really helped me – it’s the BEST anti-anxiety package or book I’ve read.
His theory really makes sense and it works effectively!
You will learn why your panic attacks can happen without warning sometimes; why having stimulant causes panic attacks; and many-many other useful tips!
Check out his official website:
http://www.ThePanicAttackSolution.com
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Comment from Jaime
Time November 23, 2009 at 11:30 pm
try this site..maybe it could help you..
http://www.stoppingpanicattack.com/
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Comment from lalybuggirl
Time November 23, 2009 at 9:41 pm
This story about my experiences with anxiety and panic attacks, and how Panic Away turned my life upside down. If you suffer from panic attacks and anxiety even half as much as I used to, then you must read on…
Now excuse me if the site looks a bit amateur-ish, but i’m not a web developer. I plan on making it better, but for now, I’m more concerned about getting my message out to you. Because if i can help even one person kick panic attacks in the butt like i did, i’ll be very happy. So here it is…
My name is Janet Carpenter and i’m a bit embarassed to say (because I let it go on for so long), but I suffered from panic attacks for over 6 years of my life. I did try a bunch of stuff here and there, but nothing really worked too well. Until I discovered Panic Away that is, but more of that in a minute.
Stupidly, I let myself start to think ‘these are the cards I’ve been dealt with, and i just have to put up with it.’ In hindsight, if I knew then what I know now about Panic Away, I would never have let myself think like that.
I’ll never forget my first panic attack. My husband and I were heading into work, I was tired, and I was a little stressed about a project I had on at the time. We began having, well let’s just call it ‘a heated conversation’, when my heart started beating off the charts. All of a sudden I couldn’t beath properly, and my heart began to feel like it had been put in a vice! And thats when I really started to panic! I thought I was having a heart attack.
Well long story short, after a mad dash to the E.R., and a lot of examining, the doctor gave me the prognosis… I was fine. Fine? Ahh, I think not! There was nothing fine about the experience i’d just gone through! I’m just thankful i wasn’t driving that day!
Anyway, I had always had moments of anxiety in my life, but nothing like that! And it was that one incident that seemed to awaken the real anxiety in me… From that point on, they became more regular, and more severe. Sometimes just going out became a nerve wracking experience becasue I was scared of what might happen.
So I tried everything I could to make the attacks go away!
Everything my doctor would prescribe to me. From prescription medications… Xanax, Klonopin, Lexapro, you name it, even Prozac, I tried whatever I could. (If only HE’d prescribed panic away back then, It would have saved me years of anguish!) Some were better than others, but firstly, none were permanent, and second, none ever left me feeling right. If you’ve used any then you’ll know what I mean.
I also tried learning as much as possible about panic attacks to get a better understanding of what this evil presence was that was ruining my life. I tried various techniques, regularly visited forums, listened to peoples advice and tips, and the list goes on. Some of this helped somewhat, but I wanted these attacks to STOP, and was not going to rest until I found a way.
At that stage I’d hit an all time low. I was depressed, feeling hopeless and scared of the next panic attack that was inevitably just around the corner.
I even resorted to seeing a shrink! Not that there’s anything wrong with that at all, I wasn’t very keen on the idea. But something had to give, because these panic attacks were really holding me back in life at that point. The shrink helped a bit, and while he did put me in a better head space, there was only so much he could do, and I was still a long way from being okay.
Until one day about 4 months ago now, I finally found something that worked. Panic Away…
I was doing some more research on google, to see if there was anything out there that I hadn’t found yet. That’s when I started to read more about the Panic Away course. I didn’t think anything of it when first started reading about Panic Away, because as you can understand I was at the point where I’d tried what I thought was absolutely everything, and didn’t think anything could work for me. So I ignored it. A few weeks later, after what was probably my worst attack yet, I went straight back to my computer after recovering and looked into Panic Away further.
Aside from quite a few good reviews like this, there were a bunch of testimonials on the Panic Away website that absolutely praised the course. On top of that, Panic Away was written by a guy named Joe Barry, who actually was a panic attack sufferer himself. And he claimed he’d figured out a way to deal with his panic attacks, and stop them from ever coming to the surface! That got me interested.
Then I saw that Panic Away had an 8 week money back guarantee. I still only had a glimmer of hope at this stage, but I figured I had nothing to lose because if it didn’t work, I could just get my money back! But I have to say, I have never been happier to give someone my hard earned dollars in my life!!
The first night I read well past the first chapter. I could see it all made sense and actually started to get excited about it. I was l
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