• Me, and my fun filled adventure into the world of Panic Attacks.
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Let me start off by saying that I although have a fairly new account, have been lurking since about 2005, and I am constantly on, so I know the demographic I am talking to. Basically, I am pissed, and therefore, am going to indulge you into my world. I am 17. I am doing A Levels. I am Male. [U]I am not asking you for your pity/abuse.[/U] About late 2007, my parents split up, which was about the times I was starting my GCSE's. This applied huge amounts of stress and pressure upon my life. Pretty much, in one fell swoop. Now, I know a lot of people go through this, I'm no exception. But it was still hard. I still felt the same about my parents; just don't think of them as one entity any more. The problem began when I was talking to my dad. The plan was that I would move in with my dad, after living with my mum for a year. This went fine and dandy and I moved in about October 2008. the problem came when about 5th of January, my dad told me he would be moving in his girlfriend and her daughter. This I did not like. They moved in about a week later, I kid you not. I'm not 'boo hoo'-ing at this point. I'm just setting up this splendid narrative and trying to interject some character development. Anyway. About the same time as these people moving, I began to get these awful panic attacks. They were horrible. The first time I had them, I literally felt like I was having a heart attack (ha ha ha). Now, I basically have several weeks of grueling pains, fears and attacks. They were revolving around the fears of heart attacks. I went to the doctors a few times, to allow myself to reassure myself that it was all in my head. Long story short, through my tremendous and incredible will power, I got over them. Or so I thought. You see, that was January. It is now July. From about late January, to late June, I hadn't had any panic attacks. Woo for me, you're thinking. Well. They are back, like a slow on the uptake friend at a Christmas party, not realizing that you're trying to score, and aren't interested in how his cat is doing. [I] "Well MattGkid, surly, from your previous experiences of these, you should have the familiarity and the know-how to get over it once again"[/I] Is what you're probably not saying. Well. These are different. Before, there was a clear definition between each panic attack, now the lines are much hazier and I am feeling quite lethargic, and sluggish and therefore I get breathless; hyperventilating (even though I did with the initial panic attacks). This haziness and unfamiliarity re-institutes doubt back into my mind and now I am at stage one, once again; fearing that I am undergoing cardiac arrest. I am thinking about going to the Doctors, but I don't want to seem like some idiot wanker wasting the doctor’s time, and therefore one more reason the NHS is the equivalent of a small Asian boy at a paedophile convention;[B] fucked.[/B]. Also, I don't want to feel that I require a Doctor to tell me that I am okay; however, it would probably help. It’s a pretty shite situation. This thread is more about getting this off my chest than anything else.
i once gave my mate a panic attack by showing him that smiling red dog thing.
smoke weed,son no srsly though,it will make you more chill.and youll be able to think clearly here is the pic of the all natural broccoli [img]http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8540/valleyogcu5.jpg[/img]
I get anxiety attacks at least twice a month. I hate it.
Stop panicking.
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[QUOTE=Moo;16162840]deal /w it nerd[/QUOTE] i agree with this guy
[QUOTE=Moo;16162840]deal /w it nerd[/QUOTE] Oh come on....
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I have mild anxiety all the time, I used to get panic attacks but I deal with it now it's not a problem. It is the way you think, you have to get out of the shit thinking sycle and back to a normal one. It's weird, one of the best "cures" is based on this theory and I can say myself it seems to work. [url]http://www.thelindenmethod.co.uk/[/url] I also smoke weed in the evenings which seems to help.
ever seen the movie Wanted?
[QUOTE=johan svensk;16164389]ever seen the movie Wanted?[/QUOTE] "oh my god oh my god what the fuck just happened"
Dude I had panic attacks for about 4 or 5 months this year. Like 3 or 4 a week. Sucked HARD.
[QUOTE] and therefore one more reason the NHS is the equivalent of a small Asian boy at a paedophile convention;[B] fucked.[/B]. .[/QUOTE] Genius... just, genius.
I punch panic attacks in the dick. I don't get them anymore.
I've only had a small amount of panic attacks in my life, none recent. I'm a bit more on the paranoia side, although I don't actually have paranoia. It's genetic. I'll worry about small, pointless things a lot.
I've been displaying signs of an anxiety disorder since infancy and remember having panic attacks on a regular basis my whole life. I had severe anxiety problems: I was having upwards of 6 panic attacks a day on average and when things got really bad they'd all meld into one giant panic attack that would last at least a week, before I finally managed to get them under control. Just keep on repeating to yourself that you're not going to have a heart attack until you start believing it; yes I do know this is a hell of a lot harder than it sounds, but just keep doing it. What really helped me the most was biofeedback therapy, which would probably be particularly helpful to you since it teaches you to control your heart rate.
[QUOTE=MattyGkid;16162749]Let me start off by saying that I although have a fairly new account, have been lurking since about 2005, and I am constantly on, so I know the demographic I am talking to. Basically, I am pissed, and therefore, am going to indulge you into my world. I am 17. I am doing A Levels. I am Male. [U]I am not asking you for your pity/abuse.[/U] About late 2007, my parents split up, which was about the times I was starting my GCSE's. This applied huge amounts of stress and pressure upon my life. Pretty much, in one fell swoop. Now, I know a lot of people go through this, I'm no exception. But it was still hard. I still felt the same about my parents; just don't think of them as one entity any more. The problem began when I was talking to my dad. The plan was that I would move in with my dad, after living with my mum for a year. This went fine and dandy and I moved in about October 2008. the problem came when about 5th of January, my dad told me he would be moving in his girlfriend and her daughter. This I did not like. They moved in about a week later, I kid you not. I'm not 'boo hoo'-ing at this point. I'm just setting up this splendid narrative and trying to interject some character development. Anyway. About the same time as these people moving, I began to get these awful panic attacks. They were horrible. The first time I had them, I literally felt like I was having a heart attack (ha ha ha). Now, I basically have several weeks of grueling pains, fears and attacks. They were revolving around the fears of heart attacks. I went to the doctors a few times, to allow myself to reassure myself that it was all in my head. Long story short, through my tremendous and incredible will power, I got over them. Or so I thought. You see, that was January. It is now July. From about late January, to late June, I hadn't had any panic attacks. Woo for me, you're thinking. Well. They are back, like a slow on the uptake friend at a Christmas party, not realizing that you're trying to score, and aren't interested in how his cat is doing. [I] "Well MattGkid, surly, from your previous experiences of these, you should have the familiarity and the know-how to get over it once again"[/I] Is what you're probably not saying. Well. These are different. Before, there was a clear definition between each panic attack, now the lines are much hazier and I am feeling quite lethargic, and sluggish and therefore I get breathless; hyperventilating (even though I did with the initial panic attacks). This haziness and unfamiliarity re-institutes doubt back into my mind and now I am at stage one, once again; fearing that I am undergoing cardiac arrest. I am thinking about going to the Doctors, but I don't want to seem like some idiot wanker wasting the doctor’s time, and therefore one more reason the NHS is the equivalent of a small Asian boy at a paedophile convention;[B] fucked.[/B]. Also, I don't want to feel that I require a Doctor to tell me that I am okay; however, it would probably help. It’s a pretty shite situation. This thread is more about getting this off my chest than anything else.[/QUOTE] That sucks. I'd hate to get panic attacks, because I overthink things and would be saying "OH SHIT OH SHIT I AM GOING TO DIE OH GODDAMN!" The best bet is to get out of that state of mind. Reassure yourself in every way possible that you're not going into cardiac arrest, even if it means going to the doctor every two weeks. Their entire point is to make sure you are healthy.
Panic attacks huh? They have medicine for that i am pretty sure. They have medicine for everything now a days.
sup generalized anxiety buddy
You just need something to relieve your stress on. I have anxiety attacks, when I get worked up or mad... my heart beats super fast (you can see it pounding visibly on my chest and on my neck), my neck tightens up, everything turns a redish tint. I usually just try to breathe in really deeply or have someone talk me through it.
I don't have panic attacks. I instead take a mind-numbing array of psychiatric drugs (used to treat some other abstract condition). They don't work all that well for anxiety though. There is no medical cure for anxiety. Except a lobotomy. Anxiety is a normal aspect of your life. Some people have more of it or less of it to deal with, but you deal with it. Panic attacks are a downward spiral of poorly-utilized anxiety in which the anxiety manifests itself physiologically, and then one symptom of the anxiety causes another. Xanax and his friends can rob you of your inhibition and fear, make you numb, but they can't fix you. And you have to either give in to the addiction cycle (they lose effectiveness after a short time, making more required), or find an alternative. Seroquel is really the best anxiety drug I've taken, if you need one. That and Zoloft or Paxil (Zoloft is a bit friendlier). Seroquel has long-term side-effects including permanent involuntary muscle movements, though, and antidepressants with anxiety-reducing properties are hard to get off of. Plus, once you start altering your brain chemistry with drugs (and you will not be the same person), you are tinkering with the one machine that you can't set aside and take a break from when you get frustrated. If a drug inexplicably makes your tongue seize up for two months, you're stuck like that (which reminds me, fuck you Abilify). What I'm trying to say is that medicine of any sort, and especially weed which can cause schizoid disorders in adolescents, like it did to me ([url]http://bipolar.about.com/od/relateddisorders/a/schizo_pot.htm[/url] [url]http://bipolar.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=bipolar&cdn=health&tm=92&f=00&su=p736.8.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.rsna.org/rsna/media/pr2005/Marijauna.cfm[/url]) is not the best route to go down. Find a cognitive behavioral therapist near you. Talk to your medical doctors, they'll be able to help you with a reference. If you can't that way, find a local hospital with a psychiatric unit and see who they use for behavioral therapy, if they can be contacted for private sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the best way to deal with anxiety. It's not the easiest (escapist), but it's the best.
Thread was an A++ read. Well done.
Well MattGkid, surly, from your previous experiences of these, you should have the familiarity and the know-how to get over it once again"
You kinda would be wasting a doctor's time since the problem is a defect in your brain, not your body. You should go see a psychologist or a psychiatrist (a psychologist who can administer drugs.) Because it is stress induced, you could even get treated without drugs from a psychologist.. probably.
I dont get panic attacks I get pissed off
Yeah I get panic attacks due to bad weather (sever thunderstorms/tornado warnings) since I almost died in a tornado when it hit my damn school. It was rough for a while for me because at one point I was scared of clouds... Yeah, so I was pretty much scared THE ENTIRE FUCKING DAY! I know how you feel and I hope you get some help soon.
[QUOTE=MattyGkid;16162749]Let me start off by saying that I although have a fairly new account, have been lurking since about 2005, and I am constantly on, so I know the demographic I am talking to. Basically, I am pissed, and therefore, am going to indulge you into my world. I am 17. I am doing A Levels. I am Male. [U]I am not asking you for your pity/abuse.[/U] About late 2007, my parents split up, which was about the times I was starting my GCSE's. This applied huge amounts of stress and pressure upon my life. Pretty much, in one fell swoop. Now, I know a lot of people go through this, I'm no exception. But it was still hard. I still felt the same about my parents; just don't think of them as one entity any more. The problem began when I was talking to my dad. The plan was that I would move in with my dad, after living with my mum for a year. This went fine and dandy and I moved in about October 2008. the problem came when about 5th of January, my dad told me he would be moving in his girlfriend and her daughter. This I did not like. They moved in about a week later, I kid you not. I'm not 'boo hoo'-ing at this point. I'm just setting up this splendid narrative and trying to interject some character development. Anyway. About the same time as these people moving, I began to get these awful panic attacks. They were horrible. The first time I had them, I literally felt like I was having a heart attack (ha ha ha). Now, I basically have several weeks of grueling pains, fears and attacks. They were revolving around the fears of heart attacks. I went to the doctors a few times, to allow myself to reassure myself that it was all in my head. Long story short, through my tremendous and incredible will power, I got over them. Or so I thought. You see, that was January. It is now July. From about late January, to late June, I hadn't had any panic attacks. Woo for me, you're thinking. Well. They are back, like a slow on the uptake friend at a Christmas party, not realizing that you're trying to score, and aren't interested in how his cat is doing. [I] "Well MattGkid, surly, from your previous experiences of these, you should have the familiarity and the know-how to get over it once again"[/I] Is what you're probably not saying. Well. These are different. Before, there was a clear definition between each panic attack, now the lines are much hazier and I am feeling quite lethargic, and sluggish and therefore I get breathless; hyperventilating (even though I did with the initial panic attacks). This haziness and unfamiliarity re-institutes doubt back into my mind and now I am at stage one, once again; fearing that I am undergoing cardiac arrest. I am thinking about going to the Doctors, but I don't want to seem like some idiot wanker wasting the doctor’s time, and therefore one more reason the NHS is the equivalent of a small Asian boy at a paedophile convention;[B] fucked.[/B]. Also, I don't want to feel that I require a Doctor to tell me that I am okay; however, it would probably help. It’s a pretty shite situation. This thread is more about getting this off my chest than anything else.[/QUOTE] I have Panic attacks, started when i was 17 due to A Levels, it was horrible yes, i couldn't breathe and then it hurt my lungs, was bed bound for a week and now if i go somewhere like the royal albert hall or tall buildings it makes my head spin and the difficult breathing arises.
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