My Panic Attack Solution

Comment from Ilene W
Time January 19, 2010 at 12:29 am

It sounds like a panic attack to me. They can last varying lengths depending on how you "think" through it while you have it. If you tell yourself things like, "I can breathe, this has happened before, it will pass soon, etc." then it will end soon. If you start to become desperate and think you are dying it prolongs the problem. Just to be on the safe side I would see my doctor, but it probably is just what you think.
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personal experience

Comment from kinz
Time January 19, 2010 at 12:49 am

a panic attack is exactly what you described. there are a lot of different types. in my experience, im not a counselor or anything but ive had anxiety for about 3 years, sometimes panic attacks start out less serious or scary, then get worse. depending on how to take care of it. sometimes panic attacks are really bad the 1st time. sometimes people start to worry about the next time they will get an attack, this causes more attacks. all in all its a lot of stress you dont need. heres the thing though. you cant really get over or resolve something before understanding that its a problem. when something interferes with your normal way of living, then you know you have a problem.
my advice to you is to go to a counselor to figure out what could be causing this. try to figure out the root. medication…im a natural medicine type of nut…so most people disregard what im going to say. that being said: medicine is good for people with severe cases of anxiety that they cant control any other way. if takin for a less severe case then its more of a symptom…solver instead of figuring out what the root is.
theres not one type of anxiety attack.
a lot of people experience the same thing you are. youre not alone.

i hope everything works out, good luck

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Comment from LionA
Time January 19, 2010 at 1:38 am

A panic attack is a rush of chemicals, most notably adrenaline, which are released into your bloodstream in response to a perceived danger. This is exactly how you would feel if you were being chased by a murderer. Unfortunately your brain doesn’t know the difference between stress caused by a murdered chasing you and other types of stress (‘real’ or percieved) so it triggers this completely normal and healthy response but in an "inappropriate" situation.
I don’t think the trigger is that people don’t understand you. When a panic attack is coming on, the person experiencing it often feels angry, impatient and bothered by their environment and people around them. You must be going through some stress. Scrutinise yourself and your lifestyle. This is an alert that you’re not taking care of yourself properly.
You can make them go away by realising that it’s just chemicals and it will never harm you, it’s a protection function. As soon as you stop worrying about them, they basically go away.
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Used to have them for a couple of months.

Comment from RDX
Time January 19, 2010 at 2:08 am

Yeah, sounds like it to me.

I got panic attacks whenever I was over stressed, and the duration and intensity of the attack depended on how over stressed I was. Try to keep your cool and realize what’s bothering you so you can fix it, and they’ll stop.
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Comment from Carhop3000
Time January 19, 2010 at 2:28 am

I was put on an antidepressant several years ago (I got on them shortly for postpartum depression after having a baby). I had never had panic attacks before, but while on this medication, I had two panic attacks and one anxiety attack (apparently it was a side effect, though the doctor denied this, to my disbelief. Needless to say I stopped taking the meds shortly after.) When the panick attack happened, I was just getting home from work. I felt weird, like I needed to eat or something. So I went to the fridge and opened it. Then for some reason I just stood there, and even though I knew I was supposed to be looking for something to eat, it was like everything just stopped. I just stood there, staring in the fridge. Then I started to feel REAL weird. It felt like my heart was beating too fast, and I put my hand up to feel my pulse at my throat. Then all of a sudden I felt like this HUGE weight was on my chest. My throat got so dry I couldn’t swallow, it felt like it was closing up. I thought I was having a heart attack. All of this happened VERY fast, like in just a minute or two. I went outside and was trying to tell my friend something was wrong with me, and at that point I felt like I was about to pass out. My friend ran over and helped me back in the house, and told me it was a "panic attack".

The second time it happened was in a room full of my friends. We were just hanging out, and then suddenly I started feeling real weird and confused. I was looking at my friends but when I looked around the room I almost didn’t know where I was or who they were. My mind just started racing. I recognized it as a panic attack and just kept telling myself it would pass and it did and none of my friends ever knew it even happened.

The anxiety attack was much different. I was getting ready to go out with a friend, we were going to play pool. I started shaking and feeling really crazy and I told my friend I needed to sit down. When I sat down at my dining room table I started shaking and crying and I didn’t really know why. I couldn’t control the shaking and told my friend I was okay, just wait a minute. It took me a few minutes to gather myself, but I know that was an anxiety attack even though it’s the only one I’ve ever had. (like I said, I quit taking that med!)

I think there is a huge difference between an anxiety attack and a panic attack. A lot of people will call them both by one or the other name, but they are two totally different things. A lot of people blame "anxiety attacks" for when they freak out over something stressful, but that is not actually an attack. Real attacks can be very scary and come out of nowhere it seems.

I hope that helps.
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Comment from efxdc x
Time January 19, 2010 at 2:41 am

Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI – Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.

But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There’s this strange herb called "St John’s Wort" – it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John’s Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced… you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior – Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction… There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to….

Extracted from Source.
References :
http://PanicAttackResearch.blogspot.com

Comment from Tessa W
Time January 19, 2010 at 3:07 am

This sounds like a panic attack to me. I used to have severe anxiety and panic attacks – sometimes they were really short and other times they could last for up to 30 minutes. Panic attacks are terrible and they throw your whole world upside down.
You may want to try this breathing technique at the site below.
Hope it helps.
References :
http://www.squidoo.com/howtogetridofpanicattacks

Comment from Clayton B
Time January 19, 2010 at 3:27 am

Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI – Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There’s this strange herb called "St John’s Wort" – it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John’s Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.

The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced… you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior – Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction… There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to….

Extracted from Source.
References :
http://PanicAttackResearch.blogspot.com