lern2luvu

stop my panic attacks
Sick of being sick 3 years ago

My panic attacks started when I was 14, but I shook them off as just being sick. They happen to me when I am around the opposite sex, like on a date. I feel really anxious and scared, and in extreme cases I actually throw up. It is so horrible. I haven’t had one where I got sick for a while now, and I am dating someone who knows about my situation and helps me through it. I have tried lots of drugs and therapies, but the only thing that seems to be working for me is not trying to control them when a panic attack comes on. I just try to let it flow through me, accept the fact that I am scared. I tell myself that I have been through this before, it will pass, I can handle it, take deep breaths, and lately it has been working!

Sep 05, 2006, 12:00PM PDT | 1 cheer


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acid2

I have recently been on google reading about panic attacks, panic disorder, etc and I think I can now say… you’re not alone.

Things like this started happening to me maybe a year ago and it’s getting progressivly worse. I haven’t actually spoken about it yet and I plan to in the next month. Vomitting is easily the worst part, I can handle the fear (in much the same way you do, not concentrating on the fear) but now that I’m in very large public spaces (lecture theatres) it’s becoming increasingly hard to push away the idea that I might be ‘randomly’ sick in front of hundreds of people…

I know you posted this a year ago, but I wanted to say something… the sooner I start talking about this and seeing a doctor, I guess the sooner I can get this issue resolved.

Nice to know, in a strange way, that i’m not the only person suffering…

Nov 28, 2007, 12:44PM PST | Respond to this


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