panic attacks

Hi i can understand how you feel i have only been suffering for 8 weeks now and know how much it changes your life.
My main love in life is my job but have been unable to go to work or the pub or to mates houses belive it or not only feel safe in my bathroom??? at least taken lots of showers.


The last two weeks however i have been feeling down and so sad and got a book on changing the mind from the library it has taught me so much in two weeks.
Even now i have just got in from work.. just went in sat down spoke to everyone got up and came home.
Not stopped shaking since but also mad my self walk to local supermarket to buy paper instead of local shop.
It must be hard for you having kids to cope with amd can only hope if you need to talk drop me an email.

Like you i prefer to be near loved ones when down and am on the phone every two mins to someone.
They of course dont understand how we are feeling and we feel we are putting a great deal on then.
If you have lived with this for 4 years then you are a far better person then me but this book realy is helping me.
Sorry if i have gone on and again if you wanna drop me a line feel free

Regards Matthew

Hey Suzi,

Please don't give up on yourself, being depressed only makes you feel worse and you can never be useless if you have put up with panic attacks for 4 yrs!!!

I had a major breakdown in August 2002, I had all sorts of bad things happen to me and BANG! I ended up in a heap in bed and couldn't be left alone for 3 weeks. I was getting panic attacks in my sleep! My doctor prescribed Aropax, and I was on them until 3 weeks ago. I slowly weaned myself off them, but this weekend just gone, I had bad anxiety and this morning, my car broke down and it's so hot over here in Australia that I feel like I'm constantly going to boil to death that it all became too much for me and now I succumbed to the dreaded pills again

Anyway, you don't want to hear about me, I was just thinking that if your meds aren't helping, is there any others that you can try? I went to a counselor and she did a Panic Attack course with me, explaining all about it etc and now that I KNOW what it is and how I can fight it (breathing is the BIG thing for me) I haven't had a bad one since Jan this year.

So please take heart, there is help out there, and feel free to email me whenever if you need someone or even MSN or Yahoo me on messenger.

Take care,

Niki xxxxxx

Last year when it came to exams i had panic attacks a lot, went to see my doctor about it and he suggested somethings to calm me down when i could feel one coming on, luckily i knew what the trigger was, at the time i wouldnt admit that i was suffering from depression, infact the doctor asked me if i thought i was and i blatantly said no.

However now that i have faced up to what is wrong with me i havent had a panic attack for quite sometime, dont know exactly why but i think if you know what triggers it (ie me exams) you just need to be as prepared as you can before going inot that situation again. Obviously i do not have the answer, just saying what worked for me.

Hi Suzy - Uncommon Knowledge publish information on how to deal with panic attacks at this site:

Panic-Attacks.co.uk

I hope it is useful.

Roger

Having said in an earlier post that i havent had a panic attack for a long time, last night i was affected byt the worst one have had to date, i felt like the end of the world was coming, it was soo scary and worse than any have had before, dont want one of them again but how do you stop yourself from getting panic attacks, i know what brought it on but there was no reason for it really.