Panic Attacks Support Group

Hello,

I'm totally new to this group but I need support now more than ever. I recently started a round the world trip and should be having the time of my life, instead my life is constantly full of crying and worrying. This all started about a week ago when I developed pins and needles in my arms and legs, I ended up convinncing myself that I must be taking a stroke. Since then, it has gotten worse, I have had a shortness of breath on and off for the past 3 days and a tingling/numb feeling in my head. I'm convinced that something is wrong with me even though I have been checked by the doctor in New Zealand and he say my ECG, blood count and lung x ray were all ok. Please can anyone reassure me. I think I am going mad and I feel so alone as I'm travelling by myself Do panic attacks just come on for no reason?? Everyday I worry that there is gonna be a huge earthquake or a tsunami and that I'm going to die. Just want to feel me again

Thanks in advance

Im sorry to hear your going through sucj a hard time at the moment take a deep breath and try to just relaxe i have had panic attacks for many years now and for me yes they did and still do just start happening out of the blue things have slowly started getting better for me as of late but ive seen doctors who never find anything it was 2 years befor i was diagnosed because one doctors are idiots and 2 all the testss i had always came back normal,so i totally understand how you are feeling and no you arnt alone,everybody is different but all the meds ive been on never did a thing for me i was on paxil and then affexor they didnt do a thing for me but make me a zombie plus i was still having the attacks so ive just had to deal with it but the more support you have the better friends family and even on here you would prob be surprised at how many others suffer from the same thing you are not alone and your not going crazy i use to think that to but hang in there and try to get as much support as you can ok.

Im not sure what more i can say atm but feel free to add me as a friend if you like,take care.

Im very sad to hear you ere going through this too

You can not imagine how much i can understand you right now

My first panic attack started one night when i was in the middle of a very important meeting

Out of nowhere i started feeling dizzzy so so so so dizzy and my left arm was getting num

I felt like ants in my legs my hands my face

An d i couldnt understand what was wrong with me

I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE right there at that momment

So i got up to the bathroom and tried to calm down but then my breathing just felt like i was

Choking on something

Just HORRIBLE

After that i started having this panic almost every day

And i ended up gon to the emergency room many times and all this studies xrays ecg everything and

Doctors said i was fine

I got really mad everytime because they looked at me like i was crazy or like i just wanted attention or something .

So i kept asking me .... WHY DO I FEEL SOOOOO BAD IF. NOTHING IS WRONG ???

It took me a few weeks to understand that anxyety is not a medical condition its NOT an illness

ITS A SYMPTOM nothing else

And it feels soo bad because thats the way ur body reacts to anxiety

But yeah it feels like HELL still i know

Im still having a hard time with all this panic thing but what has really help me is to talk to others who suffer from the ery same thing as me ..

Also when im having a panic attack i read jokes on he internet

I imagine something very funny

And when that doesnt work i just tell myself

"its okay jazmine its ur just a little anxious thats all , youve had this before and it will pass. And go away , just dont fell so afraid , nobody dies from a panic attack even if you feel you are goin to YOU WONT "

All can say to you is DO NOT LET THIS STOP YOUR LIFE

Because as you pay more attencion to the attacks in will get worse

Try and try very hard to go on with ur life the most best way you can

It might also be a good idea you go see a terapist or go under some medication for anxiety

For some people medication will work for some others it wont

But you can try all you can to get rid of this

I will be starting a new medication on december

I have never bn under any treatment of meds for anxiety so i sure hope this helps me out at least a little

I just started having the panic attacks in march of this year And i hope that at in a few months im able to get through this COMPLETALLY

Dont give up no matter how awful panic gets !

I have had the most horrile panic attacks you can never imagine

Even when im driving ive had

And its hell .... But im trying to stronger than this bcz LIFE IS GREAT !

Hey there!! If the doctor checked you and you had those tests done then you can be pretty assured that you are fine and healthy. Anxiety and panic attacks can feel so real and really intense symptoms. It's horrible. I myself too have had some really horrible horrible attacks so you are not alone there.

Feel free to read one of my diary entries "A Post I Wrote I Liked" Maybe it will help. YOu are ok and will be ok. Panic attacks can not do any harm or kill us. Always remember that.

Thanks everyone you are all brilliant. It's so good to know that I am not alone and that I am not going mad. Thank you again xx

My panic attacks started with no reason, and went on with no reason, no trigger, no nothing. If the docs said you are ok, trust them. You will pass through, you always do. Panic wont kill you. Chill.

My panic comes sometimes out of the blue but 99% of the time something triggers it , it took me about a year of keeping a VERY CLOSE eye with a book and my mind to see what TRIGGERED my attacks

MOST of the time it was not eatting right or too much sugar causing my heart to race

Or Setting around to long and not getting my blood moving and becoming dizzy when standing

Mine are ALL health based panic attacks

Once I started doing yoga everyday , losing weight, eatting well, low sugars, proper carb intake , a vitamin, and doing mediation twice a day for 10-40 mins a day I am panic free for 4-5 months now

Hi caz first, how awesome that you get to go around the world !, i do hope you can get feel more "in control" over your symptoms, i would also say that panic really does have some stressful symptoms, i have felt lots of times like there must be something physically wrong with me, this is why its so good to be able to talk to other people who have panic. i was interested in the "pins and needles" in the arms and legs, i also get "pins and needles" in my arms....all a sign of panic syptoms i do hope you get to enjoy your trip....

hugz Neil