Panic Attacks Support Group

A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...

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sonjanicole5
sonjanicole5
My anxiety is hitting the roof! I'm so tired... I'll be almost asleep and then ZAP! I'm awakened with a jolt of anxiety. I'm keeping a full blown panic attack at bay, but this SUCKS! I hate anxiety.

Plus, it makes me doubt everything. Maybe this is in fact God speaking to me, not just my anxiety :/

I took 6mg of melatonin like an hour ago hoping that would do the trick as it often does. I also have lorazepam...can I take my prescribed dose with the melatonin?
randy1472
randy1472
hang in there. it can be very tough sometimes. i have had constant panic before and it takes so much out of me to keep my head above the water.it will start when i wake up and i feel like all i do all day is keep myself from having a panic attack all day. it is horrible. it takes so much mental and physical effort to get thru those days. i have talked to other suffers and they talk to me about not fighting the anxiety, just allowing it to happen. but i have not learned how to do that. im so terrified of panic attacks. when i feel my panic coming on im learning to focus on my breathing and to reassure myself that everthing is ok . it takes a lot to do something other than what i used to.but i have to say along with medication breathing and learning to reassure myself does help .dont give up your not alone. im not sure about the medication question . when i have questions like that i get the local pharmacy # and call and ask the pharmacist questions. they are qualified to answer those questions
Janet7
Janet7
I have been through what you describe about falling asleep and then being what I call "shocked awake" with a full-blown panic attack. It is really horrible, and I'm glad that you're managing to keep it "only" at anxiety level.

I have found that keeping soft, relaxing music on continuous rotation helped me a lot, because when you wake up in the anxiety, the first thing you hear is the music, and it's calming. It kind of "short-circuits" the anxiety.

I'm not sure what you mean about the anxiety being God speaking to you - and about your doubting everything - but I know that God doesn't use emotional suffering as punishment, if that's what you're alluding to - I believe He doesn't cause the suffering, but He can use it to help us learn things and become closer to Him -

I hope this helps -

Janet
deleted_user
deleted_user
JMO....Concerning the lorazapam how often do u normally take it? If u have took for a while now,going w/o it even for a few days,if not one day you can begin to experience withdraw symptoms and one of them is anxiety/panic....
harry3333
harry3333
lorazepam is one of many valium type meds
best taken as needed only, tablet dosolved under tongue works fastest

see sublinfually on net