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Anxiety Attack

BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
I had a headache all day today.....Geodon withdrawl.
I was cravin a cherry coke so I got some and now
I have a full blown anxiety attack.....chest pains trouble breathing
but without the fear of dying....I just don't know what to do. I gone
the entire morning without my dose of caffiene. I took my fish oill on rootbear instead. I am now suffering I think it's the caffiene.

I need my soda.....am thirsty and addicted to soda....

But I don't really need the anxiety attack

I need my mom to see me calm cool and collecfted otherwise she will tell me to go back on my meds.....

HELP!

Princess
deleted_user
deleted_user
Isn't it more important what you (and your doc) think, not your mom? If you think you can go off meds, even if the face of this anxiety attack, why does your mom's opinion matter?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Princess, are you OK? Have you tried deep breathing or something to ground you? I try to keep something that can comfort me around, my dog or the smell of lilacs. This helps momentarily. Sometimes it's enough when I'm panicking.

Once you calm down enough, can you try meditation or yoga? I cannot meditate for the life of me. I worry too much. I find that I can do so with yoga because I'm able to concentrate much better.

*HUGS*
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
Thanks everyone....I called the warm line at our crisis line and they told me to try to distract my thoughts with reading or exercising and I exercised for like ten minutes and my nervous tension went away!
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
My mom's opinion matters because I don't want her to think that I can't handle myself without meds....She worries about me and I don't want to make her upset....she gave me the okay to go herbal and I am gonna talk to my pdoc and see if she will too my caseworker wants me to. So we'll see what she has to say.
Matt74
Matt74
i don't know, but maybe a smaller dose of the meds would work best with the herbal. i know i get caught up on what people think, especially my family, but they don't understand what we feel, and i think we should feel good, not manic good but good. hope you understand what i'm trying to say. i'm not that good at that.
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