I started freaking out and ran to my parents, they didn’t hear anything and they weren’t up, I went back to my room and sat down, I tried calming down but I started getting the symptoms of an anxiety/panic attack.

My heart was beating so fast then stopped for a few seconds and started to beat again…. This is the second time this has happened since before Christmas of 2011.

I think my thoughts of my parents divorce just before the noises started didn’t help any, could they have caused the stress?
I’ve had it all bottled up for 7 years.
Help?!?

my family catches anxiety bt i felt like no1 was catching dem like me….last week i caught 2r 3 panic attacks everysingle day last week it was horrible…

now the panic attack attacks r gone but the dizziness thoughts dat im gonna die..memory lost..slur wen i talk…feelin like im not really here..

scared to drive ughhhh its horrible..tiredness is still thete..dont feel like doin nothing i dont want to get on meds cuz i really feel like this is gonna pass i caught it bad n 2006…but i ons remember it being this bad..

i just wantmy normal life bck…
am i similar to n e 1 please help

My mom knows about my attacks but i haven’t told her how i get them daily…. im to scared to tell her, I don’t know what to do about my attacks.

Can someone help me?
Explain anxiety attacks to me a bit more?
I’m so confused about all this

One day after picking my children up from daycare I had the scariest moment of my life. We were leaving and my whole face from inside and out was tingly and had pressure.. not like I usually get at all..

Next thing I started having intense pressure inside of me that felt very strage and was coming from my arms up to my head and it made my hands go into a crab position and i couldn’t move them.

I became more panicky and then a sudden pressure rush came from my gut up thru my body making its way to my head.. it was intense pressure that was felt all throughout with a tingly feeling as well.

I had told my bf who was driving to get me to ER fast. The pressure became more intense I started hypervenilating trying to keep breathing so I wouldn’t pass out in front of my children before I arrived at the ER.

My bf told me that I was very tense and that my lips were purple and were folded around my teeth and I couldn’t talk and my body felt as if it was stuck.

Right before we pulled into the ER I felt myself fading into unconsiousness and that was very scary I thought if i pass out before I get to the ER i would die for sure so I kept trying to breathe but my breathes were becoming so shallow and hard to make.

We pulled up to ER and they came to get me from car. I did’nt even think I could physically move to get out of car but they helped and got me to a room right away. they took my vitals and my heart was at 140 and they asked what was wrong and i said i dont know but im fixing to pass out just help me.

Well the nurse talked me and put my hands up against my body and one by one pulled my fingers into a straight position and i looked and they were purple. My lips were purple as well.

He told me that my blood was rushing from my extremities to go where it needed to and that was the feeling i was experiencing due to my hyperventilation. I was calmed down by 10 minutes in the ER.

I couldn’t believe that was an axiety attack.
it wasn’t like anything i had before..
not even close.

I myself called in sick a few times cause the anxiety and panic attacks were so bad. I lost 20 pounds, was prescribed lorazepam and decided to stop taking it after a couple days because I did not want to treat myself thinking I had a problem( thought it would feed into my mind freak outs) after a month of reading reviews and many baths it has gotten a lot better.

I find that when I describe my feeling of panic it triggers it. It will get better… My anxiety is still here at certain times.. When I’m put on the spot, start thinking about it, or think about an upcoming event.

The panic attacks I were going through before make me stronger as a person as it starts to go away.( by this I mean being sick, fear of labor one day etc. are nothing compared to the feelings of panic I have once been through) to help me get better I took magnesium ( a vitamin that helps your nervous system, power walks with good music, baths, talking to people that have been through it and are getting better,( ask people if they know anyone who has been through this) and for a time when it’s so bad and you have no others choices I took a xanix.

It will help you the bad days, but again, I didn’t want to be medicated like that so it was my emergency backup….took 1/2 when it wasn’t too bad or wanted to tell myself I don’t need that much ( start with 1/2 and take the other 1/2 if u don’t feel better in 20 mins.

Taking a xanix was the on,y way I could sleep for a while ( you will most likely feel it has worn off after u wake) but gets better as times goes.
This is just a period in your life that many people go through just never thought u would be one of them.

I sufferered alone for so long, now it it is more in the open. I still feel as if i will die . I can not be alone. The symptons are like a nightmare.

And for those who do not have them they still make fun. They say just calm down your ok. But they have no idea

For 3 days we were there, and it was unbearable. When we got home, I went to me doctor and she told me I was having panic attacks and prescribed me paxil, with no warnings. For the first couple of weeks of using paxil, I experienced terrible side-affects – constant vomiting and nausea, extreme middle-of-the-night panic attacks, anorexia (the sight of food made me want to puke), and the worst symptom was the constant thoughts of desperation and suicide.

Eventually after a few weeks, I started to to feel back to normal but it was not an easy road. I stayed on paxil for 10 years. During that time, I still had bouts of depression but for the most part my feelings were numb, monotone. I kinda felt like a zombie. 2 months ago I finally decided to wean myself off the paxil with the help of my doctor.

The withdrawal symptoms were horrible!! Feelings of unreality, suicidal thoughts, crying spells, migraine headaches, low blood circulation, heart palpitations, anorexia, extreme eye pain, and the most intense itchiness you can imagine for weeks on end. After 7 weeks I started to feel back to normal.
Yay! I was off Paxil!

Then one night I went out and drank a little too much, which resulted in a massive hangover the following morning. I was sick, as anticipated, but I also started to become panicky as well. The next day I started a new job, and I suffered through the day, feeling anxiety the whole day. When I got home, I became VERY panicky, and the next morning I went to see my doctor because I felt like I was dying. It was horrible.

He gave me Lorazepam to calm me down, and prescribed me Cipralex to help control the panic attacks. I made it very clear that I did not want to be doped up on a dangerous SSRI again, like paxil. He told me the side affects of Cipralex were minimum, maybe a bit of stomach upset.

I read the fine print when I got home. Yes it is an SSRI, and there are many symptoms, such as suicidal thoughts, possible manic episodes, etc etc etc just like the paxil!! So I don’t want to take them obviously but I also can’t live like this either. I just got this new job and I’ve called in sick 2 times already because I’m having a panic attack.

I will not be able to pay my bills with no job, which also causes me mad anxiety. It’s a horrible catch-22. My question is: is there an effective way to control panic attacks and general anxiety without the use of SSRI’s?

I have tried holistic tablets – Gaba, St.Johns Wort and Happy Sense. I also exercise hard and faithfully.
What else is there?

Any comments would be greatly appreciated!!!!