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...
Hi, my name is Christina. I have suffered from panic attacks for many years. I have many symptoms, racing heart, sweating, extreme fear, panic, lights get too bright, noises too loud and the extreme urge to run and hide.
Other symptoms are wierd: My head gets hard to hold up, my legs get real heavy, my arms, my speech is slurred and I feel extremly dizzy.
Christina
Other symptoms are wierd: My head gets hard to hold up, my legs get real heavy, my arms, my speech is slurred and I feel extremly dizzy.
Christina
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
Have had some of those myself! You're in the right place. ;)
sunglasses help with glare
valium as needed helps
a beta blocker med will help slow the heart and reduce sweating etc
Even if you are just sitting on the couch all day but panicing it puts your body through so much... much of the heavy feelings I bet are just from pure physical exhaustion. Keep your food intake steady and regular and try to get outside even if just for a bit and get a little exercise even if it is just a quick walk in the fresh air. Hang in there girl and any questions you have feel free to post.