I'm sorry you had a rough time today! Maybe you can experiment with the caffeine. It affects everyone differently, and only you know. I can have one 12 ounce cup a day and I am fine, but more than that (or a stronger brew) and I could feel some anxiety... it depends how much I ate, too.

I hope you can get rest tonight, and think about the fun time you had out today. :) At least you got out, saw your sister, went shopping, out in another town.... you did a lot. Be proud of yourself.

It WAS a lot. I’m wondering if that had a part in it too. I don’t get out often since losing my job. I’m just so exhausted now. Finishing my laundry right now and just trying to stay calm.

When panic hits me that hard, I look for a place to sit or squat until I can regulate my breath. My favorite thing about Barnes and Nobles is that they have comfy chairs in some parts of their stores, but they have yet to kick me out for spending extra time looking at the books on their bottom shelves. It often takes me days to pull out of a hard panic. I stop to regulate my breath as often and as long as needed. The calming takes what it takes.

A full and fun day like you described often leaves me over-stimulated and panicky, with or without the caffeine boost. I call that side effect, "A fun-time hangover." I try to use the fresh fun memories as a calming tool. The panic ripples are a price worth paying with a fun time hangover. Not so much for the road rager who just clipped my driving safety zone. . .

Hey Arfie! I definitely tried to find a soft chair but the teenagers were all hanging out. I ended up sitting in a wooden chair which did help. I figured some of it was due to being in public that long. Especially having left a chaotic restaurant. I’ve calmed down a good bit now though. I’ll likely take it easy tomorrow once I get home. Thank you for your reply guys

In my hyper-herstory, stimulation has an accumulative effect, from the anticipation of the event to the crash and burn of exhaustion.

I've gotten allot of mileage from the guidance of a particular Nurse Practitioner I worked with for a long while to treat my episodes (eg, a panic attack) like a case of psychic flu. Be gentle with yourself while you are fighting the bug and don't rush the convalescence. Too much too soon can cause relapses.

That particular NP went on to become a doctor and is still searching for the cure for the Common Me. For now, soft foods lots of fluid and plenty of rest. Call me in the morning.

Yeah maybe it was too much. I’m still feeling the anxiety in my chest and nerves. I don’t get out much and when I do it’s just overwhelming to me. I’m ok for a bit but I guess being out all day was just too much.

You’re not alone, caffeine has pushed me over the edge sometimes and socializing some days is overwhelming. I hope next time you decide to go out you feel well!

Thank you cboni. Today I actually slept all day after church. I think I was just wore out from yesterday. Next time I go out I will be better prepared and NOT hit up all the caffeine.

What's up y'all. Im new here and just wanted to talk to randos about my problems since I really dont have friends and my relationships with my family arent that well constructed.

Basically, I feel my problems are coming directly from my head. If I didnt give a shit about what anybody said then I would be fine. But lately Ive just been feeling like the whole world looks at me oddly. And I just always feel like I never seem to fit in. Could it be me or the people Im around all day. Could be a combination of both. Ive always had this strange out-of-place feeling where I always thought too much on conversation to the point where I would freeze up during them. This just led me to try and avoid them in a general. And it only worsensed after I took some heavy doses of lsd and started smoking weed. It took me three years to realize these drugs were fucking with me mentally. My third poimt perspective on my self became and harder and I just saw the way I really was and the way my life was aswell. Its funny how its always been this way but ive never thought about it hard enough until I got older. Its almost as if I was making false realities about myself in my head. Now that Im trying to focus on reality, I just feel numb and dont even know what to do anymore besides work. Sometimes I feel like I spend entire days just breathing thinking about false scenarios. I dont feel like its that bad but then again I dont want this shit to worsen. Who knows maybe itll stay this way. I just hope it doesnt for the best.