Panic Attacks Support Group

These panic attacks take control of my life, its something you never get use to no matter how many times you catch one you never get use to them you lose all self control I always feel like this time I,m going to stop breathing or have a heart attack,then I get scared I,m gonna die and no one is gonna be able to help me. I hate being alone.

Post edited by: pepsi1212003, at: 10/16/2009 05:09 PM

Hi Pepsi

You are not alone.

Now you are a part of this forum. Welcome. Everyone on here is experiencing much of what you are experiencing.

Talk to us and we will work with you to try to help you . And you will not be alone any longer.

I hope you will be feeling better real soon.

Raoul

thanks ray, Right now I'm just hope to find some one who can understand whats its like to live with this disorder its just hard when you see you make your families life miserable and they don't know or try to help and understand sometimes you just want to give up

Hey Pepsi

You have raised a good piont and question -

HOW CAN WE GET OUR FAMILY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE EXPEREINCING...

Let's see what the other people in the group have to add to this point...it is a problem we all face, and I do not recall seeing it previously.

Personally - I have not been able to even approach this question - because I have been so sick for so long with other problems - heart failure, cancer, sciatica, sleep apnea, osteopenia, and more. My panic attacks are not even considered as an issue by my family because I complain so much about other stuff.

Raoul

wow sorry about what your dealing with and your still strong to help people like me which have a problem that does not compare to half that you deal or have to go through. makes me ashamed to think how you are suffering and Im worried about how to get through a attack that in reality I know is gonna go away sooner or later. I respect you to the fullest fighting a battle for your life but you take time that must be so precious for you to try to help others.GOD BLESS YOU TO THE FULLEST

Hi! I totally understand. When I have a panic attack, I never have the feeling like I'm going to die or have a heart attack, I feel like I'm disassociated from reality. Like I'm on a bad drug I can't come off of. One time I felt like that for three days with the paranoia and heart palpitations. I truley wanted to die. I know what you mean when you say nobody understands. They think you're just stressed and need to focus on pushing the panic out of your mind but it's not that easy. It's the most terrifying feeling. My whole family feels bad because they don't know how to help. I watch my mother cry when she sees me cry because it has taken over my life and made me depressed. It's hard and there is no denying it. I take it day by day (and meds) and I am hopeful that I will feel "normal" again.

-We all understand how you feel

Here is some guidance that may help everyone -

Discuss with your doctor - a plan of action for future occurances. Get guidance from the doctor. That is part of their job.

Ask you doctor for meds to use during an attack to help you to cope. Ask for definition how to distinguish heart and breathing problems from a panic or anxiety attack. Discuss if you need both anxiety (another name for panic attack) and depression meds.

Hope fully these suggestions will help.

In addition, there is a lot of good suggestions for coping in the panic attacks forum > medicines and treatment > top threads and sometimes later threads.

Come back onto this forum and ask more questions.

Make sure - you understand - panic attacks can re-occur without any advance warning. Try to be prepared

Raoul

i don't know if my family really understands what's going on when i'm having a panic attack or when my anxiety levels are really high. they, too, seem to think that it's just like being really worried about something and all i need to do is think differently. which, i guess, in a lot of ways, is what we need to be doing. however, when you're in the middle of it it can be very difficult and, at times, seem impossible. i'm lucky that i had friends who knew exactly what i was talking about. even if my family doesn't completely understand, i know that i have a few friends who do and then coming here i've found so many wonderful people who absolutely get it.

when my attacks started coming back i felt like i was going crazy. thought it would never end. every little pain i get i think i'm dying. it's a very scary reality for us. but there are good days. and lately i've been having a lot more. part of that is due to the fact that i know i'm not alone because of the awesome people on this forum.

in short, which perhaps i should have been, you are not alone. it would be great if we had people around us who knew what we were talking about, who could help us somehow. but, even if we don't, we have each other and it has been beautiful to watch people come together on this forum to hold hands and send hugs and help in whatever way they can.

you are not alone. repeat this to yourself. and there is hope. repeat that, too. many of us have been panic free for a long time. it's possible.

sorry this was so long. sometimes i think if i write enough i'll be able to reach out to everyone and make it better.

you are not alone. we are not alone. we can be anxiety and panic free. chant it with me!

You are not alone.

You must understand that most people are/were experiencing the exact same thing as you. Raven, Steph and Ray quite summed it up.

And believe me, you can return to your normal life again.

I know this but as myself and in my home life I am by myself,the shame of it i have the family but no support .Just do one day at a time