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Jan 27, 04
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panic attacks
i get those fuckers all the time. it's worst when i'm trying to sleep, or just generally inactive.. my mind does NOT like to be left to itself.
anyone else have problems with these? i'm starting to feel like i'm either fully insane or just realllyyy fucked up... sometimes i can't sleep because its so bad, and i have to take drowsy medication like zopiclone/seroquel etc.. god damn it holla back :( 
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Jan 27, 04
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Welcome to the club.
And the more big-life-things you accumulate along the way, the more things you get to worry about! I take st. Johns wort before going to bed - helps you sleep and has a cumulative effect on depression. Worth a shot, anyway.
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Jan 27, 04
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hmm, i think i'll check that shit out.. it's weird though my panic attacks dont have a specific trigger a lot of the time its just like "uhhhh random feeling of anxiety, fuck, i can't move, what's happening" and then i force myself to get up and move around, and eventually take something to go to sleep.. it's alright if its on the weekend though, and i can just stay up until i literally pass out, but i can't do that on school nights.
poop!! :soak: st.johns wort is fairly inexpensive, no?
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Jan 27, 04
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if i let my mind focus on too many horrible things at once i can get a panic attack. but more often its when i try to ingore things instead of dealing with them. however it is that you are supposed to "deal" with things, i havent figuered that out yet. although in a way i think ive learned to deal with things better or maybe just ignore them more efficiently in the last little lil bit. somethings are just too huge to be able to handle and your mind feels like its about to brake and maybe even thats ok cuz maybe that'll make it feel better or atleast it will be a change.
i find anger is a great resource, to be angry is to be protected i think. since becoming more angry ive had less to deal with inside. I always wonder how much tragedy, pain and loss humans can withstand it seems to me there must be a breaking point. is the breaking point going to be a sense of relief at which point things are ok, or is it the bitter end, the final catastrophe sent finalize a life of sorrow panic attacks are only scary because it feels like you are about to lose yourself, but maybe thats all we need, to lose ourselves excuse me i have violin practice Last edited by cinist; Jan 27, 04 at 06:48 PM.
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Jan 27, 04
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^ i wish it was easy to let go though man..
if i could just let go of myself, consciousness or whatever for a while and let it be consumed by the all powerful panic attack maybe it would be beneficial and some things would be resolved. or maybe it would just fuck me up more, who knows. either way it's scary as hell.. i can only be so angry all the time and i need a break from that often.. its tiring fuck stupid mental problems
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Jan 27, 04
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I have problems with panic attacks. They are all connected to hypocondria, and everything gets all psychosomatic, and goes downhill.
I'll be driving in a car, then a thought about having a heart attack or some scary shit like that will pop up, then I'll start thinking my breath is getting shorter, and so on. I think a lot of it has to do with pent up energy. It all needs to go somewhere right?
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Jan 27, 04
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Pick up on some yoga, learn about ego loss.
Do some random acts of kindness and when you feel bad remind yourself how much you kick ass.
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Jan 27, 04
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When I used to do drugs I would get them all the time. Even when I stopped they would still come every once and a while. I was pretty sure I was going to die when I got them. I went and saw my doctor and she put me on something. I haven't had one in about a year and a half.
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Jan 27, 04
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I am currently going to an aniety/ panic attack clinic at UBC. You should perhaps see about going to one if its keeping you up... they teach you how to cope with the attacks and with any luck hopefully completely illiminate them.
One of the main things that you should try doing though is diaphram breathing. This will help calm you down... if you are not sure how to do it, you just breath by pushing your stomach out and then pulling it back in. If you are doing it correctly then your chest should barely be moving at all. It's usually easier to see if you are doing it correctly by placing one hand on your stomach and one hand on your chest. Also try cutting caffeine out of your diet, especially before bed. I found once I stopped drinking tea, and drinking coke that my panic attacks subsided quite the bit. Goodluck and hopefully these help you out.
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Jan 28, 04
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i have problems with these all the time. normally when im stressed out and have a lot on my mind. i almost had them 5 times a day, so bad to the point where i couldn't handle it anymore and went to the hospital. they gave me some Ativan pills to calm me down, they helped. i haven't had one in awhile now actually thank god. but i will have more..i know it. im prone to them...i've been having them since i can remember like...back grade 3.
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Jan 28, 04
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hmm, ativan doesn't work for me, it only makes the problem worse
i can't take feel happy pharms, i don't know why.. it just fucks me up way bad. i've learnt a lot from doctors about how to control them but it doesn't work so great.. i think it's from pent up emotions or something but i don't know how to release those emotions, i have tried almost everything but still nothing works. so i guess all i can do is drug myself to sleep and wait for the shit to hit the fan.. hah, until i figure something else out that is. psychosis whut
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Jan 28, 04
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They used to come like clockwork for me...
One thing I think helped (and I've written about it on here before) is changing your diet...you want to cut down on sugars, fats, all that fun stuff. You want to increase your intake of things like leafy green vegetables. Appropriate suppliments of things like calcium (young women ought to be taking this anyways...a good vitamin to take before bed.), panax ginseng (again good before bed or in the morning) and appropriate doses of Vitamin B3 (niacin) - definitely consult with your doctor with the use of suppliments. I found changing my diet around and taking the suppliments helped quite a bit, but there are other things that need to be looked into- external factors primarily. What is happening in your life? Specifically, what makes you feel like you're not in control?
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Jan 28, 04
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wow, everyone's allready covered what I was going to say.. But Is till have one question related to Myras initial adice, I think I remember you saying once that you drink a hell of alot of coffee (or you had that day.. id ont know). Caffeine is a bad one for me as well, if I eat/drink something with too much of eitehr substance (especially caffeine/coffee) the wierd feeling in my chest pops up and my brain starts wondering what the hell is wrong? is something going to happen to me, or to someone I care about etc etc. It's the caffeine that gives me that anxious feeling, then my brain takes over and sends me into a panic or anxiety attack.
Now that I control my diet AND my thoughts I haven't had a panic attack in a looong time. what you eat, the way you think, and how you deal with the world around you are often the causes of conditions such as anxiety (hence the panic attacks).
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oh panic attacks, i dont think i get them, but i definately get stress to a point where it feels like my heart is jumping and i cant catch my breath. i never feel alone, nor do i fear this feeling, i jsut slow my breathing down and concentrate on it, and it goes away in about a half hour or so.
in grade 12 my doctor put me on a small dossage of anti-depressents to stop nerve impulses in my shoulder to stop the pain, it was like the last resort before i went to see a specailist for it. i was taking half a pill of the lowest dosage and that shit fucked me up. i wasnt chemically unbalanced in my head, and it unbalanced me and it wasnt really that fun. i tried them for a week, but it got to the point where it was unsafe for me to leave my house cause i wasnt really aware if my eyes were open or closed..... anyways, i think you have to search for yourself on what helps you. i find personally that caffine helps me, i donno why it seems opposite, but its true. and carrots. carrots take away my migranes. also enjoyment. sastifaction with yourself.
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Jan 28, 04
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The more you try to control your panic attacks the more you will just get caught in the cycle of worrying about them, if your ill or what ever runs through your head while you have them. It just ends up trapping you.
If you can, the next time you have one just try to let it happen, and realize what ever you are feeling is natural, and happens for a reason. What you really want to question is the thoughts that run through your mind... for me its the thoughts of "there is somehting wrong with me" which eventually leads to me thinking and worrying that I may have some horrible disease . For others thoughts or fear of being embarassmed etc. It's this type of thinking you have to question yourself on, and realize the likely hood of it happening is very slim to none. Doing this will hopefully help you cope with the attacks as opposed to trying to control how you are feeling and what you are thinking which will probably eventually lead you to avoiding such situations in the future.
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Jan 29, 04
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Linden Root. or Kava Kava
Both topped my anxity attacks.. i had them so bad it turned in to agaroaphobia. But i started taking Kava.. and it helped.. alot. cept the first time i took to much and couldn't tell if i was dreaming. I thought i was in a dream and i walked around for an hour poking things.... :kimmie:
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Feb 03, 04
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i just medicate when i have a panic attack
i think i need to stop drinking coffee i had a cup tonight and i feel fuckng whack. maybe no coffee in the morning even, who can say what will happen intensive therapy is in order dieeeeeeeeeeeeee
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