ex-agoric
16-04-07, 09:49 AM
hello, i am male, 30 years old. a little about myself:
when i was 16 i started having panic attacks daily, for seemed like no reason. i assoicated them with walking down the street and had the fear of collapsing and death so i avoided the triggers. i spent 3 years without leaving the driveway.
the symptoms were mainly heart palpitations, feeling like i did a few lines of cocaine and smoked alot of pot, hyperventilation, tingling and numbness, chest pains and thinking i was dying or having a heart attack.
prozac helped. seeing a therapist helped. i beat it by introducing myself gradually. i learned to walk around the block. i learned to go two, then three, then four blocks. i got a job knowing that at anytime i could run home because it was near where i lived.
years went by with little issue. i spent the time "catching up on old times" and drank alot and did alot of cocaine and pot. i overdosed on coke and i will tell you it was the worst panic attack to have because i knew people could actually die from taking it. i quit the drugs. i consider myself a funcitonal alcoholic though, i have to drink to be able to get to bed sometimes.
i just wanted to let everyone know, young or old, that you CAN learn to deal with this. we are the unfortunate minority that is affected by this.
tomorrow i move to chicago and will have ZERO comfortable, happy zones established that are trigger free. those took years to establish in my home town. i had the worst panic attack in years, almost all the symptoms took place, the worst being palpitations for about 20 minutes. talk about SCARY! i've had an EKG twice, xrays twice, blood tests.. i know i am unlikely for a heart attack but i keep thinking i will have one. lucky for me i was in a bar and had beer available for relief.
my attack took place because i drank all night into the morning for my going away party. fortunate for me i have established now that i only have these attacks when i am hungover and guess what... i travel via AIRPLANE all the time.
hang in there people, do not give up hope. you can do it. get a full physical and explain to your doctor your fears. with a clean bill of health you already have the ammo needed to let these run the course.
when i was 16 i started having panic attacks daily, for seemed like no reason. i assoicated them with walking down the street and had the fear of collapsing and death so i avoided the triggers. i spent 3 years without leaving the driveway.
the symptoms were mainly heart palpitations, feeling like i did a few lines of cocaine and smoked alot of pot, hyperventilation, tingling and numbness, chest pains and thinking i was dying or having a heart attack.
prozac helped. seeing a therapist helped. i beat it by introducing myself gradually. i learned to walk around the block. i learned to go two, then three, then four blocks. i got a job knowing that at anytime i could run home because it was near where i lived.
years went by with little issue. i spent the time "catching up on old times" and drank alot and did alot of cocaine and pot. i overdosed on coke and i will tell you it was the worst panic attack to have because i knew people could actually die from taking it. i quit the drugs. i consider myself a funcitonal alcoholic though, i have to drink to be able to get to bed sometimes.
i just wanted to let everyone know, young or old, that you CAN learn to deal with this. we are the unfortunate minority that is affected by this.
tomorrow i move to chicago and will have ZERO comfortable, happy zones established that are trigger free. those took years to establish in my home town. i had the worst panic attack in years, almost all the symptoms took place, the worst being palpitations for about 20 minutes. talk about SCARY! i've had an EKG twice, xrays twice, blood tests.. i know i am unlikely for a heart attack but i keep thinking i will have one. lucky for me i was in a bar and had beer available for relief.
my attack took place because i drank all night into the morning for my going away party. fortunate for me i have established now that i only have these attacks when i am hungover and guess what... i travel via AIRPLANE all the time.
hang in there people, do not give up hope. you can do it. get a full physical and explain to your doctor your fears. with a clean bill of health you already have the ammo needed to let these run the course.
