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...
they can be very helpful, reducing anxiety and fear and sometimes stopping all panic attacks, its now quite common for pregnant women to stay on them. this was shown about 40 years ago by a researcher called kline
however, many of us do have very severe side effects that usually doc doesnt mention, apparently severe because of our usual extreme stress and anxiety. an ambulance trip to hospital can occasionally happen from taking the first pill. docs often refuse to believe this and say the patient is imagining it all. often patient never returns to doc, so doc never finds out.
so antidepressants can be very good or bad for you. they need to be taken daily for 4 to 6 weeks and sometimes you go thru say 6 weeks of severe side effects only to find they havent worked for you. you should google the AD for the dose range and start with half the min dose, cutting or splitting a tablet if needed
docs starter pack usually doesnt have enough tablets for a fair trial
a valium type med will help coping with early side effects and should always be on hand. depending on severity of early side effects there cann be a difficult choice of whether to continue or stop
sadly many docs have been breinwashed to prescribe antidepressants only for agoraphobia and panic attacks, and usually the latest patented expensive one
however, many of us do have very severe side effects that usually doc doesnt mention, apparently severe because of our usual extreme stress and anxiety. an ambulance trip to hospital can occasionally happen from taking the first pill. docs often refuse to believe this and say the patient is imagining it all. often patient never returns to doc, so doc never finds out.
so antidepressants can be very good or bad for you. they need to be taken daily for 4 to 6 weeks and sometimes you go thru say 6 weeks of severe side effects only to find they havent worked for you. you should google the AD for the dose range and start with half the min dose, cutting or splitting a tablet if needed
docs starter pack usually doesnt have enough tablets for a fair trial
a valium type med will help coping with early side effects and should always be on hand. depending on severity of early side effects there cann be a difficult choice of whether to continue or stop
sadly many docs have been breinwashed to prescribe antidepressants only for agoraphobia and panic attacks, and usually the latest patented expensive one
Back before I worked, they passed in like ten minutes, talking with someone would calm me down, or pacing back and forth would calm me down. Now that I have two jobs, I don't have time to talk or pace when having a panic attack.
Also, having two jobs has cut down my panic attacks a huge amount. Maybe it's because my mind is so occupied with work? I don't know.
But yeah, too scared to take antidepressants. And if I were to have the serious side effects for up to six weeks, again, I have two jobs, I already freak out enough, I don't need it to intensify and end up losing my jobs.