Does anyone else have panic attacks?

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

I've been suffering ever since I was 18. I'm 32 now. I take Paxil and Xanax to treat it. Sometimes I get tired of being on the medicine. It causes mental problems. I don't think as clearly as I did when I was younger. I don't concentrate well and I'm very forgetful. I used to be great at mental arithmetic and math and science in general. However, I struggled through college and barely got by as a C student in geology.

I've quit the drugs several times now but my panic attacks come back so bad that I have to go back on. I work a job that is way below my ability but it pays the bills and I feel relatively safe and there's not much stress.

I really feel like my panic disorder has taken away a lot of my life. I remember when the doctor at the emergency room first diagnosed my panic disorder. I thought he was full of B.S. Does anyone else suffer with this?

 

[EnderJE]

Only when I see pitbulls.

 

[Raina]

Yes. It totally sucks. I've been on and off meds for a long time now. I'm on right now-- celexa daily and xanax when I'm doing really bad. I hated paxil myself but if it's working for you that's dandy.

It's the WORST feeling. I get to the point of barely being able to function. I'll be having a panic attack at work for NO reason feeling like some kind of psycho for feeling like hiding under my desk and crying all day. I've found it to make me feel very alone and crazy.

I finally went back on meds though (and making my own choice for once). It was really stealing my life from me. Now it's a little more in conrol.

 

[hardrock]

Used to. Now it's just bad anxiety at the worst. I was on Paxil for 6 years and now am prescribed Xanax(again) for when it gets real bad.

Mine gets the worst when being in large groups of unfamiliar people, driving, hungover, meetings at work, or just abouty anything that could cause a little stress.

Fuckin sucks. Shit will probably never end.

Good luck bor!

 

[H_T_]

yes....

 

[Ulcasterdropout]

I still get them when I do a first or second shot on a cycle.
Gotta fight through it. I know trying to talk yourself through it and meditate can make it worse. Nothing to fear, but the fear itself. Like when you're tripping ballz on LSD, you think the carpet is growing up your leg and you see it on your neck and you think it's gonna cut off your wind pipe and you wanna freak. It's not real. The panic; the fear, it's not there.
Yeah, the pills are a mother fucker....I'm not on anything, even for sleep.
~85% of my family is on meds.

 

[deltreefitness]

Yes. GHB prescription. Fastest, non-toxic med currently available with other added health benefits.

 

[biteme]

Yes and the term is misleading. It's not like you are actually panicking and scared. Just a terrible feeling that is difficult to describe. Mine were triggered by my daughter's near death and health situation.

 

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

My attacks happen a lot at the gym. I start hyperventilating between sets and then whammo, I have a panic attack.

 

[Raina]

I really get freaked out sometimes. If panic level 10 for me was waking up to someone standing over me in the middle of the night, I'll feel a 10 of complete terror for no reason at all when I'm just doing paperwork.

Sometimes it's just anxiety where I'm really nervous and on edge but at least for me, sometimes it's actually fear. It's almost hard for me to talk about how bad it gets. It makes me feel like I'm nuts.

 

[strangebrew]

You guys obviously don't drink enough Tussin.

 

[Ulcasterdropout]

You guys obviously don't drink enough Tussin.

Bro!!!!! Gotta let the tussin' soak in 'der, boya.... to the bone

 

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

Only when I see pitbulls.

It's sort of odd, but in times where I should be panicked, I am normally calm, cool, and collected.

 

[hardrock]

I refer to the feeling as "an impending feeling of doom".

Ya just gotta remember, it can't hurt you. I almost went to the ER a couple months ago when I was having anxiety and took a script pill recommended by a friend(serouquel(sp) cause I was out of Xanax. Bad move!I was up pacing for 6 hours. I couldn't even stop moving or I'd start to freak out. Work was not fun either the next day on 2 hours of sleep.

 

[calveless wonder]

i've been getting them for a few years......but i haven't done much to treat them. they really hinder my life and it took me awhile to come to grips that i have them. i thought i was just really pessimistic and it was something i could fight through.

most of the time i'll just start thinking about something and out of nowhere it'll build up and i'll get really depressed or worried and my thoughts get worse and worse till i snap out of it.

it happens all the time but i don't know if meds will help.

sam-e i think helped me quite a bit but i havent tried it recently since i knew i actually suffered from anxiety