Panic attacks suck

[str8manwithadickinhisass]

I'm just sitting here waiting for the xanax to kick in. What did people with panic attacks do before drugs? I can't imagine living like this without my pills! What did people do 200 years ago for panic attacks? Had anyone even identified panic disorder then?

 

[thx9000]

I'm just sitting here waiting for the xanax to kick in. What did people with panic attacks do before drugs? I can't imagine living like this without my pills! What did people do 200 years ago for panic attacks? Had anyone even identified panic disorder then?

Probably less common then, but dealt with it by using alcohol?

 

[MP5]

I had one panic attack in my life. I was having an asthma attack and my meds would not work so my gf had to take me to the ER. On the way i really thought i was going to die and i started hyper ventilating on top of the asthma, great combo! What does a normal panic attack feel like? What are the symptoms and what causes them? I am curious.

 

[MrMuscle]

i sometimes had these. where it felt like i couldnt breath, i usually had them before sleep, or in the middle of the night. but then i teached myself to mediate, and i havent had them since.

 

[Pimp C]

I always thought they were fake until I had them. I would get a really bad feeling that I was somehow going to die and then I felt as if I couldn't get enough air. I would pace around trying to make it go away and would feel the need to get outside for some air.

 

[Stuey01]

The other night my gf had a full blown panic attack because she had somehow convinced herself that i was going to dump her. I've never had one, and til then had never seen one, it was a pretty scary experience that i don't fancy repeating any time soon.

Stu.

 

[clusterfoxtrot]

I thought panic/anxiety attacks were bullshit too. I lost control of my company about 16 mos. ago and got booted out of my own business.

I siloed and compartmentalized the stuff, mainly to insulate the family and friends from everything. I fought depression and stopped lifting for a year.

I started having racing heart, tightness of chest, etc. I went to the ER thinking I was having a heart attack and wound up in the doctor's office several other times for EKGs. There was nothing physically wrong with me.

I refused to admit that I was having these problems, but in the end, it was repressing all of the past years problems and pending worries.

Don't listen to the crap about it all being BS. It is in your head, but your head controls your body and the symptoms can be real.

Go to a therapist or get some other outlet to go be honest and talk through some of the shit. I am NOT the touchy-feely sensitive type at all. But, I can tell you, when I am looking at my 9mm thinking about popping a round in my head, everything becomes real.

Be careful on the Xanax/Ativan/Valium etc...its easy to become addicted or very tolerant to. But, when you need one, you need one.

Good luck bro...

 

[georgie24]

i had a major one today..i just started prop/ suspension so thats prolly it.. i had to turn around in the middle of traffic and dash home lol..good thing i drove my bike cause i cut through so many cars/lanes

 

[str8manwithadickinhisass]

I've been on xanax for 11 years. My doc says I may need it for the rest of my life. It sucks having to take drugs to just feel "normal".