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Katie77:
David, I always find the best way to get it out of my system is to talk about what is going thru my mind. Just turn it into a verbal thing, no matter how mixed up it might seem. Its when its bottled up inside you that it seems to grow and just get worse. You have to empty it out. If you have no one listen to you, then write it out, get on the computer and just write what is going through your head. It has to come out.
I am a believer in medication, because I am a believer that these things are caused when the chemicals in our brain get out of order, and we lose our logic and our ability to put problems in perspective. It doesnt change the actual problem, it just makes us logically work it out better and that in turn helps us solve it, or accept that we have no control over it.
I take one tablet every morning. It is an anti anxiety medication called Lexapro. If I have to take this tablet for the rest of my life, so what. I have to take a cholesterol tablet for the rest of my life. Both are controlling a physical ailment, and neither less important to my quality of life.
Something I have also learned and tried to live by, is to stop wasting energy or anxieties on things that I have NO control over. Im not saying not to care about things that are not personal, Im saying, not to get anxious about those things. If you have NO control, you are not going to get it, by making yourself sick over it.
Something else that therapy teaches you, is that YOUR ARE NOT ALONE and YOU ARE NOT GOING CRAZY. You would be surprised at the number of people who go through exactly what you are going through. Your symptoms are written in text books. Believe it or not, it is a common phenomenom. Look it up on the net, and you will think they are writing about YOU.
The good thing is that people do get through these attacks, they find a way, whether it be by medication, or other means, they learn to control it.
My best advice is to spill it out, empty it out of yourself like you are givng yourself a cleansing.
Kelda:
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CellarDweller:
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Shasta542:
Hi David. I hope that you are feeling good today. It's Friday--that's a plus to me.
One of my very good friends in town NEVER watches the news.
So far, I have never had those panic attacks. My cousin has told me before: "You don't worry enough." :-\ :P That may be true.
But I did have a boyfriend once who had those. We had tickets to see the Eagles and he was in the midst of getting one. He came over and lay down for awhile before the concert, but he couldn't go. He left his ticket and went home. He said he couldn't go because of the crowd.
I called a friend last minute and we went and had a great time.
How sensitive am I? ::) 8) It's probably a good thing I'm not a nurse or a doctor.
Well. He had paid good $$ for those tickets -- and it was supposed to be their last tour.
Anyway---turn off the news and rent a good comedy to watch. Laugh, laugh, laugh!!! Maybe that'll help.
Love you, David. :-* :-* :-*
{{{{{{{{{{DAVID}}}}}}}}}}
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on March 06, 2009, 08:18:48 am ---Hi David. I hope that you are feeling good today. It's Friday--that's a plus to me.
One of my very good friends in town NEVER watches the news.
So far, I have never had those panic attacks. My cousin has told me before: "You don't worry enough." :-\ :P That may be true.
But I did have a boyfriend once who had those. We had tickets to see the Eagles and he was in the midst of getting one. He came over and lay down for awhile before the concert, but he couldn't go. He left his ticket and went home. He said he couldn't go because of the crowd.
I called a friend last minute and we went and had a great time.
How sensitive am I? ::) 8) It's probably a good thing I'm not a nurse or a doctor.
Well. He had paid good $$ for those tickets -- and it was supposed to be their last tour.
Anyway---turn off the news and rent a good comedy to watch. Laugh, laugh, laugh!!! Maybe that'll help.
Love you, David. :-* :-* :-*
{{{{{{{{{{DAVID}}}}}}}}}}
--- End quote ---
Oh God Shasta, there is NO WAY IN HELL I could go to a concert whilst suffering a panic attack. The noise, the flashing lights, the crowds.... nope. Absolutely not.
So far today, I am feeling pretty good. It is sunny and warm outside (in the low 60s F) and I walked Cody through the neighborhood, chatted with neighbors and I'll probably go out and pick up sticks in the yard later on this morning. They are predicting rain later in the day.
And I have the news turned OFF! I am watching an interesting program on the History channel about the Titanic. Very interesting. They are studying the debris fields from Titanic on the ocean floor. Apparently the debris can tell the scientists a lot about the final moments of the ship and what really happened. The program is called Titanic Moments. :)
I love you too Shasta! :-*
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