taking bad bad panic attacks

i have suffered from panic attacks for about 8-10 years, they are horrible, and scare the daylights out of me, i recently just found myself a job, and i was able to go to it quite panic free for about two weeks, but now its a nightmare, am scared when i drive into work by myself in the car, guys at work are picking on me, saying things, but they dont know whats wrong with me, i dont go into staff caneen for fear of panic attack coming on, its back to square one, i met a girl before xmas, but 2nite i had to text her on the phone and tell her i cant see her any longer as the panic is controlling what i do, when i get home from work, its like heaven i want peace,thats awful i know, but its how tired i am, i work 12 hour shifts, and i am taking diazepam 10mg a day to try and keep me in control of things, i want to make my mum and dad, and family proud of me, and then hopefully i can fight this battle and win,

any help would be brillant

You poor poor thing i know how it feels maybe you could change your job make sure you go on holidays more it helped me alot try a chinese herbalists remember where you first got the feelings from then maybe try a hypnotherapist try adrenalin drugs my friend also has bad attacks and the doctor gave him a drug to take as soon as the attack occoured im sure it was an adrenalin controll drug the problem is i am not in touch any more and cant find out the name of the drug so im going to search out adrenalin from google maybe you should do the same. :wink:

There is probably a lot more to panic or anxiety attacks than any *scienties* know so far.

It may be subconcious response to the society and to the system we live in, if you feel at peace alone at home, it does not mean that you are sick, maybe it means that the people around you are sick.

We live in a world of greed, money and hate, and it's probably one of the main reasons why there are so many psychological disorders today.

The only thing you can do sometimes is to reject and to fight.

If those people are picking on you, stand up and say how you feel and what do you think of them, yes it may cause a fight but it will make you feel better trust me.

I've suffered from panic attacks for years and when I started a new job was also free of them to start with. Then they started. They're completely disabling. After making excuses about not feeling well a few times I just came out with it and said what was happening. Some people laugh and I laugh with them. Laughing relaxes you and helps them to pass. Other people sympathise. I also take Diazepam.

I know this isn't very helpful but at least you're not alone!

There is a way we get panic attacks and anxiety, and there is a way to get rid of it and them, by reversing the process. We LEARN anxiety. Anxiety is a response to situations that we programmed ourselves to have. It is our programmed BEHAVIOUR, meaning, anxiety is just bad behaviour.

You could read my reply I gave to miss Misha, also on this same forum.


Greetings, Peter.

thankyou all for replying to my post,

the problem i have at the minute is that my doctor has cut my dosage of diazepam down from 28 tablets a week to 21 tablets a week, ( this is proving a big BIG problem for me)..

I find myself currently taking 5 diazepam a day when am at work, (i work 4 days a week 12 hour shifts) then when am off, i only have the only tablet left, so i try not to do ANYTHING AT ALL,cos that would mean me needing more pills, am a freak,this is the first i admitted it, am in trouble of losing my mind completly, am only mean't to take three tablets a day but the stress and constant nagging from workmates has me onto five a day, hopefully it will go away again and i can cut my dose to three again,(they are 2mg tablets) so they arent the stronger ones, am gonna have to do a search online to look for more tablets,
ITS TERRIBLE WAY TO LIVE DEPENDING ON TABLETS...

i was very interested to read the post from the person that said they started a new job also , and at first they had no panic attacks , but now they have, ANYONE KNOW WHY THIS IS???

thanx for all your help and replies, it means a lot to me

cont on from previous post....

anyone of you that has panic attcks anxiety, do you find yourself, becoming unsteady on your feet, feeling your gonna fall, this is just started happening me recently and i wonder if anyone else has been expericence this

Yes I become unsteady on my feet and literally and glued to the spot. The shaking starts in my legs then works it's way up my body!

I think my panic attacks happen at work because I was stressed at home, hadn't had a panic attack for a few years then the first one happened at work so now it's the association.

You're not going crazy and it does pass. In fact mine had stopped towards the end of last year but now I've got myself stressed with builders at home and they've started again really badly. I have diazepam which is good but do find Citoplan (think that's what it's called) better as a longer term calmer, although they make me sleepy.

Just do remember you are not on your own.

I have felt a few times like i was gonna keel over especially when i`m in a long queue or in a busy shop. although thankfully its not very often. When i feel it starting to happen now i focus my mind on how safe i am. I think to myself that even if i did fall over there are plenty of people around me who would make sure i was ok. It doesn`t matter that they are strangers. Taking your mind off the feelings and onto something positive helps a lot. Its very hard to do at first but like anything else it comes with practice. When you panic your blood pressure rises making it impossible to keel over. Its a fight / flight response. You only faint with low blood pressure. As for taking tablets, try not to pressure yourself too much. Many people take tablets for all kinds of things. My stepmother took over 60 a day! On your day off try to fill your day with things that relax and calm you.

I once fainted at the local Co-op. It was a build up of getting to the counter and paying that used to bring them on!!! At the end of the day it doesn't matter does it, it's just frightening at the time, and I've since moved and have never had one in my new local Co-op! Yet!

im 23 years old and have suffered from panick attacks since i was a little girl. I dont think deep down they will ever go, but dont let them beat you! Its taken me 15 years to come out into the open and admitt i have a problem. But dont take no bull shit that peolple think your mad. Close friends and family are understanding, but unleess they have experienced them personaly, i dont think know one ever understands , especially when you tell them you dont know really what causes them. I would like to know what triggers other peoples panick attacks , i would be greatful if some one could tell me theres. Mine is every thing, but mainly due to hypochondria.

I can tell everyone right now that this condition is not hypochondria, it has nothing to do with exageration! If you have an anxiety disorder, it's a serious matter which requires correct attention and a sensible, tested solution and not the rubbish that doctors throw at you, pils, psychotherapy etc; they just don't work.

Zoe, trust me, you can get rid of them, I promise you that with all my heart. I have seen so many very acute cases be completely wiped out, I did it myself.

Anxiety is a habit, stored deep in your subconscious mind as memory, you just need to learn how to unlock that memory and replace it with new ones!

What have you tried so far?

Charlie

thanks for geeting back to me so soon, your advice is re asuring. as for what i ve done so far, well i ve now done occupational therapy twice over the past 3 years and now im seeing a psychologist. ive only got a few appointments left which is a worry because none of its helped. i was told that this is what the goverment recomends with the NHS and it has nt really helped, im no better , i ve been given medication too, but i haven t touched it. what else is there left. I am allowed to back and try again but theres a 6 month waiting list

I cured myself Zoe. Now I do the same for thousands of people worldwide. Phone the UK centre on 01562 852750, talk to either Kathy or Jenny, call during office hours. They will tell you what you need to do. The first step is to identify that you have options and they will help you to do that.

Whether you choose to try my method or not is up to you and your loved ones. But I promise you hand on heart, it will work if you do it.

Reply if you have questions but I think you would benefit greatly from talking to the counsellors at the centre. No pressure, no commitment, just hear what they have to say and decide for yourself Zoe.

Charlie

am panic ing more than i ever did,

i think its because am in a job and i want to be good at it...

also i hate being left on my own in this work, and this happens a lot, i feel a panic attack coming on me, and i think am gonna pass out or die, with no one near me to find out how i been....

i been in this employment 3 months now, and over the last month its really just getting to me, you see i asking to get moved on to another job within the factory as i was getting bullied by two workmates on my first position, they keep getting at my work etc, just mainly making fun at my expense...

now i have been put in the position of more days and less pay, also the fella that starts the machine , then wanders off and leaves me by myself wandering how to fix it, if it breaks, and i go into a panic attack....

my doctor has put me on citalopram,which to be honest has not made any difference so far...

please help

I am also suffering with Panic attacks.I just recently started going online to read about it.It is nice to know that I am not alone!Write back if you want to swap stories.

Hi Lisa

You certainly aren't alone. I have woken up with that dreaded panicky feeling this morning.

I've suffered from anxiety since I had my first panic attack in 1999 and it has been getting better since I started taking Escitalopram last September but I still have bad days (like today).

I'm also agoraphobic and that has been improving too. I've been going out for walks (short ones) about four or five times a day but on days like today I feel like I can't face it. I'll still force myself to go outside but I know I won't be able to stay out very long.

I try doing all the things that the doctors and self-help books tell you but my weekness is alcohol. I'm not alcoholic or anything, I only drink lager and only in the evenings but it's every evening and I know it's not helping me.

Tell us a bit about yourself...

Chris

im exactly the same i only drink lager on an evening but thts the only time i feel relaxed and confident i wont have a panic attack! my panic is feeling like im not taking enough air or feel like im not breathing!! i hate it and have been given some propronol i think its called but i dont really want to go down that road!! its so hard to go places living n fear tht i will drop dead from not breathing!!:mad:

I wish I was scared of dying because then my panic attacks would have been cured years ago....seems I am the only one who isn't scared of fainting/dying etc etc when having an attack, I never worry they are a heart attack etc I've had so many I know that now.

What are you scared of Laura?

Well the first time I had one years ago I had seen a friend at school who basically had missed loads of school because of them and I was scared that my life was never going to be the same...which made me have like a week long panic attack. Only got over them really because of seroxat which made me realise that they didn't last long on the drug and then I didn't really panic so much. I am having problems again now because a couple of years after that I had sort of conditioned my brain to be anxious anywhere except work and home, even shopping was a nightmare. Cured myself accidently when I became obsessed with dying after an accident, then realised one day I didn't automatically panic on leaving the house....2 weeks ago had a panicky incident which turned into a massive panic attack because I was so scared my life would end up back like it had been....feel like I'm back at square one but I went shopping yesterday and didn't panic by distracting myself all the way there etc. Hopefully I will regain what I had.