PANIC ATTACKS ANDANXIOUS ALL THE TIME (I GUESS)?
I have had my blood checked, cholesterol, blood pressure, EKG, Holter Monitor tomorrow for 24 hours, blood sugar also recently, I am 30 now. When I was 22 I had the same test done with also a stress test and heart actually looked at ECG. Nothing has been found at all so far. I was on Lexapro for the past 5 years, and got off of it back in Jan. 2009 because I felt better. Well the anxiety has come back inthe past couple months and very severe. Been to the hospital 2 times for it and the doctors twice. I am now back on lexapro 20 mg and xanax .5 mg 3-4 times a day and also a beta-blocker atenolol 25mg. My question is how can I go so long ok but all of a sudden start having them again, does this ever end or will I have it for life. My social life sucks now. I fear going places I know I will have one, and everyday I just feel anxious. Some days are better than others but mainly anxious everyday. Is there anything else I can do????? Please share your experiences or techniques to at least cope if not get rid of them completley. PS I bought a workbook for anxiety and panic disorder which I have been using for the past 2 weeks. Please help I am falling apart as if I am not myself anymore.
Thanks all I have at least been trying to find the root problem and learn techniques this time just wish i knew aboutthis when i was 22. For others who have this I wish you the best and i feel your pain.
Meditation, Yoga,5 htp, fish oil, Kava Kava, I take Trazodone for sleep and its been working amazing (if you cant sleep because of the anxiety I would recommend it) self help books (I recommend "how not to be afraid of your own life, by Susan Piver")
The Xanax should be helping, but maybe you need to be put on different meds too, I’d say give the good ole Lex a few more weeks (I know it sounds like a lifetime when you’re coping with this)
Strengthen your own will and power. You WILL be better and get through this! Its only a phase of your life, a section of your brain, don’t let your fearful thoughts dominate your thinking, I know this sounds corny but try to think more positive thoughts…
Step by step you will get better.
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Comment from mimi
Time February 18, 2010 at 7:35 pm
hmmm, well sounds like you have already been to a professional about this, and google answers probably isnt gonna be any better than that. i know how you feel, i have an anxiety disorder as well, and panic attacks are horrible, fortunately it hasnt gotten so bad as having to go to the hospital.
as for the sudden outbreak of your anxiety , ive nothing more to say than the human mind is a strange and unpredictable thing.
hang in there.
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Comment from MeAgain
Time February 18, 2010 at 8:12 pm
I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks also. I have gone for long periods of time symptom free and then it’s come back again.
I think once you get it under control again, you have to be somewhat vigilant about how you take care of yourself, the exercise and eating, sleeping right.
It is like a chronic illness that can be managed but, you have to stay on top of it.
A good multivitamin, fish oil, plenty of sunshine (if not get enough vitamin D)
Think back to how you were doing before this happened and you might see what changed to trigger it again.
You have beat this before and you will beat it again, Keep that thought in the front of your mind, especially now.
Day dream about how wonderful it felt when you were doing better and visualize yourself that way again.
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Panic disorder for 20 years.
Comment from Karl S
Time February 18, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Hey Brent. The first step in curing your attacks is understanding what’s triggering your them. It can be a difficult feat to accomplish to since everyone tends to be completely different in this area.
I remember my first panic attack. I had just fallen asleep, and I was dreaming a fairly normal dream. I was plugging something into an outlet in my bedroom at home (this incident occurred over winter break, when I was staying with my parents). In the dream, I suddenly felt paralyzed. My heart started beating faster, and I felt like there was an intense pressure on my lungs so that I couldn’t draw air into them. I remember thinking, in the dream, that I had been "electrocuted" and I was very certain that I was dying. I woke up then, and it was about ten to fifteen seconds before I could draw a full breath again.
Since that time I used meds, and holistic treatments. I used a program called Mind at ease 2 years ago, that worked great for me. Since then they changed the name to panic away, for marketing reason I guess but it’s still the exact same product.http://panicawayreviewed.weebly.com Stop being completely terrified, take this thing head on, because if you don’t it will ruin your life.
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Comment from Amber
Time February 18, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Meditation, Yoga,5 htp, fish oil, Kava Kava, I take Trazodone for sleep and its been working amazing (if you cant sleep because of the anxiety I would recommend it) self help books (I recommend "how not to be afraid of your own life, by Susan Piver")
The Xanax should be helping, but maybe you need to be put on different meds too, I’d say give the good ole Lex a few more weeks (I know it sounds like a lifetime when you’re coping with this)
Strengthen your own will and power. You WILL be better and get through this! Its only a phase of your life, a section of your brain, don’t let your fearful thoughts dominate your thinking, I know this sounds corny but try to think more positive thoughts…
Step by step you will get better.
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