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...
Hello everyone! My name is Rachell and i suffer from panic attacks, anxity and the occasional depressive eppisode. (gosh i feel like im at a self help meet lol)
I had my first panic attck in arround May 2006 when i was pregnant with my firt (and only) I was getting over a Pot addiction and decided to have abit that day then had a massive panic attack cause i though i was killing my baby. The feeling was just horrible! I remember crying to my partner asking him to take me to hospital cause i cant breath ect. I didnt know what was happening. But then it all stoped.
I was fine i quit the pot then and there and have never touched it again. But earlier this year the panic attakcs came back only this time they havnt stoped. They have settled down ALOT! I was having like 5-10 a day! Was told i had PND! And was put on the wrong meds. It only made my panic attaacks so much worse so i went off it spilt with my partner and took my baby and i over the country to be with my Mum.
I have sice got them pretty much under controll and am back with my partner but i still have the occasional attack.
Sometimes i feel on top of the world for weeks then i get a "down" faze and get this heavy lump like its stuk in my chest and find it hard to breath. This can last up to a week or more. and i feel always on edge and sometimes have hart flutters. It scares me so much i think im going to die then i think im dyeing or i have a serious health issue or im going mentaly insane. So as you can probley guess im making my anxity worse by thingk the worst about my tight chest and what is causing it. when i danm well know its stress and anxity!
Its such a hard place to be in. I take lexapro 5mg once a day and also have a bottle of valium for those days where i need to function and just cant. Dont ofternt take them but sometimes it could be 3 days in a row! then i wont tke them for 3 weeks in a row!
Anyway thats pretty much my story. Just the on going loop of feeling great to feeling crap and scaring myself into a panic!
I would love to make some friends on here and have a support system who knows what its liek to go trhough this horrbil stuff.
Cheer shell.
I had my first panic attck in arround May 2006 when i was pregnant with my firt (and only) I was getting over a Pot addiction and decided to have abit that day then had a massive panic attack cause i though i was killing my baby. The feeling was just horrible! I remember crying to my partner asking him to take me to hospital cause i cant breath ect. I didnt know what was happening. But then it all stoped.
I was fine i quit the pot then and there and have never touched it again. But earlier this year the panic attakcs came back only this time they havnt stoped. They have settled down ALOT! I was having like 5-10 a day! Was told i had PND! And was put on the wrong meds. It only made my panic attaacks so much worse so i went off it spilt with my partner and took my baby and i over the country to be with my Mum.
I have sice got them pretty much under controll and am back with my partner but i still have the occasional attack.
Sometimes i feel on top of the world for weeks then i get a "down" faze and get this heavy lump like its stuk in my chest and find it hard to breath. This can last up to a week or more. and i feel always on edge and sometimes have hart flutters. It scares me so much i think im going to die then i think im dyeing or i have a serious health issue or im going mentaly insane. So as you can probley guess im making my anxity worse by thingk the worst about my tight chest and what is causing it. when i danm well know its stress and anxity!
Its such a hard place to be in. I take lexapro 5mg once a day and also have a bottle of valium for those days where i need to function and just cant. Dont ofternt take them but sometimes it could be 3 days in a row! then i wont tke them for 3 weeks in a row!
Anyway thats pretty much my story. Just the on going loop of feeling great to feeling crap and scaring myself into a panic!
I would love to make some friends on here and have a support system who knows what its liek to go trhough this horrbil stuff.
Cheer shell.
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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??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
~Ireland
welcome and i hope you find all the support you need on here. This site has helped me lots! x