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Panic Attacks Forums › General & Support › Panic has taken over my life
03/30/2009 03:32 PM
dredre09
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I feel like I am in a constant state of panic. I cant shake these feelings of nervousness and doom! I wake up most days feeling jittery and today my chest feels all fluttery. I have taken my ativan twice today and it doesnt seem to be helping. MY husband is leaving town for a week today and I am so scared of being alone and constantly being in a state of panic. What do I do?
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03/30/2009 05:17 PM  Top
damselndistress
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Is there any way you can try to get yourself into a routine? I think maybe distraction helps me at times to forget about my anxiety. Sometimes just hearing something then triggers the anxiety again or a thought I have. Maybe meeting a friend for lunch or going for a walk? Watching a movie and really getting into it. Just some ideas here.
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03/30/2009 09:12 PM  Top
carrie911
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Ive been feeling the same way for the last few weeks...its like a never-ending panic attack. It was bad enough when I was experiencing them a few times a week, but I can barely function feeling like this 24/7. Please know you're not alone and if you ever want to talk, Im here!!

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03/30/2009 09:18 PM  Top
dredre09
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Thank you so much. Right now I am in total and complete state of panic. I live right outside Dallas and we have huge thunderstorms that are going to be here any minute. I am terrified of heavy thunderstorms especially at night. I am so afraid the power is going to go out. Right now my face feels numb and I feel really sick to my stomach and I feel like I am going to faint. I am totally freaking out and the storms wont be here with another 5 minutes or so. Right now it is lightening and thundering.

03/30/2009 10:22 PM  Top
Chanda
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Ive been feeling the same way too. Hang in there. U r ok.
I am not a Doctor, just a person who experiences panic and anxiety and Im here to try to help people and also learn from them also. ;)

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*For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. - Isaiah 41:13
*"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." -Proverbs 3:5-6
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03/30/2009 11:23 PM  Top
dredre09
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I have tried time and time again to find ways to distract myself but to date nothing seems to work. Until tonight. I am terrified of big thunderstorms and we had a big one come through. While waiting for it to get here I was in a total panic. I felt like I was going to die. A friend suggested that I get out my ipod and put on my ear phones and just try to keep from hearing the storm as it rolls through. I did just that. I climbed in my bed. Turned up the music and began writting some poetry. I used to write poetry alot in high school but since then I have put my writting on the back burned but tonight this worked for me. I wrote and listened to my music. Just a few minutes ago my husband rolled over and told me that the storm had passed! I didnt even hear it come in. I am going to try and take my ipod with me and along with my poetry notebook in the car and see if it will distract me from panicking while I am in the car. I sure hope it works cause this agoraphobia is really making me misrable!

03/31/2009 02:12 PM  Top
jotea
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Congrats on getting through the storm and the accompanying anxiety. Sounds like you handled it really well. A success! Remember, the key is to manage anxiety, not to rid oneself of it. As then Mayor Rudy Gulliani (sp) of NY said after 9/11: "Courage is not the absence of fear. It's the management of fear." And you were courageous in the storm and can manage all storms of "agoraphobia" bouts just as you did that night, facing the fear, using distraction, breathing, etc. Keep it up! You'll become less afraid of panic the more you go through scary situations. Trust me, mine has reduced by about 90% over the 40 years I've had it. It never kills you, never makes you go crazy, and you never go out of the room screaming like a maniac. You just pass through it and nothing ever happens. Trust yourself.

03/31/2009 02:16 PM  Top
jotea
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It helps to be alone while your loved one is away. I used to be afraid of my partner going on trips, but after being alone at home through many trips, the anxiety about being alone went away. The key is to just face the fear and it'll disappear. It'll get better the more you desensitize to this. Repeat a key rational thought while your loved one is away, such as: "This is just the anxiety. It is harmless." Or: "I am willing to feel this panic, it won't hurt me to feel panic. And I grow stronger when I face the things I fear." Good luck: you will succeed with practice!
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