Hello Lotus. Welcome to DS. Sorry for what brings you here but glad you are here.

Are you new to peer support, in general? If so, I recommend you keep on giving it a try and see where it takes you. Peer support is a great anxiety management tool when you take the time to work it.

Your description of those symptoms remind me of what I most often call, "High Voltages." What I call ^it^ varies allot because ^it^ is so freaking hard to describe and so few people seem to know of what I speak. My personal favorite theory is that it is tied to my hyper-active metabolism.

Thank you for your response and welcome Arfie. . I was able to stop drinking 5 years ago, with the help of an amazing online support community, and I am happy to have this one now. These anxiety/panic disorders cause so many different symptoms and so many different meds are prescribed...it’s a lot to digest but I intend to keep reading, keep posting, and keep the faith.

Good to hear you are well exposed to peer support. To my strictly personal senses, the healing network works similarwise for whatever ails me. I like maintaining a broad support base for the sake of handling those unpredictable curve balls life keeps throwing.

Yes, it is allot to digest. Anxiety is a sneaky snake that takes on many skins and forms in my own life. It helps to have a safe place to sort the confusion.

Hi Lotus!

To me it sounds like you were probably overly exhausted from being in panic mode for such a long period of time. Try to not overthink the symptom to much since you were panicking already when it happened. Try to relax and next time you see your doctor or therapist I would mention it.

That's a long time to be in panic mode. What emergency pill do you have available? On your own it is incredibly difficult to shut out the kind of anxiety you are talking about. I couldn't do it without help and I was very educated on the subject.

Thank you giddy, perce and Arfie for your responses/suggestions. I have a therapist, psychiatrist and a close friend who also has anxiety issues, and I did think to reach out but it was very late st night when I realized my tool kit wasn’t working and that this was going on for a very long time. That’s when I thought maybe go to the ER but they would just check my heart and give me a benzo tell me I’m fine and send me home. So that’s when about 3 am I did an entire yoga sequence with breathwork and I got the panic down to just bad anxiety. I know when I tell my psyc she is going to push for me to start Lamectol and that gives me anxiety just thinking about taking something that I have read causes so many negative side effects. My system is hyper sensitive to all meds and even supplements. Yesterday my brain and body leveled out, and I was able to read, focus, and watch tv. That was amazing and I am grateful for that. My sleep is never long or restful but I at least slept some last nite and no panic. Now this morning I am not as “calm” as yesterday but still ok. I have read through this group and I marvel at the strength you all possess when it comes to coping with panic and anxiety and life. I hope I can get to a place where I am not fighting to feel “normal” again. I wish you all a serene Saturday.

This sounds like what I've gone through with my anxiety and I am very sorry it's happening to you. I wish I had some advice on how to stop it but really all I can ever do is wait it out. But I can say that it will eventually go away and you'll start to feel better. It might take a while but it helps to just really focus on the good times when you get them. It helps the bad times go by quicker. I'm sure this isn't much help for you but I thought I'd share and I hope that you're feeling better today^^

Hi welcome to DS. Just an added thought, what sets this anxiety off? For me it’s traumatic memories. If you know what causes it it may help deciding how to manage it. I hope you don’t have to go through it again.

Hi Shaky, another night and now day of high anxiety. You ask what brings it on, it’s the weird feeling in my brain and that worries and scares me. That triggers the anxiety most of the time. Thanks. I need to figure out how to get through today. I just feel so unwell and on top of this no real sleep for days. :(

I used imipramine and the side affects are not too bad if you take a low dose to start. It is very good for panic attacks and also cheap. Lifesaver for me.